Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Patricia reveals bombshell news to her boss about Fabrice, who has no idea about the insidious rumors circulating about him.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Fabrice is totally blindsided by Olivier's about-face. He goes from being promoted to being demoted to a lower position. And the tension in the office is palpable. What is going on?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Fabrice is still baffled by the strange and hostile atmosphere at the office. Meanwhile, Patricia's undermining work is bearing fruit.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Fabrice's colleagues are growing increasingly hostile toward him. Meanwhile, he receives devastating news about his partner Christophe.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Élodie finally reaches Fabrice, who is very distraught after the loss of his partner. They clear things up between them, and Élodie discovers the awful truth.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
The truth is out and Patricia's days at the company are numbered. Will Olivier come to his senses and redress the situation?
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
In this unusual case of stolen identity between two brothers, Judge Philippe has to decide who is telling the truth: the plaintiff, the older brother Timothée Suter; or the defendant, his younger brother Cédric Suter, who claims he is innocent.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Timothée receives a summons for insulting a police officer and tells the judge it was his brother Cédric who committed the crime, as the incident occurred outside Cédric's building. But Cédric claims his brother was there too...
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France, French Guiana
French Guiana is currently debating a controversial topic: the Montagne d'Or (Gold Mountain), in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. The environmental impact is a major concern, and many people and organizations are opposing the project.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France
This video from Le Monde explores the popular and scientific views of astrology. After a brief description of how birth charts are created, the video asks whether astrology "works" at all.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France, New Caledonia
In New Caledonia, the last French colony, two societies continue to coexist: the descendants of the white colonists known as "Caldoches," and the native Kanaks, whose numbers were decimated by the colonists beginning in 1853.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France, New Caledonia
In 1988, New Caledonia was on the verge of a civil war as the native population, the Kanaks, rebelled against economic injustice and demanded their independence. A violent incident on the island of Ouvéa prompted the French government to intervene and even bring in a SWAT team. More violence ensued as negotiations failed.
Difficulty:
Intermediate
France, New Caledonia
New Caledonia is still part of France and has not gained its independence despite lenghthy negotiations between loyalists and separatists. Now that the Kanak population is a minority, independence seems unlikely. For more info on New Caledonia, check out these links: https://bit.ly/3cnZgzs, https://bit.ly/2EWfOBG, https://bit.ly/2SyqOrw.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
The slime mold Physarum polycephalum, nicknamed "the blob," fascinates biologists and the public alike due to its amazing features. You can watch the blob in action moving at a speed of one centimeter an hour at the Vincennes zoo.
Difficulty:
Adv-Intermediate
France
Why are there so few streets named after women? The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, decided to change the street-naming regulations to include women's names. Some say that it's far from sufficient, but it's a start!
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