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Sophie et Patrice - La pollution

Difficulty: Advanced

France

La pollution sur Paris ne date pas d'aujourd'hui. Malgré les efforts de la Mairie pour assainir l'air, il y a encore trop de voitures et de pollution.

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Le saviez-vous? - Nice rit

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Malgré l'attentat terroriste de la ville de Nice, Nice reste une ville cosmopolite et il y fait bon vivre.

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Le Journal - Grève de l'EDF à Lille - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Les agents de la compagnie d’électricité de la ville de Lille, sont mécontents et veulent le faire savoir à leur dirigeant. Ils ont alors saboté le réseau, coupé le courant à un millier de commerçants et résidents. Malgré la gêne occasionnée, le maire et les résidents soutiennent les grévistes.

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Le Monde - SUV à Paris: faut-il en finir avec les grosses voitures? - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The 2009 transport regulations failed to achieve their objectives. Large vehicles are still popular and polluting the atmosphere. Learn more about the cause of this failure and what can be done about it.

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Caption 83 [fr]: les conducteurs ralentissent donc parfois malgré eux
Caption 83 [en]: drivers thereby slow down sometimes, despite themselves,

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Lionel & Lahlou - Être musulman - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lalhou talks about his life as a Muslim in France and how he enjoys celebrating New Year's with his four children.

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Caption 11 [fr]: malgré tout ce que les gens nous décrivent.
Caption 11 [en]: despite everything that people describe to us.

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Actus Quartier - Devant la SNCF

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A group of people gathered in front of the SNCF (French National Railway Company) headquarters to claim the use of empty buildings owned by the latter. Many people who are homeless or live in unsanitary conditions could greatly benefit from those vacant buildings.

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Caption 73 [fr]: malgré mon BTS [Brevet de technicien supérieur] en marketing.
Caption 73 [en]: despite my BTS [Advanced Technician's Certificate] in marketing.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père s'oppose à ma passion - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part one of "My Father Opposes My Passion," we learn the source of the conflict between a teenage girl, Clara, and her father. She dreams of becoming of dancer, but he is totally opposed to her plans. A chance encounter with a homeless man is about to change her life.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 17 [fr]: Clara va-t-elle pouvoir vivre sa passion malgré la ferme opposition de son père?
Caption 17 [en]: Will Clara be able to live her passion despite her father's firm opposition?

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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 28 [fr]: Chose étrange également, malgré son ancrage dans l'Antiquité
Caption 28 [en]: A strange thing as well: despite its roots in Antiquity,

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.

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Caption 12 [fr]: euh... que... il se parle cette langue malgré tout
Caption 12 [en]: uh... that... this language is spoken nonetheless

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Cap 24 - Les cyclistes parisiens sont-ils indisciplinés ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Rumor has it that Parisians bicyclists are undisciplined. Is this true? Allessandro Di Sarno is out on the streets of Paris to find out for himself and carries out his own humorous inquiry...

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Caption 16 [fr]: Attendez! Mais malgré ça, vous repartez sur le trottoir!
Caption 16 [en]: Wait! But even so, you're going back on the sidewalk!

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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 90 [fr]: Vous êtes très charmante en voile malgré tout, hein. -Ah merci! Merci beaucoup.
Caption 90 [en]: You're very charming in a veil all the same, you know. -Oh thanks! Thank you very much.

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Le Journal - Charles Jourdan

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Good news for lovers of luxury footwear—but even more so for the work force of the French town Romans: the factory of designer brand Charles Jourdan will reopen its doors (after being forced to close several months prior) thanks to an investment from a Costa Rican firm.

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Caption 22 [fr]: ce qui incite certains à rester malgré tout prudents.
Caption 22 [en]: which is why some are remaining prudent despite it all.

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Canal 32 - Rouilly-Sacey : un Sarko 100% Guy!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Guy Bouard, a house painter by trade, also happens to be the official double of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Among his duties: balancing the budget (in a coin jar) and meeting with agricultural experts (some sheep). He may be more popular than the President!

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Caption 27 [fr]: Malgré tout, le Président s'est exprimé sur son intimité.
Caption 27 [en]: Despite everything, the President spoke about his personal life.

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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?

Matches in Transcript

Caption 21 [fr]: devenu bien malgré lui un symbole.
Caption 21 [en]: which, despite itself, has become a symbol.

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Le Journal - Sans domicile fixe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Homelessness is difficult for anyone, but for women the dangers can be more acute and the experience even more alienating than for men.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 21 [fr]: avant de retourner au foyer où les deux femmes se sentent malgré tout infantilisées.
Caption 21 [en]: before going back to the shelter where the two women, in spite of everything, feel like children.

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