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Anna et Louis - Les élections présidentielles

Difficulty: Beginner

France

With the French presidential elections fast approaching, Anna and Louis are still deciding which candidate to vote for.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Puisque moi j'avoue que je pensais voter pour elle au début.
Caption 29 [en]: Because I admit that I thought I'd vote for her at first.

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Le Monde - Coronavirus : bientôt la pénurie dans les supermarchés ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Will the French have to dine on cod liver or other such delicacies during this coronavirus pandemic? Can the food industry cope with the extra demand in supermarkets? Watch this video to find out.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Depuis le début de l'épidémie,
Caption 8 [en]: Since the start of the epidemic,

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Lionel L - La pandémie

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel talks about life under quarantine in France. All group activities are forbidden, and you can only go outside to walk your dog, go to the pharmacy, or shop for basic necessities.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Donc le gouvernement nous a annoncé au début
Caption 42 [en]: So the government announced to us in the beginning

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Micro-Trottoirs - Macron, fais pas l'autruche !

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After one year in power, President Macron has lost some of his popularity. Opinions are divided as to his performance, but most agree that he is a very shrewd ruler, for better or worse.

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Caption 72 [fr]: [Je] crois qu'il a la stratégie qui consiste à aller très, très vite au début de son mandat
Caption 72 [en]: [I] think he has the strategy that consists in going very, very fast at the beginning of his term

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Lionel L - Le "Canard" a 100 ans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Canard Enchaîné (Chained Duck) recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. The independent satirical newspaper, known for its shocking headlines, survived many controversies and even censorship. It still has an avid fanbase today.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Le "Canard Enchaîné" quand il est sor'... sorti tout au début, euh...
Caption 29 [en]: The "Canard Enchaîné," when it cam'... came out in the very beginning, uh...

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Journalists spent a week in Aulnay-sous-Bois interviewing young people about ongoing issues and clashes with the police. In the Cité des Trois Mille district, which includes 3,000 public housing units, cultural and sporting organizations are stepping in to make up for the lack of public services.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Le jeune homme avait été interpellé début février
Caption 4 [en]: The young man had been taken in for questioning in early February

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Réfugiés de Calais - L’accueil des migrants en Finistère

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

After the closing of the Calais Jungle, the Massé Trévidy Foundation has stepped in to take care of refugees in the Finistère region. The foundation works with a group of volunteers to provide administrative, social, and medical assistance to the refugees.

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Caption 13 [fr]: cours de français, socialisation, on va dire début d'inscription dans... dans la commune,
Caption 13 [en]: French classes, socialization, let's say early enrollment [entry] in... in the town,

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Lionel L - Loi travail: Suite et fin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A very unpopular labor law caused Parisians to protest near the Bastille before it was passed in 2015. President François Hollande invoked Article 49-3 of the Constitution to force this law through. The protests continued after the law was successfully enacted in 2016. For more information, you can visit the Nuit Debout and Convergence des Luttes websites.

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Caption 5 [fr]: fin deux mille quinze et début deux mille seize de...
Caption 5 [en]: the end of two thousand fifteen and the beginning of two thousand sixteen...

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Lionel - Verdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel stays in Verdun for part two of this series. You will see the remains of the famous Battle of Verdun, which took place in 1916 and lasted ten months. The French soldiers were called poilus or "hairy men" because of their unshaven faces. Verdun also has a magnificent cathedral with stained glass windows.

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Caption 43 [fr]: et une crypte qui date du début du Moyen-Âge et qui en vaut le détour.
Caption 43 [en]: and a crypt that dates from the early Middle Ages and that is worth the detour.

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Lionel L - Le 49.3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French government's recent decision to invoke Article 49-3 of the Constitution in order to push through a controversial labor bill without a parliamentary vote. He also gives a brief description of the differences between the two houses of the French Parliament, the Senate and the National Assembly.

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Caption 32 [fr]: et que depuis le... le début du mandat de Monsieur François Hollande
Caption 32 [en]: and that since the... the beginning of Mr. François Hollande's term

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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 55 [fr]: Saint-Nicolas, qui... qui... qui annonce aussi le début, euh... des fêtes de Noël,
Caption 55 [en]: Saint Nicholas, which... which... which also announces the start, uh... of the Christmas festivities,

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Actus Quartier - Fête de quartier Python-Duvernois - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, Morocco, West Africa

In this next installment of Télé Bocal's coverage of the Python-Duvernois block party, we hear from a group of kids who've made a courageous trip down an enormous slide, and from a municipal advisor who shares with us her inspiring message of solidarity.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Est-ce que ça fait peur? -Au début, quand tu vois... quand ça c'est en haut...
Caption 21 [en]: Is it scary? -At first, when you see... when that's at the top...

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Rosalinde - S'aimer et aimer l'autre

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Let's talk about love! People share their insights on what love really is. Is it infatuation, self-sacrifice, an adventure, or a journey?

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Caption 47 [fr]: comme ça allait au début, quoi,
Caption 47 [en]: like it was in the beginning, you know,

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Le Journal - Manuels scolaires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Does your textbook ever seem more confusing than enlightening, more wrong than right? A recent study showed that some French textbooks could use a little fact-checking.

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Caption 15 [fr]: il tombe sur exactement le contre-exemple qu'on a utilisé en début de leçon,
Caption 15 [en]: he comes across the example that is the exact opposite of what was used at the beginning of the lesson,

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Cap Caen Normandie TV - Danse - Héla Fattoumi se dévoile

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Héla Fattoumi, originally from Tunis, has taken her feelings on the full-body veil to the stage, in her dance performance piece “Manta.”

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Caption 16 [fr]: depuis, euh... fin des années, euh... quatre-vingt-dix, début deux mille,
Caption 16 [en]: since, uh... the end of, uh... the nineties, beginning of two thousand,

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