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Grand Lille TV - Clap de fin pour la maison dite hantée

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Making the news in Grand Lille is the end of an urban legend in the town of Villeneuve D'Ascq. A house that is supposedly haunted is being torn down, along with the stories and the rumors surrounding it. The demolition of the house is fairly uneventful, but will the legend live on?

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Madame Monsieur - Mercy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Le groupe "Madame Monsieur" va représenter la France avec leur chanson "Mercy" pour la compétition Européene de l'Eurovision 2018 à Lisbon. La chanson Mercy est présentée du point de vue d'un nouveau-né qui aspire à une maison sûre. Et oui, Mercy existe vraiment. Elle est née en mars 2017 sur un bateau de réfugiés nigériens qui ont été sauvés sur la mer Méditerranée par le navire SOS Méditerranée. Lors de la traversée vers un refuge sûr en Sicile, une mère en travail a donné naissance à la petite Mercy.

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JT - La musicothérapie pour les aînés

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Le refrain de la chanson Il était un petit navire vous est chanté ici par certains résidents d’un établissement situé dans la région des Pays de la Loire. La musicothérapie exerce en effet de nombreux bienfaits sur les gens du troisième âge, comme vous l’expliquent ici le fondateur de ce programme thérapeutique et social ainsi que le directeur de cette maison.

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

La magie de Nicolas Ghesquière? Innover, sans trahir l’héritage de la vénérable maison de couture de Balenciaga.

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Simon et Marion - Les Restos du Cœur

Difficulty: 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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Nader Fakhry - L'école pour tous

Difficulty: Intermediate

Côte d'Ivoire, France

The Orange Foundation funded a new school near Abidjan in Ivory Coast. The children and their parents are very happy that the school was built right in their village and that education is now more accessible to them.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Le trajet entre la maison et l'école
Caption 13 [en]: The journey between home and school

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Sophie et Patrice - Les vieux à Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice talk about growing old in Paris. They both agree that it's tough for the elderly in Paris and that they would rather spend their golden years somewhere else.

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Caption 13 [fr]: dans une maison de retraite en Corrèze.
Caption 13 [en]: in a retirement home in Corrèze.

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Lionel - à la brocante

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to an Alsace flea market and unearths some shopping gems: old vintage postcards painted by a student of Picasso, a set of tires, a few saucepans, and a makeup kit that he buys for his four-and-a-half-year-old daughter, or so he claims...

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Caption 30 [fr]: La maison de... Imbert qui a inventé le gazogène en France,
Caption 30 [en]: The house of... Imbert, who invented the gas generator in France

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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 87 [fr]: Peut-être qu'on nous dit la religion doit rester à la maison,
Caption 87 [en]: We might be told that religion must stay at home,

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 21 [fr]: restent du coup à la maison et soient de fait encore plus exclues?
Caption 21 [en]: will stay at home as a result and in fact be even more marginalized?

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Le Journal - Le stress au travail

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Just how bad can stress from work get? Though the effects of stress may not always be visible or immediately apparent, some employees have been driven to insomnia, depression, even suicide because of difficulties at work. Some companies have implemented new anti-stress measures, but will that be enough?

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Caption 14 [fr]: de ce qui se passait au sein de son travail, tout ça, donc il rentrait à la maison,
Caption 14 [en]: of what was happening at his job, all of that, so he was coming back home,

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Le Journal - Choisir un nom d'enfant

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Choosing a name for a new baby is just one of the tricky tasks parents face. Should you go with a classic, like Jeanne; a trendy name, like Mathéo; or an old-school throwback, like Alphonse? It can be tough to decide, but if all else fails, just use your alphabet blocks!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Khadidja Ouidrane accouche dans un mois et question prénoms, c'est la panique à la maison.
Caption 3 [en]: Khadidja Ouidrane will give birth in one month and when it comes to names, it's panic time at home.

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The last in our four-part series on Paris fashion week showcases the latest collections of Lanvin by Alber Elbaz, Christian Lacroix and his luxury ready-to-wear, Louis Vuitton by Marc Jacobs, and Hermès by Jean-Paul Gaultier.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Dans la Maison Lacroix déjà, euh, Bazar n'existe plus, le jean n'existe plus.
Caption 12 [en]: Already at the House of Lacroix, uh, Bazar no longer exists, jeans no longer exist.

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