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Télé Lyon Métropole - Street art: le yarn bombing, c'est quoi?

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Audrey est une adepte du "yarn bombing". Elle passe son temps à faire des tricots multicolores au crochet, comme au temps de sa grand-mère sauf qu'elle s'en sert pour habiller les rues de Lyon. Sa dernière cible: les selles de vélo'v de Lyon.

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Simon et Marion - Les Restos du Cœur

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Marion explains to Simon what she does to help the homeless. She is a volunteer for an organization called Les Restos du Cœur (Restaurants of the Heart), which offers provisions to unhoused and food-insecure people.
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Caption 2 [fr]: En rentrant à la maison la dernière fois,
Caption 2 [en]: Coming home last time,
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Le saviez-vous? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Patricia has unearthed some very interesting, obscure French laws. For example: "Any woman wishing to dress like a man must request permission from the police department." Thankfully, no one obeys these antiquated laws!
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Caption 44 [fr]: Et une dernière loi,
Caption 44 [en]: And a final law,
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Lionel L - La réforme du français

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French Academy's latest spelling reform, which includes such modifications as removing the i in oignon (onion) and the circumflex in coût (cost). There's been a fair amount of backlash against the reform, though the changes are only recommended, not mandatory.
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Caption 8 [fr]: C'est vous... pour vous parler de la dernière réforme de la langue française,
Caption 8 [en]: It's... to tell you about the latest reform of the French language,
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Lionel L - Nuit Debout: Août 2016

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lionel gives us the latest updates on France's Nuit Debout protest movement. Though the movement is no longer centered around Paris's Place de la République, it's still gaining traction online.
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Caption 3 [fr]: Comme dirait Le Figaro de la semaine dernière: "Nuit Debout est retourné se coucher".
Caption 3 [en]: As "Le Figaro" [newspaper] said last week, "Nuit Debout has returned to bed."
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Lionel L - Les élections présidentielles françaises

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lionel shares his opinions on French President François Hollande's first term and on the upcoming presidential elections in 2017. He predicts a "new triangle" of presidential candidates: Hollande, Marine Le Pen, and Nicolas Sarkozy.
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Caption 5 [fr]: À en juger soi-même la dernière loi El Khomri sur le travail
Caption 5 [en]: Consider for yourself the latest El Khomri labor law
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Lionel L - Le 49.3

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French government's recent decision to invoke Article 49-3 of the Constitution in order to push through a controversial labor bill without a parliamentary vote. He also gives a brief description of the differences between the two houses of the French Parliament, the Senate and the National Assembly.
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Caption 34 [fr]: mais l'année dernière, il a été utilisé trois fois.
Caption 34 [en]: but last year it was used three times.
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Lionel L - Nuit Debout - Journée internationale - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lionel L introduces a new social phenomenon called "Nuit Debout" ("Up All Night" or "Rise Up Night"). It's a protest movement born from a general discontent regarding politics, labor laws, and other issues. At 6 p.m. every day, people take to the streets of Paris to discuss ideas and air their grievances. The movement is gathering momentum in other cities and countries as well.
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Caption 2 [fr]: arrivé depuis la semaine dernière, euh... à Paris, presque même une petite dizaine de jours.
Caption 2 [en]: which arrived last week, uh... in Paris, almost ten or so days ago even.
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Lesieur - Des Ricochets

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Over sixty musicians have come together as part of UNICEF's Paris-Africa project, which provides support to victims of the recent drought in East Africa. Their efforts have culminated in this beautiful single, Des Ricochets (Skipping Stones).
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Caption 4 [fr]: Comme de la dernière pluie
Caption 4 [en]: As in the last rain
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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus” — French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.
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Caption 1 [fr]: Lazare Ponticelli entouré de sa grande famille, une dernière fois.
Caption 1 [en]: Lazare Ponticelli surrounded by his large family, one last time.
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Le Journal - Sarkozy en Afrique du Sud - Part 2

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

On the final leg of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to South Africa, the leader meets with Nelson Mandela (after visiting the cell where Mandela was imprisoned for twenty-seven years), and speaks about the importance of being a uniter—not a divider.
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Caption 5 [fr]: Dernière étape du voyage de Nicolas Sarkozy:
Caption 5 [en]: Last stop on Nicolas Sarkozy's trip:
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Le Journal - La bougie du sapeur

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

This newspaper, called “The Sapper’s Candle” (a “sapper” is traditionally a military man who disarms mines), only comes out on the leap year. But how can a periodical published only on February twenty-ninth be financially sound? Maybe it’s true: less is more.
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Caption 11 [fr]: fier des cent mille exemplaires écoulés la dernière fois...
Caption 11 [en]: proud of the hundred thousand copies sold last time...

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