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Le Journal - Villepin

Difficulty: Intermediate

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Suivez Dominique de Villepin, le Premier Ministre Français, qui est en train de faire un tour à Marseille, dans le sud de la France.

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Manif du Mois - Sages-femmes en colère!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Les sages-femmes sont en colère! C'est à leur tour de manifester. Tout en souriant, elles revendiquent de meilleures conditions de travail, notamment, une sage-femme par femme enceinte.

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Le Journal - Salon du livre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Paris Salon du Livre this year, in response to the visit of the Israeli president, six Arab nations decided to exclude themselves from the event. Some attendees were puzzled by the boycott, esp...

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Le saviez-vous? - Histoire du drapeau français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, you will learn the history of the French flag. Once it was completely white, the color of the French royalty, and now it's blue, white, and red. The French flag has recently been tainted with controversy by nationalist groups who have appropriated it as a symbol of their own causes.

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Caption 15 [fr]: comme signe de réconciliation entre la royauté et le peuple de France.
Caption 15 [en]: as a sign of reconciliation between the royalty and the people of France.

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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 14 [fr]: qui sont arrivées en France, aussi bien des partis politiques de gauche comme de droite,
Caption 14 [en]: that took place in France, both left-wing and right-wing political parties alike,

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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 2 [fr]: l'occasion pour les amateurs de découvrir les cépages de France et d'ailleurs,
Caption 2 [en]: the opportunity for fans to discover the grape varieties of France and elsewhere,

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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 17 [fr]: le petit prodige du groupe LVMH, qui a réussi un tour de force:
Caption 17 [en]: the little prodigy of the LVMH group, who managed an amazing feat:

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Le Journal - Les microcrédits

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Microcredit can make a big difference to people on welfare or those without good credit history. Case in point: this fifty-five-year-old man who succeeded in opening up his own pizzeria thanks to the help he received.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Pour en arriver là, il a fait le tour de la terre, comme il dit.
Caption 8 [en]: In order to get there, he went around the earth, as he says.

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Grand Lille TV - Focus: la tradition de Saint-Nicolas

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In keeping with northern European traditions, Saint Nicholas visits local French schools to bring good cheer and some treats! Luckily, his partner Père Fouettard, who usually hands out coal to naughty children, is away looking after his sick donkey today.

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Caption 52 [fr]: et essentiellement dans le nord de la France, et donc nous aimons aussi que les enfants la connaissent,
Caption 52 [en]: and essentially in the north of France, and so we also like the children to know about it,

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Cap 24 - Paris : Alessandro fait les Puces! - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Alessandro goes to the Saint-Ouen flea market, where he talks to a merchant who sells a wide variety of treasures and who believes that everything can be a work of art. Make sure to stop by the next time you're in Paris!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Marché Dauphine aux puces de Saint-Ouen... c'est pas la peine de faire le tour du monde:
Caption 1 [en]: Dauphine Market at the flea market of Saint-Ouen... it's not worth going around the world:

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