"il s'agit" - Travel - Intermediate - French Videos

Filters

Difficulty

Descriptions

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Venez visiter avec Daniel l'ancienne ville de Dourdan dans le département de l'Essone. Il s'agit d'une ville charmante, pleine d'histoire et de bâtiments intéressants à voir comme par exemple la halle du marché.

Captions

Warmup Workout

Français avec Nelly - 10 Places to Visit in France - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nelly shares her selection of the top places to visit in France, from the Loire castles, to the medieval city of Carcassonne, to the Riviera. Happy travels!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 18 [fr]: Il s'agit du Mont-Saint-Michel.
Caption 18 [en]: It's Mont-Saint-Michel.

Warmup Workout

Lionel - Le Musée du Calendrier de la Paix - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Calendar of Peace includes three figures depicted with their eyes closed, signifying their "inward-looking" lives: Jesus, Buddha, and Louis Braille.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 12 [fr]: Il s'agit de Jésus Emmanuel, du Bouddha et de Louis Braille.
Caption 12 [en]: They are Jesus Emmanuel, the Buddha, and Louis Braille.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Sceaux - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In addition to its historic castle, the town of Sceaux is also home to a group of vegetated islets that provide passersby with a place to rest and wild birds with a place to nest. The castle grounds also include an orangery and numerous pavilions to explore.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 23 [fr]: il s'agit des îlots végétalisés.
Caption 23 [en]: it's vegetated islets.

Warmup Workout

Lionel - Schengen

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in the city of Schengen in Luxembourg. He talks about the Schengen Area, a group of countries between which European citizens can pass freely, without border checks.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 20 [fr]: Je crois qu'ici il s'agit de la Slovaquie.
Caption 20 [en]: I think here it's Slovakia.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol braves a chilly February day in Meudon to show us an amazing vantage point from which you can enjoy an almost complete panoramic view of Paris. If you want to look further still, you can visit the Meudon observatory, which has the third biggest telescope in the world.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 18 [fr]: il s'agit de l'Observatoire Paris-Meudon
Caption 18 [en]: it's the Paris-Meudon Observatory

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of his visit to Meudon, Daniel Benchimol takes us to a church famous for the priest who officiated there: the renowned satricial writer Rabelais. Meudon's rich geological history is explained on a panel overlooking the town.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 30 [fr]: soixante-dix mètres, il s'agit de sable moyen,
Caption 30 [en]: seventy meters, it's medium sand,

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Meudon, a small town near Paris. There, you can admire a statue of the famous writer François Rabelais. You can also wander through the Dauphin's Vegetable Garden, created in 1681.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 14 [fr]: Il s'agit de François Rabelais, et voici son square et son buste.
Caption 14 [en]: It's François Rabelais, and here is his square and his bust.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This video on Nogent-sur-Marne focuses on the town's beautiful architectural heritage, from the Royal Palace Cinema, to the Art Nouveau houses, to the Coignard mansion and its gardens. Daniel concludes with a discussion of the song that made Nogent famous, "Le petit vin blanc" (The Little White Wine).

Matches in Transcript

Caption 19 [fr]: il s'agit de la rue Lepoutre où nous nous trouvons actuellement.
Caption 19 [en]: it's the Rue Lepoutre where we are now.

Warmup Workout

Lionel - Liverdun le Haut

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our walk around the little town of Liverdun, perched on a rock spur near the Moselle river. Françoise tells us about its collegiate church and the legend of Saint Euchaire.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 35 [fr]: il s'agit bien d'une ancienne collégiale.
Caption 35 [en]: this is really a former collegiate church.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the final part of his tour of Chantilly, Daniel takes us back to the "Potager des Princes" (Princes' Vegetable Garden) and introduces us to some adorable barnyard critters, including a rooster, a pigeon, and some rabbits. The rabbits even have their own French-style village to roam around in, complete with a café, a town hall, and some villas too!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 27 [fr]: Il s'agit d'un petit village à la française, finalement assez traditionnel,
Caption 27 [en]: It's a small French-style village, in the end quite traditional,

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Chantilly - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Daniel shows us around the town of Chantilly, famous for its horse races and for its beloved Chantilly cream (also known as whipped cream). You'll get an inside look at the town's beautiful racetrack, which is home to over three hundred events each year.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 31 [fr]: Il s'agit surtout d'une vérification de matériel cette fois-ci.
Caption 31 [en]: It mostly involves an equipment inspection this time.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dourdan is a historic town with a magnificent church called the Église de Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois. Renamed the "Temple of Victorious Reason" during the Revolution, the church now contains a statue that bears a striking resemblance to Darth Vader (known as Dark Vador in France).

Matches in Transcript

Caption 46 [fr]: il s'agit de Dark Vador bien évidemment.
Caption 46 [en]: it's obviously Darth Vader.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Nemours - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the next part of his tour of Nemours, Daniel shows us the Church of Saint John the Baptist, a medieval church that was destroyed in the 1600s and then rebuilt over the course of the next two centuries. It houses a bell called the Cloche Philippe (Philippe Bell), which has a lengthy history of its own.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 20 [fr]: il s'agit d'un boulet de canon qui est figé dans le mur
Caption 20 [en]: it's a cannonball that is set in the wall

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Nemours - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Nemours is linked to the history of the United States in two important ways. Daniel will tell you more about that in this segment of his tour, and he'll also show you a group of charming bridges called the "Ponts des Petits Fossés" (Little Ditch Bridges).

Matches in Transcript

Caption 21 [fr]: Il s'agit de trois ponts qui ont été reconstruits au dix-neuvième siècle
Caption 21 [en]: These are three bridges that were rebuilt in the nineteenth century

Difficulty

Category

All

Field

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.