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Sophie et Patrice - La pollution

Difficulty: Advanced

France

La pollution sur Paris ne date pas d'aujourd'hui. Malgré les efforts de la Mairie pour assainir l'air, il y a encore trop de voitures et de pollution.

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Le Journal - Grève de l'EDF à Lille - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Les agents de la compagnie d’électricité de la ville de Lille, sont mécontents et veulent le faire savoir à leur dirigeant. Ils ont alors saboté le réseau, coupé le courant à un millier de commerçants et résidents. Malgré la gêne occasionnée, le maire et les résidents soutiennent les grévistes.

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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 83 [fr]: les conducteurs ralentissent donc parfois malgré eux
Caption 83 [en]: drivers thereby slow down sometimes, despite themselves,

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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 11 [fr]: malgré tout ce que les gens nous décrivent.
Caption 11 [en]: despite everything that people describe to us.

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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 73 [fr]: malgré mon BTS [Brevet de technicien supérieur] en marketing.
Caption 73 [en]: despite my BTS [Advanced Technician's Certificate] in marketing.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part one of "My Father Opposes My Passion," we learn the source of the conflict between a teenage girl, Clara, and her father. She dreams of becoming of dancer, but he is totally opposed to her plans. A chance encounter with a homeless man is about to change her life.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Clara va-t-elle pouvoir vivre sa passion malgré la ferme opposition de son père?
Caption 17 [en]: Will Clara be able to live her passion despite her father's firm opposition?

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.

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Caption 12 [fr]: euh... que... il se parle cette langue malgré tout
Caption 12 [en]: uh... that... this language is spoken nonetheless

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