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Voyage en France - Médan - Part 4

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Next to the Dreyfus Museum stands Emile Zola's house, which you can also visit. The famous writer financed his estate with the proceeds from his novels, and he even named the two towers he later added after two of his novels. He also hosted many of the biggest names in French literature and art.

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Caption 55 [fr]: Voilà, j'espère que vous avez aimé cette visite de la Maison Zola, de cette histoire.
Caption 55 [en]: There you have it. I hope you enjoyed this visit to the Maison Zola, this history.

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Voyage en France - Médan - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Médan where Daniel Benchimol takes us to the Dreyfus Museum, inaugurated in October 2021. There, you will discover a sad part of French history when anti-Semitism was rife.

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Caption 37 [fr]: "Le Juif, voilà l'ennemi".
Caption 37 [en]: "The Jew is the enemy."

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Voyage en France - Médan - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Médan, where you will discover some perfectly preserved wash houses, among other things.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Voilà, je voulais juste m'arrêter quelques secondes sur cet endroit.
Caption 22 [en]: All right, I just wanted to stop for a few seconds at this spot.

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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.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Voilà, bonjour. Nous sommes ici encore une fois
Caption 1 [en]: Hello there. We are here once again

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Lionel - Remich

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in the Duchy of Luxembourg in Remich, a lovely town on the banks of the Moselle River. It has a lot to offer: boat rides, walking trails, and pleasant green surroundings.

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Caption 45 [fr]: tout simplement parce que voilà,
Caption 45 [en]: quite simply because, that's it,

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Lionel - Luxembourg

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the tiny country of Luxembourg. Wedged between France, Belgium, and Germany, Luxembourg boasts one of the highest gross national products per capita and is one of the richest nations in the world.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Voilà, nous sommes encore une fois ici
Caption 1 [en]: Here we are once again

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Sandra - Gérante de "Gîte Arbonne"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

You can get away from it all just an hour away from Paris by visiting Sandra's alternative accommodation in Arbonne-la-Forêt. You can choose between a tree house or a cottage in the heart of the forest and enjoy the wildlife. There's no public lighting, so the animals won't be disturbed.

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Caption 36 [fr]: voilà, et puis après un espace commun
Caption 36 [en]: right, and then also a common space

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Voyage en France - Nogent-sur-Marne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In addition to housing the second largest port in the Paris region, Nogent-sur-Marne also includes a promenade dedicated to the "accordion queen" Yvette Horner and a square named after the famous Corsican singer Tino Rossi. The latter is located on the Marne River's "Île de Beauté" (Island of Beauty), which is also a nickname for Corsica.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Voilà. C'est depuis les terrasses de la Marne avec cette charmante péniche
Caption 44 [en]: There you have it. It's from the terraces of the Marne, with this charming barge

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Voyage en France - Dourdan - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last episode on the town of Dourdan, Daniel shows us the Abbaye de L'Ouÿe (literally, "Hearing Abbey"). Legend has it that King Louis VII commissioned it in honor of his friends and loved ones who heard his cries when he was lost in the forest one day.

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Caption 68 [fr]: Voilà. Tout est dit.
Caption 68 [en]: There you have it. All is said.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 1. Les premiers Américains - Part 9

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Food is scarce, too many men, not enough game to kill. What are they to do? The explorers setting foot on the Americas are having a tough time.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Ah, les voilà!
Caption 11 [en]: Oh, here they are!

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 1. Les premiers Américains - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Since all the animals have moved away from their area, these early Americans are forced to follow in their paw prints... otherwise they'll have no food!

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Caption 32 [fr]: Voilà longtemps que nous avons déjà marché en direction du soleil.
Caption 32 [en]: We've been walking in the direction of the sun for a long time already.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 1. Les premiers Américains - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The series Il était une fois… les Amériques: Les premiers Américains (Once Upon a Time… the Americas: The First Americans) relates American history from the very beginning up to the twentieth century. Enjoy the opening song about the making of America and its first settlers...

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Caption 26 [fr]: Certains vous diront que c'est Christophe Colomb qui l'a découverte, voilà cinq siècles.
Caption 26 [en]: Some will tell you that it is Christopher Columbus who discovered it, five centuries ago.

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Yacine Boularès - La musique tunisienne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Yacine Boularès, a young French musician of Tunisian origin, demonstrates some of the differences between Western and Arabic music on his saxophone. If you like what you hear, check out Yacine's jazz band, Afro Groove Collective.

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Caption 27 [fr]: une musique, euh... musi'... une musique au... au rythme rapide, euh... voilà.
Caption 27 [en]: a music, uh... musi'... a music... with a fast rhythm, uh... there you go.

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amerigo and his crew continue exploring the New World. Their water is almost gone. Fortunately, the river they're sailing on turns out to be the Amazon, so they won't die of thirst after all.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Et voilà! Exactement sur l'équateur.
Caption 32 [en]: And here we are! Right on the equator.

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Grand Lille TV - Marques d'Amour: Quand Florence Cassez écrit une chanson

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The rock group La Jarry has set to music a text written by Florence Cassez, a French woman who was imprisoned in Mexico in 2005 for her alleged involvement with a Mexican kidnapping ring. Cassez's case has provoked diplomatic tensions between Mexico and France in the years following her arrest.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Voilà, de... C'est pas normal qu'il y ait une... une fille emprisonnée à l'autre bout du monde,
Caption 24 [en]: There, to... It's not normal that there is a... a girl imprisoned at the other end of the world,

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