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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 44 [fr]: D'abord les villes évitent en général de débaptiser les rues
Caption 44 [en]: First, cities generally avoid rechristening streets

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Le Monde - SUV à Paris: faut-il en finir avec les grosses voitures? - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The 2009 transport regulations failed to achieve their objectives. Large vehicles are still popular and polluting the atmosphere. Learn more about the cause of this failure and what can be done about it.

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Caption 15 [en]: general manufacturers,
Caption 15 [fr]: les constructeurs généralistes,

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Le Monde - SUV à Paris: faut-il en finir avec les grosses voitures? - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last thirty years, cars have become heavier and larger. This alarming trend has been addressed by European authorities, who have imposed new measures to curb pollution. But are these measures actually working?

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Caption 28 [en]: The alert level has been reached several times.
Caption 28 [fr]: La cote d'alerte a été atteinte plusieurs fois.

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Sophie et Patrice - Les hymnes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie tells Patrice about the mistake that France made during the France-Albania soccer match in 2019, when they played the wrong national anthem.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Que les hymnes en général sont des chants de guerre.
Caption 21 [en]: That national anthems in general are war songs.

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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 1 [en]: So the DGT [General Telecommunications Management] created the Minitel
Caption 1 [fr]: Donc la DGT [Direction générale des télécommunications], elle a créé le Minitel

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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 88 [en]: but, wait for it, the General Telecommunications Management,
Caption 88 [fr]: mais attention, la Direction générale des télécommunications,

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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 11 [en]: We know that there are several types of Creole.
Caption 11 [fr]: On sait qu'y a plusieurs types de créole.

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Anna et Louis - Les élections présidentielles

Difficulty: Beginner

France

With the French presidential elections fast approaching, Anna and Louis are still deciding which candidate to vote for.

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Caption 32 [en]: that she embodied a great symbol of renewal for France.
Caption 32 [fr]: qu'elle incarnait une super figure de renouveau pour la France.

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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 12 [en]: there are several children.
Caption 12 [fr]: il y a plusieurs enfants.

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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 55 [en]: manufacturers can activate several types of leverage.
Caption 55 [fr]: les industriels peuvent actionner plusieurs leviers.

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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 50 [fr]: Et que alors... en général, la population
Caption 50 [en]: And that, so... in general, the population

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Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le poisson d'avril?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explores the origin of the poisson d'avril (April Fools') tradition. There are numerous theories about this, some of them contradictory.

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Caption 7 [en]: There are several hypotheses,
Caption 7 [fr]: Il y a plusieurs hypothèses

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Le Monde - L’astrologie fonctionne-t-elle ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This video from Le Monde explores the popular and scientific views of astrology. After a brief description of how birth charts are created, the video asks whether astrology "works" at all.

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Caption 101 [en]: several scientific experiments
Caption 101 [fr]: plusieurs expériences scientifiques, elles,

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