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Radio-Canada Info - Comment détecter le coronavirus

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

This news clip explains how Québec is preparing for the coronavirus. Testing has come a long way since the SARS outbreak in 2003.

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Le Monde - Pourquoi les rues ne portent quasiment jamais de noms de femmes ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Why are there so few streets named after women? The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, decided to change the street-naming regulations to include women's names. Some say that it's far from sufficient, but it's a start!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Comme ça, de tête,
Caption 2 [en]: Just like that, off the top of your head,

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France 3 - Minitel : l'Internet avant l'heure - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Back in the 80s, nearly every French household had a Minitel. It was the first computerized directory of its kind and a precursor to the modern computer. Later on, even Google showed an interest in the Minitel archives. Find out how advanced it was in its day.

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Caption 29 [fr]: [Enfin] je sais pas. C'est comme si votre salaire doublait tous les ans, tu vois ?
Caption 29 [en]: [I mean,] I don't know. It's as if your salary doubled every year, you see?

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France 3 - Minitel : l'Internet avant l'heure - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Have you ever heard of the Minitel? In this video, you'll discover vintage technology from the seventies and eighties. Though once state of the art, the poor Minitel is now gathering dust in people's attics...

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Caption 68 [fr]: Moi, je parle vraiment comme une vieille.
Caption 68 [en]: I'm really talking like an old lady.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le port de l'abaya à l'école

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss the recent government decision to ban students from wearing abayas in schools, since they're considered a religious symbol.

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Caption 27 [fr]: des choses comme ça. Mais finalement... -Oui.
Caption 27 [en]: things like that. But ultimately... -Yes.

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Sophie et Patrice - La pollution

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the pollution problem in Paris. Although efforts have been made to keep cars out of the city center, there's still much to improve. Cars still clog the freeways outside Paris.

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Caption 19 [fr]: En fait la position comme ça,
Caption 19 [en]: In fact, the position like that,

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Sophie et Patrice - Les choses changent

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie have the impression that things are changing because of disinformation and social media. Do you agree with their ideas?

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Caption 16 [fr]: Y a un côté comme ça.
Caption 16 [en]: There's an aspect like that.

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Sophie et Patrice - Charles III

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The postponement of King Charles III's visit to France prompted an interesting conversation between Sophie and Patrice. While Charles has always captured Patrice's imagination, Sophie has a certain admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Du style... Regardez comme c'est beau !
Caption 37 [en]: Kind of like... Look how beautiful it is!

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Sophie et Patrice - La réforme des retraites

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the retirement reforms in France and the mass protests opposing them. They also explain the role of President Macron in this controversial situation.

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Caption 31 [fr]: avec un œil comme ça, ouais. -Oui.
Caption 31 [en]: with an eye like this, yeah. -Yes.

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Professeur Joseph Melone - Les certitudes

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Professor Joseph Malone warns against two extremes: lack of knowledge and absolute certainties. According to him, these frequently occur in history, politics, and economics.

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Caption 3 [fr]: absence de savoir. Disons-le comme ça.
Caption 3 [en]: absence of knowledge. Let's put it like that.

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Audrey et Nadjma - Le créole réunionnais

Difficulty: Beginner

Réunion

Audrey and Nadjma talk about the Creole languages in the overseas territories of Réunion, Martinique, and Guadeloupe, and why they all differ from one another.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Et moi comme je suis du nord,
Caption 41 [en]: And me, since I'm from the north,

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Sophie et Patrice - L'intelligence artificielle

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie exchange their views on artificial intelligence, its advances, its dangers, and its advantages.

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Caption 37 [fr]: un robot comme ça va peut-être venir sonner à ma porte.
Caption 37 [en]: a robot like this might come ring my doorbell.

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Nader Fakhry - L'école pour tous

Difficulty: Intermediate

Côte d'Ivoire, France

The Orange Foundation funded a new school near Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The children and their parents are very happy that the school was built right in their village and that education is now more accessible to them.

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Caption 68 [fr]: Maintenant comme mon papa et ma mère,
Caption 68 [en]: Now since my dad and my mother,

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Le Monde - Coronavirus : bientôt la pénurie dans les supermarchés ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Will the French have to dine on cod liver or other such delicacies during this coronavirus pandemic? Can the food industry cope with the extra demand in supermarkets? Watch this video to find out.

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Caption 30 [fr]: à continuer à faire ses courses comme avant.
Caption 30 [en]: in continuing to shop as before.

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Lionel L - La pandémie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel talks about life under quarantine in France. All group activities are forbidden, and you can only go outside to walk your dog, go to the pharmacy, or shop for basic necessities.

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Caption 35 [fr]: Les éternuements doivent s'effectuer dans le coude, comme on dit.
Caption 35 [en]: Sneezing must be done into one's elbow, as they say.

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