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Sophie et Patrice - La réforme des retraites

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie et Patrice parlent de la réforme des retraites en France et des problèmes qu'elle entraîne. Ils expliquent également le rôle du président Macron dans ce désordre.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Sophie et Patrice - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie likes the French weekly Le Canard enchaîné because it's one of the few remaining newspapers with some independence. She and Patrice discuss what makes a newspaper honest and objective.

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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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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 Pari...

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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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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 6 [fr]: qui est... qui s'est passé en France, au stade de France,
Caption 6 [en]: that is... that happened in France, at the Stade de France [French Stadium],

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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 14 [fr]: Dans certaines régions de France qu'on appelle les régions d'outre-mer,
Caption 14 [en]: In certain regions of France, which are called the overseas regions,

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L'Obs - Quelles sont les armes de la médecine contre le coronavirus ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Scientists around the world are working together to combat the coronavirus. With the help of big data and artificial intelligence, research should yield results more quickly.

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Caption 54 [fr]: Y a une capacité de la France
Caption 54 [en]: There's the capacity in France

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

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Le saviez-vous? - La tradition du poisson d'avril

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The first of April is the day of hoaxes, pranks, and jokes. In France, the tradition is to hang paper fish on people's backs and shout, "Poisson d'avril!" (April Fish!).

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Caption 8 [fr]: de cette coutume en France.
Caption 8 [en]: about this custom in France.

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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 52 [fr]: créée de toute pièce en France
Caption 52 [en]: created from scratch in France

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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 18 [fr]: En France, suite à la prise de parole d'Emmanuel Macron,
Caption 18 [en]: In France, following Emmanuel Macron's speech,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia takes a close look at some old French laws that are still on the books but no longer enforced. For example, it's technically forbidden to name one's pig "Napoleon."

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Caption 3 [fr]: Certaines de ces lois sont encore en vigueur en France.
Caption 3 [en]: Some of these laws are still in force in France.

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