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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Le Canada est une mosaïque de culture, un vrai bouillon de culture qui déborde quelque fois... Le gouvernement essaie de promouvoir l'harmonie. On parle même de la création d'une nouvelle nationalité québécoise.

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Midi en France - En balade à Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Hélène is an expert on the forest of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, a favorite of French heads of state from Francis I to Napoleon III. Come explore this magnificent green space with her.

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Caption 37 [fr]: pour que la chasse à courre puisse s'y dérouler facilement.
Caption 37 [en]: so that hunting could easily take place there.

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Sophie et Patrice - Jourdain

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patrice and Sophie are in the Belleville-Jourdain neighborhood around the nineteenth arrondissement. This quiet neighborhood is benefitting from the city officials' committment to bring back pedestrians areas to the city.

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Caption 56 [en]: Me, I think that solar is the future.
Caption 56 [fr]: Moi, je trouve que le solaire c'est l'avenir.

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Sophie et Patrice - Square parisien

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Patrice and Sophie have a conversation in one of the many little parks that dot the Paris landscape.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Par contre quand il pleut, ils pourraient venir nettoyer, tu vois?
Caption 16 [en]: On the other hand when it rains, they could come clean up, you see?

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Cannes - Le Suquet

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Cannes is known for its film festival and its La Croisette promenade... But there's so much more to see. Watch this video and discover the arts neighborhood of Le Suquet.

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Caption 65 [fr]: Par contre, c'est saisonnier.
Caption 65 [en]: On the other hand, it's seasonal.

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Lionel - Le Musée du sabotier - Part 7

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to the Clog Museum and learn about these very old machines that are still in use today.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Par contre celle-là, il faut la servir cette machine.
Caption 31 [en]: On the other hand, this one, this machine must be handled.

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Lionel - Le Musée du sabotier - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In part two on this series on the Clog Museum, we meet the last remaining clog maker in the village. And surprisingly, he isn't wearing clogs!

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Caption 21 [fr]: Par contre au début, ça se faisait à la main.
Caption 21 [en]: However, in the beginning, it was done by hand.

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Nader Fakhry - Les tortues dans vos assiettes, c'est fini ! - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Côte d'Ivoire

Now that Ivory Coast is enjoying its first marine protected area, the seabed and sea creatures like turtles and stingrays have a chance to recover from human onslaught. And what better custodians of the sea than former poachers turned antipoaching rangers?

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Caption 19 [fr]: pour la surveillance contre le braconnage.
Caption 19 [en]: for anti-poaching surveillance.

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Amal et Caroline - Le Parc de la Villette

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Come discover the Parc de la Villette with Amal and Caroline. Built on the site of a former slaughterhouse, this park is now one of the largest green spaces in Paris.

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Caption 83 [fr]: qui prônent la culture végane,
Caption 83 [en]: that promote vegan culture,

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Sophie et Patrice - Paris se dépeuple

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Paris is experiencing a population decline, partly due to short-term rentals and extreme commuting. Executives are able to live far out in the provinces while still working in Paris.

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Caption 49 [fr]: de culture, de... d'histoire, de... de guerre,
Caption 49 [en]: of culture, of... of history, of... of war,

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Bicloune - Magasin de vélos à Paris

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Bicloune is a unique bicycle shop in Paris with a wide variety of models, from antique bikes from 1905 to contemporary foldable ones. Audrey Hepburn supposedly used to ride a bicycle like one found in this store.

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Caption 68 [fr]: Par contre, du fait de la... des petites roues,
Caption 68 [en]: On the other hand, because of the... the small wheels,

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Cap 24 - Paris 2ème : Alessandro joue le Pique-assiette!

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Alessandro becomes a pique-assiette (freeloader, literally "plate-stealer") for a day with his friend Marc Antoine who takes him to rue Montorgueil in the second arrondissement of Paris. What's the big attraction? Friendly shopkeepers give out free food and wine samples daily.

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Caption 36 [fr]: Ouvrons le "cup". Combien ça coûte un "cup" comme ça?
Caption 36 [en]: Let's open the cup. How much is a cup like this one?

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 11

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Oliver concludes this eleven-part series with a visit to Fort Chambry, where French and British armies fought over new Canadian territories. How did this affect the present? Olivier leaves us to draw our own conclusions and assures us that he is fond of the Québécois as much as they are fond of him. He shares his final impressions of Quebec in a lovely song at the end.

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Caption 5 [fr]: aller se venger, par exemple, contre les Iroquois...
Caption 5 [en]: to go retaliate, for example, against the Iroquois...

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Lionel - à la ferme

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us around a family farm that spans three generations. This traditional dairy and cattle farm takes good care of its animals, which enjoy a special "cow wash." Nursing cows are allowed a break from milk production prior to calving, and nothing is left to chance as the sex of the newborn calf is predetermined thanks to artificial insemination.

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Caption 48 [fr]: Mais par contre on sait si ce sera des vaches laitières ou des vaches à viandes ou pas?
Caption 48 [en]: But on the other hand do we know if they are going to be dairy cows or beef cattle or not?

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - Le parc des Buttes Chaumont

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marion walks us through the Buttes Chaumont, a former limestone quarry transformed into a magnificent park, complete with an artificial lake, a grotto, dramatic cliffs, and even a Roman-style temple. On a more tragic note, the park is also home to a bridge that the poet Louis Aragon once called a "mecca for suicides." Luckily, the bridge is now protected by a wire fence.

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Caption 35 [en]: and I will see you for future discoveries.
Caption 35 [fr]: et vous donne rendez-vous pour de prochaines découvertes.

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