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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 1 [fr]: Il est quatorze heures quinze à Paris
Caption 1 [en]: It's two fifteen p.m. in Paris

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After her divorce, Sarah is raising her son Nino alone and is having trouble coping with his hostile behavior. Her financial situation doesn't allow for meat on the table more than twice a week. Nino proposes a dishonest solution, but his mother won't hear of it.

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Caption 33 [fr]: Nous sommes à Puteaux à proximité de Paris.
Caption 33 [en]: We are in Puteaux, near Paris.

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Voyage en France - Auvers-sur-Oise - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel finishes up his tour of Auvers-sur-Oise with an appreciation of Vincent Van Gogh, who completed an astounding eighty paintings during his two-month sojourn in the village. In this video, you'll see the inn where the artist stayed during his visit, along with some of the gorgeous stops on the "painters' discovery" tour of Auvers-sur-Oise. It's easy to see why the village was such an inspiration to the impressionists!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour. Bienvenue. Un nouveau numéro. Nous sommes toujours à trente kilomètres de Paris,
Caption 1 [en]: Hello. Welcome. A new episode. We are still thirty kilometers away from Paris,

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Rokhaya Diallo draws a parallel between incidents of racial discrimination and police brutality in the United States and similar incidents in French suburbs. She notes that young people are mobilizing and becoming more politically engaged in the aftermath of the infamous Théo case.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Y a une grande marche qui est organisée à Paris le dix-neuf mars
Caption 18 [en]: There's a big march that is being organized in Paris on March nineteenth

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel interviews his cousin Jean-Pierre, who is a dog trainer. Jean-Pierre explains that dogs are like children: the sooner they are trained, the better. As a dog gets older, it becomes increasingly difficult to fix bad behaviors. However, it's never too late to teach an old dog new tricks...

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Caption 33 [en]: to the Paris region, for example, with your dog?
Caption 33 [fr]: en région parisienne, par exemple avec son chien?

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Activist, journalist, and documentary filmmaker Rokhaya Diallo talks about racial tensions between the police and young people in French working-class suburbs. She calls for better police training and more accountability to prevent violence against young people of color.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Je cite le dernier: "De Paris à Ferguson, coupable d'être noir".
Caption 5 [en]: I cite the latest: "From Paris to Ferguson, Guilty of Being Black."

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Maître Gims - Sapés comme jamais ft. Niska

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Maître Gims teams up with Niska for "Sapés comme jamais." Dressed as a sapeur, a sort of Congolese fashionista, Maître Gims embraces his Congolese identity with panache and impeccable style.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Paris est vraiment ma'... ma'... ma'... ma'... [magique]
Caption 29 [en]: Paris is really ma'... ma'... ma'... ma'... [magical]

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Journalists spent a week in Aulnay-sous-Bois interviewing young people about ongoing issues and clashes with the police. In the Cité des Trois Mille district, which includes 3,000 public housing units, cultural and sporting organizations are stepping in to make up for the lack of public services.

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Caption 18 [en]: they think it's "Banlieue Treize" ["District Thirteen": film taking place in a gang-ridden Paris suburb].
Caption 18 [fr]: ils pensent c'est Banlieue Treize.

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Lionel - La ville de Toul

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in Toul, twenty-seven kilometers from Nancy in the northeast of France. This small medieval town has a pretty riverside port and a magnificent Gothic cathedral called Cathédrale Saint-Étienne. Don't miss Lionel's signature pun at the end of this video!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Et bien entendu, ici, nous sommes... à environ deux cent soixante-dix kilomètres de Paris.
Caption 7 [en]: And of course, here, we are... about two hundred seventy kilometers from Paris.

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Lionel L - La réforme du français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French Academy's latest spelling reform, which includes such modifications as removing the i in oignon (onion) and the circumflex in coût (cost). There's been a fair amount of backlash against the reform, though the changes are only recommended, not mandatory.

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Caption 3 [fr]: sixième arrondissement de Paris.
Caption 3 [en]: [in the sixth] arrondissement of Paris.

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Lionel - Voyage en train - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel concludes his discussion of train rides in France at the Rémilly station. Built in 1851, the station now has a special significance for film lovers.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Et par ici, nous allons vers Paris et Metz.
Caption 5 [en]: And here, we go toward Paris and Metz.

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Voyage en France - L'Isle-Adam - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In the last part of his tour of L'Isle-Adam, Daniel takes us to the town's glassblower, who offers introductory courses in his beautiful artform. He also shows us the L'Isle-Adam ponds (which act as a sanctuary for over 150 bird species) and the mysterious Chinese pavilion, the architect and construction date of which remain unknown.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes dans le département du Val d'Oise à une trentaine de kilomètres de Paris.
Caption 2 [en]: We are in the Val d'Oise department, about thirty kilometers from Paris.

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Actus Quartier - Repair Café

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

People flock to the Repair Café to have their broken devices repaired. The concept was introduced in Holland by a journalist who decided it was much better to fix things rather than throw them away. In a convivial atmosphere, volunteers fix items while you watch or you can fix it yourself with some assistance.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Et à Paris, on a commencé comme ça.
Caption 21 [en]: And in Paris, we started like that.

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Lionel - La Cathédrale de Toul - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in Toul, Lionel takes a closer look at the Saint-Étienne Cathedral in Toul. Its construction started in the thirteen hundreds and was completed around 1495.

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Caption 7 [fr]: deux cent soixante-dix de Paris.
Caption 7 [en]: two hundred seventy from Paris.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Rêves et cauchemars

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Micro-Trottoirs is interested in people's dreams and nightmares. Accounts range from pleasant dreams of swimming with dolphins to terrifying nightmares of people being amputated.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Ça devait, je pense, se passer juste après les attentats de Paris...
Caption 37 [en]: It must, I think, have taken place just after the Paris attacks...

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