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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 29 [en]: And today two hundred streets
Caption 29 [fr]: Et aujourd'hui deux cents rues

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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 44 [en]: the C One, the One Hundred Eight, and the Twingo are sacrificed.
Caption 44 [fr]: la C Un, la Cent Huit et la Twingo sont sacrifiées.

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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 8 [en]: the two hundred fifty thousand subscribers of Ille-et-Vilaine,
Caption 8 [fr]: les deux cent cinquante mille abonnés d'Ille-et-Vilaine,

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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 79 [en]: is six hundred fifty kilometers.
Caption 79 [fr]: est de six cent cinquante kilomètres.

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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 31 [en]: with over one hundred patients who have been treated.
Caption 31 [fr]: avec plus de cent patients qu'ont [sic: qui ont] été traités.

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Dao Evolution - Noël pour les sans-abris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Christmas is a time of celebrations and a showing of goodwill. This young man followed his heart and started giving out small gifts to the homeless. Find out what prompted him to do so at the end of this video.

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Caption 39 [en]: And after about two hundred meters,
Caption 39 [fr]: Et au bout de deux cents mètres à peu près,

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Actus Quartier - Devant la SNCF

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A group of people gathered in front of the SNCF (French National Railway Company) headquarters to claim the use of empty buildings owned by the latter. Many people who are homeless or live in unsanitary conditions could greatly benefit from those vacant buildings.

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Caption 91 [en]: I pay seven hundred euros for twenty-two square meters with three children.
Caption 91 [fr]: Je paye sept cents euros pour vingt-deux mètres carrés avec trois enfants.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Oliver concludes this eleven-part series with a visit to Fort Chambry, where French and British armies fought over new Canadian territories. How did this affect the present? Olivier leaves us to draw our own conclusions and assures us that he is fond of the Québécois as much as they are fond of him. He shares his final impressions of Quebec in a lovely song at the end.

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Caption 7 [en]: There could have been three, four hundred soldiers around here with tents.
Caption 7 [fr]: Ils pouvaient être trois, quatre cents soldats autour ici avec des tentes.

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Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces! - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Alessandro goes to the flea market to interview the owners of a charming vintage boutique specializing in clothes and accessories from the 1880s to the 1980s. The owners even dress the part in their gorgeous costumes.

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Caption 27 [en]: Prices... -The bodice is around four hundred euros and so is the skirt, approximately. -Yes.
Caption 27 [fr]: Les prix... -Le corsage est autour de quatre cents euros et la jupe aussi à peu près. -Oui.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

The situation of the French language in Quebec is controversial and complex. Montreal was an English-speaking city until 1920, and it wasn't until the passage of Law 101 in 1977 that French became the official language of Quebec. According to some of the interviewees in this video, Québécois French is in a precarious position once again, with municipal signage and corporate names in Montreal reverting to English, as well as shopkeepers who refuse to speak French.

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Caption 23 [en]: We had to come up with a law, Law One Hundred One. It was elementary...
Caption 23 [fr]: On a dû se faire une loi, la Loi cent un. C'était élémentaire...

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Alsace 20 - Alsace: les plus belles déco de Noël!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Some Alsace residents take Christmas decorating very seriously. From two men who go all out with phantasmagoric light displays to a woman who opts for a subtler, 1940s décor, you'll find some different takes on what it means to be in the "Christmas spirit" in this video.

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Caption 32 [en]: As a result, Yann invested six hundred euros for his electric circuits, electronic cards, software.
Caption 32 [fr]: Du coup, Yann a investi six cents euros pour ses circuits électriques, cartes électroniques, logiciel.

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Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Morocco, West Africa

Enjoy a stroll through the Python-Duvernois neighborhood fair, where a lot of activities are going on––food stands, bike rides, and much more!

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Caption 102 [en]: He weighs seventy kilos. His height is one hundred seventy centimeters.
Caption 102 [fr]: Il pèse soixante-dix kilos. Sa taille, c'est cent soixante-dix centimètres.

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Actus Quartier - Fête de la rose au caviar rouge

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The French Socialist Party held its second Fête de la rose (Rose Festival) in June 2011, thirty-three years after its first. The festival was filled with games and speeches (and cotton candy), in preparation for the French primary elections.

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Caption 36 [en]: in the "Hundred Propositions" [proposed by Ségolène Royale during her 2007 campaign].
Caption 36 [fr]: dans les "Cent propositions".

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Actu Vingtième - Le Repas des anciens

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Who says that old people don’t know how to party? This event, organized by a local Lions Club, brought together a number of senior citizens for a day of dancing, schmoozing, and even romance.

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Caption 5 [en]: uh... namely the invitation of a hundred twenty, a hundred thirty people,
Caption 5 [fr]: euh... à savoir l'invitation de cent vingt, cent trente personnes,

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Actu Vingtième - Le vide-grenier

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A vide-grenier (“empty-attic”) is a combination of a flea market and a yard sale: a place where anyone can rent a booth and sell all the old things they don’t need anymore. Come see what the residents of this Parisian neighborhood are selling!

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Caption 67 [en]: but, in six months, well, we're going to welcome, they're going to welcome a hundred and twenty elderly people,
Caption 67 [fr]: mais, dans six mois, eh bien on va accueillir, ils vont accueillir cent vingt personnes âgées,

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