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Ina-Ich - Libre comme l'eau

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Talented musician Ina-Ich is back to share another song with us. Her live acoustic performance of “Libre comme l’eau” shows off a more classical side to her music, and treats us to a heartfelt and powerful tribute about roots, identity, and the notion of freedom.

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Kendji Girac - Color Gitano

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, Spain

Kendji Girac, a star of the French version of The Voice, goes back to his Gypsy roots in "Color Gitano" (Spanish for "Gypsy color"). This fun, rhythmic song will definitely make you want to get up and dance, and it'll even teach you some Spanish too!

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Sophie et Olivier - Les avocatiers de Sophie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sophie likes to grow avocados from seeds in a jar of water. She shows off her avocado "farm" to Olivier and explains how she does it. He'll soon be the proud owner of an avocado plant!

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Caption 30 [en]: Because there are the roots.
Caption 30 [fr]: Parce que y a les racines.

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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.

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Caption 28 [en]: thanks, among other things, to their submerged roots.
Caption 28 [fr]: grâce entre autres à leurs racines immergées.

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How will climate change affect wine growing in France? Is the French wine reputation at stake? What can be done about it? Find out in this extensive news report.

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Caption 71 [en]: He wants to show us the length of the roots.
Caption 71 [fr]: Il veut nous montrer la longueur des racines.

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Le saviez-vous? - Jean de La Fontaine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video you will hear a fable by Jean de La Fontaine, the most famous fable writer in French literature. "Le Chêne et le Roseau" (The Oak and the Reed) is a lesson in humility. The humble reed belies an inner strength that the oak does not possess. The oak's unbending nature proves to be its downfall.

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Caption 66 [en]: its roots were in the ground,
Caption 66 [fr]: ses racines, elles, étaient dans la terre

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Zoom sur l'opéra - "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A theatrical spectacle called "Je t'aime, un peu, beaucoup, aveuglément" revisited the Oedipus myth, incorporating works on the same theme from twentieth-century French playwrights. The event took place in the Château du Grand-Pressigny, and the public was encouraged to wander around the castle as part of the show.

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Caption 28 [en]: A strange thing as well: despite its roots in Antiquity,
Caption 28 [fr]: Chose étrange également, malgré son ancrage dans l'Antiquité

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 9. Les écosystèmes - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part seven of this episode on the ecosystems, the young students are on a field trip (a marsh trip to be exact), where they witness firsthand the destruction of this precious ecosystem. But this is not a new phenomenon: once upon a time in Polynesia...

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Caption 19 [en]: Better still, the mangrove roots
Caption 19 [fr]: Mieux encore, les racines des palétuviers

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 9. Les écosystèmes - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode on the ecosystems, guide Nam explains the importance of mangroves in the food chain. You'll also see the rafflesia, the largest flower in the world.

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Caption 12 [en]: Mangroves. Their roots allow them to breathe outside the brackish water.
Caption 12 [fr]: Des palétuviers. Leurs racines leur permettent de respirer hors de l'eau saumâtre.

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Agriculture verticale - TerraSphere - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Georges Laraque, one of the most renowned hockey players in the NHL, tells us about an innovative project: vertical farming, whose technology will limit the use of natural resources needed to grow plants.

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Caption 7 [en]: after having been germinated. As you can see, there aren't any roots yet,
Caption 7 [fr]: après avoir été germée. Comme qu'on peut voir, y a pas encore des racines,

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Les Nubians - Les origines et les influences

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hélène and Célia tell us about their musical influences, origins, and inspiration. When they encountered prejudice about Africa and Africans upon coming back to France, Les Nubians used music to paint a truer picture of African culture.

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Caption 36 [en]: By going from the roots, so from the continent, through traditional songs in Wolof,
Caption 36 [fr]: En allant des racines, donc du continent, par des chants traditionnels en wolof,

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Le Journal - Youssou N'Dour

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, Senegal

Youssou N’Dour, one of the world’s most beloved French-speaking musicians, hails not from France, but from Africa.

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Caption 6 [en]: Success leads others to leave the country. His, on the contrary, roots him in Senegal.
Caption 6 [fr]: Le succès amène les autres à s'expatrier. Le sien, au contraire, l'enracine au Sénégal.

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