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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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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

La journaliste Rokhaya Diallo se penche sur les problèmes entre les jeunes noirs, dont beaucoup de Maghrébins dans les banlieues parisiennes surtout et la police. Elle compare dans son documentaire l'affaire Théo à l'affaire Michael Brown à Ferguson. En effet, comme aux États-Unis, il y a des problèmes de violence et de racisme.

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Abbaye du Relec : Immersion dans un potager du Moyen Âge

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Venez découvrir ce jardin peu ordinaire à l'Abbaye du Relec. Peu ordinaire car ce jardin contient non seulement des tomates et des pommes de terre mais aussi des légumes originaux comme le rutabaga ou le cardon blanc ou le quinoa.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Les Canadiens comme les Français tiennent à conserver leur langue qui est de plus en plus influencée par l'anglais. Le gouvernement canadien a pris des mesures pour préserver le français en inventant des mots plutôt que de les emprunter à l'anglais. Par exemple, le mot "courriel" a été adopté ou même le mot "pourriel" pour les couriers indésirables ou "spam" en anglais. Ce qui est surprenant, c'est que la France a plus tendance à utiliser certains mots anglais qu'au Canada et n'utilisent guère le mot "courriel".

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Dans le premier épisode de ce documentaire sur le Québec, un jeune Français partage ses impressions sur le Canada. Avec quelques appréhensions il s'addresse aux Canadiens et leur demande ce qu'il pense des Français ou "franchouillards" comme on dit au Québec.

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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 - 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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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 & Lahlou - Être musulman - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lalhou talks about his life as a Muslim in France and how he enjoys celebrating New Year's with his four children.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Comme ça, on se bat, bien sûr.
Caption 21 [en]: We fight like that, of course.

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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 24 [fr]: comme par exemple la chloroquine, en fait, hein,
Caption 24 [en]: such as, for example, chloroquine, in fact, well,

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Lionel & Lahlou - Être musulman - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lahlou discusses what it's like to be a Muslim in France. He normally prays five times a day and goes to the mosque on Friday. He distances himself completely from those who commit attacks in the name of Islam, which is a religion of peace.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Le vendredi, chez les musulmans, c'est comme une fête.
Caption 11 [en]: Friday is like a holiday for Muslims.

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Sophie et Patrice - La révolution est-elle en cours?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

We live in tumultuous times, but Patrice and Sophie are optimistic, excited even, about the changes that are happening around the world. They're referring specifically to the yellow vests movement (les gilets jaunes), a populist movement that began in France in 2018.

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Caption 35 [fr]: comme ça, de pays en pays,
Caption 35 [en]: like that, from country to country,

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Sophie et Patrice - Le français tel qu'il est parlé à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation about the French language. They agree that French people speak too fast for the average learner, and abbreviations and contractions make it even more difficult to understand. Patrice has a few theories as to why Parisians in particular speak so fast.

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Caption 65 [fr]: Ou euh... Tu prendras quoi comme p'tit-déj?
Caption 65 [en]: Or uh... What will you have for breakfast?

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