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Sophie et Patrice - La révolution est-elle en cours?

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

France

We live in tumultuous times, but Patrice and Sophie are optimistic, excited even, about the changes that are happening around the world. They're referring specifically to the yellow vests movement (les gilets jaunes), a populist movement that began in France in 2018.

Le saviez-vous? - Nice rit

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

In the wake of the recent tragedy on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice remains a beautiful and diverse city. In this video, Patricia talks about what makes the city such a great place to live and visit.

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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 24 [en]: Even students no longer have the means to live. -[Right.] Wow.
Caption 24 [fr]: Même les étudiants n'ont plus les moyens de vivre. -[Voilà.] Waouh.

Sophie et Edmée - Le portable

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Sophie and Edmée are comparing their experience with cell phone addiction. Edmée's dad is even worse than she is!
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Caption 23 [en]: if we don't live nearby.
Caption 23 [fr]: si on n'habite pas à côté.

Le saviez-vous? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Patricia takes a close look at some old French laws that are still on the books but no longer enforced. For example, it's technically forbidden to name one's pig "Napoleon."
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Caption 23 [en]: and I live on the second floor.
Caption 23 [fr]: et j'habite au deuxième étage.

Sophie et Patrice - Les vieux à Paris

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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 24 [en]: there, I really wouldn't like to live there at all.
Caption 24 [fr]: là, j'aimerais vraiment pas du tout habiter là.

Karen - Les huiles essentielles

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

Karen is passionate about essential oils In this video she talks about some of her favorite ones and their therapeutic properties.
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Caption 2 [en]: I live in Paris.
Caption 2 [fr]: J'habite à Paris.

Le saviez-vous? - La Cigale et la fourmi - Part 1

Difficulty: difficulty - Adv-Intermediate Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia recites one of Jean de La Fontaine's most famous fables, "La Cigale et la Fourmi" (The Cicada and the Ant). After spending the entire summer singing instead of storing food, the cicada is starving come winter. She hopes her neighbor the ant can help her....
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Caption 33 [en]: A few grains to live on
Caption 33 [fr]: Quelques grains pour subsister

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 7 [en]: Why are we live today from the French Academy?
Caption 7 [fr]: Pourquoi est-ce que nous sommes aujourd'hui en direct de l'Académie française?

Le saviez-vous? - Nice pleure

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate Intermediate

France

A terrible tragedy struck Nice on what should have been a celebration of Bastille Day, France's national holiday. A driver crashed his truck into a crowd of people who came to watch the fireworks on the famous Promenade des Anglais. The city is in mourning, but the people of Nice are determined not to be defeated by this tragedy.
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Caption 9 [en]: I live in Antibes, twenty kilometers away from Nice.
Caption 9 [fr]: Je vis à Antibes à vingt kilomètres de Nice.

Lionel L - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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 5 [en]: when the news gets the upper hand over, uh... everything that we live through every day a little bit,
Caption 5 [fr]: quand l'actualité prend le dessus sur, euh... un petit peu tout ce que nous vivons au quotidien

Lionel - à la brocante

Difficulty: difficulty - Intermediate 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 31 [en]: and who went back... to live in the United States. And his son came back to live here, in Sarre-Union, in Alsace.
Caption 31 [fr]: et qui est reparti... vivre aux États-Unis. Et son fils est revenu habiter là, à Sarre-Union, en Alsace.

Marie et Sakhoura - Droits des enfants

Difficulty: difficulty - Beginner Beginner

France

Human rights are an important world issue, and children's rights are no exception. In this Yabla exclusive, Marie and Sakhoura list the key points of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
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Caption 16 [en]: You have the right to live surrounded by people who love you and who care for you.
Caption 16 [fr]: Tu as le droit de vivre entouré de gens qui t'aiment et qui prennent soin de toi.

Joanna - Son appartement

Difficulty: difficulty - Newbie Newbie

France

Joanna shows us her tiny but surprisingly compact apartment. Her kitchen fits in a cupboard, and she has to climb a ladder to her cozy bedroom.
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Caption 6 [en]: I live on the ground floor, so I don't need to go up the stairs.
Caption 6 [fr]: J'habite au rez-de-chaussée, donc je n'ai pas besoin de monter les escaliers.

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