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Joanna - Son quartier

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Joanna nous emmène dans son nouveau quartier, près de son appartement. Elle nous fait découvrir le petit parc Le Jardin du Joli Cœur juste à côté de chez elle et aussi le café du coin.

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Joanna - Son nouvel appartement

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Dans cette vidéo, Joanna nous fait découvrir son petit appartement. Parfait pour apprendre le vocabulaire de tout ce dont on a besoin dans une habitation !

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Joanna - Son appartement

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Joanna nous présente son tout petit appartement, sa mini-cuisine dissimulée dans un grand placard, et sa chambre en haut de l'échelle.

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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 - La pollution

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the pollution problem in Paris. Although efforts have been made to keep cars out of the city center, there's still much to improve. Cars still clog the freeways outside Paris.

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Caption 64 [fr]: ben, il est obligé d'avoir sa... sa... son petit utilitaire
Caption 64 [en]: well, he has to have his... his... his little utility vehicle

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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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Lionel & Lahlou - Être musulman - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lahlou discusses what it's like to be a Muslim in France. He normally prays five times a day and goes to the mosque on Friday. He distances himself completely from those who commit attacks in the name of Islam, which is a religion of peace.

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Caption 4 [fr]: les déplacements sont un petit peu compliqués. -Ah ouais.
Caption 4 [en]: getting around is a little bit complicated. -Oh yeah.

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Sophie et Patrice - Le handicap

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sophie and Patrice discuss the evolution of the word "handicap," from its origins as a horce racing term to its current usage in French. Rather than les handicapés (the handicapped), the French now say les personnes en situation de handicap (persons with disabilities).

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Caption 17 [fr]: on lui rajoutait un petit peu de poids
Caption 17 [en]: they would add a little bit of weight to it

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

Difficulty: 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.

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Caption 32 [fr]: petit à petit, qui en... on va dire quinze ans
Caption 32 [en]: little by little, which in... let's say, fifteen years

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Elisa et sa maman - La technologie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Elisa speaks with her mom about the good old days when technology was not so invasive. Her mom reminisces about the times when you had to write a letter instead of sending an email or text. Still, she admits that modern life has its advantages, now that you can video chat with faraway relatives.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Regarde comme il est beau ce petit chien.
Caption 11 [en]: Look how cute he is, that little dog.

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

Difficulty: 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 28 [fr]: Pas un seul petit morceau
Caption 28 [en]: Not a single little morsel

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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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Lionel L - Nuit Debout - Journée internationale - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel concludes his series on Nuit Debout. The protest movement, expressing discontent with politics in general, is spreading. Lawyers have joined the fight, and the attitudes of the media and politicians toward the movement are slowly shifting.

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Caption 17 [fr]: il a fallu rendre un petit peu...
Caption 17 [en]: it was necessary to give a little...

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Lionel L - Nuit Debout - Journée internationale - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In part two of "Nuit Debout" (Up All Night), Lionel explains how protesters gather every night at Place de la République in Paris to think of alternative politics for a better world. The "Nuit Debout" movement has its own coded language and even its own calendar!

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Caption 19 [fr]: Et d'une manière générale, euh... les... les Français ont un petit peu de mal avec le changement.
Caption 19 [en]: And in a general way, uh... the... the French have a bit of difficulty with change.

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