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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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Sophie et Patrice - Le port de l'abaya à l'école

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie discuss the recent government decision to ban students from wearing abayas in schools, since they're considered a religious symbol.

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Caption 64 [fr]: Enfin ça... ça devient un petit peu...
Caption 64 [en]: I mean, it... it becomes a little bit...

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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 2 [fr]: Quand j'étais petit, je rêvais... de ça.
Caption 2 [en]: When I was little, I used to dream... about that.

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Le Monde - L’astrologie fonctionne-t-elle ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This video from Le Monde explores the popular and scientific views of astrology. After a brief description of how birth charts are created, the video asks whether astrology "works" at all.

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Caption 22 [fr]: un petit terme technique: l'écliptique.
Caption 22 [en]: a small technical term: the ecliptic.

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Lionel L - La Place des Vosges

Difficulty: Intermediate

France Parisian

Lionel is in the Place des Vosges in Paris on a chilly June day. The square is busier than previous years due to a recent flood along the Seine. Parisians like to go out in the fresh air, bring a picnic, a bottle of wine, or simply work on their laptop in the many parks scattered around the city.

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Caption 18 [fr]: et pour passer un petit peu de temps au soleil
Caption 18 [en]: and to spend a little bit of time in the sun

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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 51 [fr]: Et ceci n'est que son plus petit défaut,
Caption 51 [en]: And this is only the least of its faults,

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Zoom sur l'opéra - "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A theatrical spectacle called "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément" revisited the Oedipus myth, incorporating works on the same theme from twentieth-century French playwrights. The event took place in the Château du Grand-Pressigny, and the public was encouraged to wander around the castle as part of the show.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Pour le moment il faudra attendre un petit peu pour déterminer
Caption 23 [en]: For the moment, we'll have to wait a little bit to determine

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Lionel L - Nuit Debout: Août 2016

Difficulty: 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 2 [fr]: Les choses ont un petit peu changé, Nuit Debout s'en est allé.
Caption 2 [en]: Things have changed a little bit, Nuit Debout is gone.

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Paix et partage - Journée Internationale du yoga

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A large group of yogis met near the Eiffel Tower to celebrate Paris's International Day of Yoga. For the second year in a row, people gathered in the same spirit of unity to relax, stretch, and bring a little peace to the world.

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Caption 32 [fr]: L'énergie était là pour repousser un petit peu tous [sic] les...
Caption 32 [en]: The energy was there to push back a little all the...

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Lionel - Verdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel Brigeot takes us to the northeast of France to the town of Verdun, where the famous Battle of Verdun took place during World War I. Follow Lionel up the Victory Steps, commemorating the battle in which more than one hundred sixty-three thousand soldiers lost their lives.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Continuons notre petit périple à travers Verdun,
Caption 30 [en]: Let's continue our little tour through Verdun,

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Lionel L - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

According to Lionel, we hear far too much about Charlie Hebdo and not enough about Le Canard Enchaîné, which is about to celebrate its centenary in 2016. This quality satirical newspaper is in a similar vein to Charlie Hebdo. Both papers even shared the same cartoonist, Cabu, who sadly did not survive the January attack on Charlie Hebdo. Le Canard Enchaîné was no stranger to extremist threats either.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Un petit peu de temps est passé depuis les évènements tragiques du mois de janvier
Caption 1 [en]: A little bit of time has passed since the tragic events of the month of January

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TV Vendée - Le sapin de Noël décoré par les enfants

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

La Roche-sur-Yon, a friendly town near Brittany, is abuzz with Christmas activities. Local children are busy decorating the town Christmas tree with their own personalized ornaments. Santa is there, of course, taking toy orders. The mayor is also involved and has the town hall organizing ten days of festivities.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Euh... Oui... oui, un petit peu.
Caption 20 [en]: Uh... Yes... yes, a little bit.

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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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Caption 20 [fr]: Pour nous, c'est plutôt un petit chantier mais, euh... il a son... son importance
Caption 20 [en]: For us, it's a rather small demolition site but, uh... it has its... its importance

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Invasion de zombie à Lyon!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Zombies from many different eras have invaded Lyon! That is, zombie enthusiasts with impressive makeup and costumes have invaded. The ninth-annual Zombie Walk has attracted around a thousand of the undead to roam across the city under the theme "a return to the past."

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Caption 5 [fr]: Donc on a ce côté un petit peu le zombie dans le temps.
Caption 5 [en]: So we have on this side the "zombie in time" a little bit.

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Un réveillon en montagne (Savoie)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

For New Year's Eve, come join the mountain people of the Savoie region at the O’Communailles restaurant where good local food is being served with a twist in a convivial atmosphere. Then watch the happy locals dance the night away.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Bon, voilà on a juste fait un petit braisage de viande de cerf
Caption 17 [en]: Good, there you are, we just did a little braising of the deer meat

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