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Grand Lille TV - Des photos contre l'abandon des animaux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alice is fighting for a great cause: animal abandonment. She rescued her dog, Gadoue, named after the muddy terrain where he was found, through "Réflexe Adoption," an organization dedicated to animal welfare.

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Manif du Mois - Fukushima plus jamais ça

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Voici en juin dernier une manifestation à Paris contre le nucléaire. Vous entendrez des points de vue fort opiniâtrés, comme celui de cette adorable fillette qui connaît son sujet à fond, et que le speaker a bien du mal à interrompre sur sa lancée!

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Vide-greniers à Scionzier

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Des jeunes d'une commune de Haute-Savoie s'organisent pour lutter contre la destruction d'un mazot qu'ils ont découvert et décidé de restaurer. Ils ne s'arrêtent pas là mais en profitent pour initier plus d'activités parmi les habitants de Scionzier.

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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 53 [fr]: contre la troupe des lions rouges
Caption 53 [en]: against the troop of red lions

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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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Caption 19 [fr]: Mais par contre je suis d'accord que
Caption 19 [en]: But on the other hand, I agree that

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Sophie et Patrice - Charles III

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The postponement of King Charles III's visit to France prompted an interesting conversation between Sophie and Patrice. While Charles has always captured Patrice's imagination, Sophie has a certain admiration for the late Queen Elizabeth.

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Caption 31 [fr]: contre la retraite à soixante-quatre ans.
Caption 31 [en]: against retirement at sixty-four.

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Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia sheds a new light on the renowned fable by Jean de La Fontaine, "The Cicada and the Ant." Maybe the cicada isn't such a bad character after all....

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Caption 40 [fr]: C'est en quelque sorte la raison contre les passions,
Caption 40 [en]: In a way, it's reason over passion,

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Lionel L - Nuit Debout - Journée internationale - Part 1

Difficulty: 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 5 [fr]: contre la... la politique française et les... la politique d'une manière générale
Caption 5 [en]: against... French politics and the... politics in general

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno au Salon des vins et vignerons

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro visits a wine festival with his breathalyzer to make sure that nothing more than some innocent dégustation (sampling) is going on. Some of the people he interviews fail the test, but one expert claims it might not be that accurate to begin with!

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Caption 34 [fr]: C'est votre mari? -Oui, oui, oui. -Lui, par contre, il me semble pompette. -Non, non, non, non, non.
Caption 34 [en]: Is that your husband? -Yes, yes, yes. -Him, however, he seems tipsy to me. -No, no, no, no, no.

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Cap 24 - Les cyclistes parisiens sont-ils indisciplinés ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Rumor has it that Parisians bicyclists are undisciplined. Is this true? Allessandro Di Sarno is out on the streets of Paris to find out for himself and carries out his own humorous inquiry...

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Caption 46 [fr]: Mais par contre, dites-moi la vérité. Est-ce que les... cyclistes franciliens, sont-ils indisciplinés?
Caption 46 [en]: But however, tell me the truth. Are Île-de-France cyclists... are they undisciplined?

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JT - Douane: vigilance sur terre, en mer et dans les airs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French customs coast guards don't miss much, whether it's a freighter carrying drug traffickers or just a casual sailboat. But their main goal is to keep their country's waters pollution-free.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Lutter contre les grands trafics et la fraude.
Caption 7 [en]: To fight against major trafficking and fraud.

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Le Journal - Villepin

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a walk with Dominique de Villepin, during the latter part of his term as France's Prime Minister, through Marseilles in the south of France.

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Caption 6 [fr]: et à quelques jours de la manifestation contre le Contrat Première Embauche.
Caption 6 [en]: and a few days away from the demonstration against the First Employment Contract.

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Actu Vingtième - La burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Nous sommes dans une lu'... dans une lutte contre les discriminations
Caption 6 [en]: We are in a fi'... in a fight against discrimination

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Grand Lille TV - Sondage: le voile intégral

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

These brief interviews on the streets of Lille were conducted in order to test the waters of the tricky dispute over the banning of burqa-wearing in public.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Alors, ben moi je suis contre, parce que... je trouve que... c'est comme, euh... interdire, euh...
Caption 17 [en]: Well, I'm against it, because... I find that... it's like, uh... forbidding, uh...

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: 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 30 [fr]: Il m'a serré contre lui, il m'a dit: "Merci pour mes quatre enfants".
Caption 30 [en]: He held me tight against him, he said to me, "Thank you for my four children."

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