All

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Gisors - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

There's a lot to explore in the Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais Church in Gisors, including a towering wooden organ, a magnificent mural, and a spiral staircase. Daniel Benchimol gives us a detailed tour of this stunning work of architecture, which he counts as one of the most beautiful churches in Normandy.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à quatre-vingt kilomètres à l'ouest de la capitale, à l'ouest de Paris,
Caption 2 [en]: We are eighty kilometers west of the capital, west of Paris,

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Le château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this tour of the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, you will discover a very old castle built by King Francis the First as well as a quintessentially French marketplace, whose numerous fountains make it the perfect place to cool off in the summer.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 2 [en]: We are in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the west of Paris.
Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à Saint-Germain-en-Laye dans l'ouest parisien.

Warmup Workout

Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le nom de la France? - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This video is all about the people of France, from the ancient Franks and Gauls to the present-day population, which currently numbers over sixty-six million inhabitants.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 17 [fr]: Sa capitale est Paris qui est située au centre-nord de la France.
Caption 17 [en]: Its capital is Paris, which is located in the northern center of France.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol is in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where France's King Louis XIV was born. The Parisian suburb is also the site of the summer art exhibition Nouvelles folies à la française (New French Follies). This year's exhibition includes, among other things, a giant four-poster bed floating in the middle of a fountain!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 32 [fr]: relia Paris à Saint-Germain-en-Laye et fut ouverte au public.
Caption 32 [en]: linked Paris to Saint-Germain-en-Laye and was opened to the public.

Warmup Workout

Lionel - à Metz - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel takes us to Metz, a city that was once part of Germany, being only some sixty kilometers from the German border. In this video you will learn a few facts about this Germanic city, and you will add a lot of useful terms to your going-about-town vocabulary.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 33 [fr]: juste derrière moi, à proximité des grands magasins comme à Paris
Caption 33 [en]: just behind me, in proximity to the department stores as in Paris,

Warmup Workout

Alsace 20 - Grain de Sel: Au Caveau de l'étable à Niederbronn-les-Bains

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Where can you get a gourmet meal for eight euros seventy? Hélène Ober is the proud owner of the restaurant "Au Caveau de l'Étable." She will show you around the kitchen and share some of her secrets on how to prepare a fantastic meal without breaking the bank. If cooking risotto is not your thing, you will at least be able to speak like a pro in a French kitchen.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 31 [fr]: Il faut un peu d'huile d'olive, quelques oignons ciselés, quelques champignons de Paris.
Caption 31 [en]: You need a little olive oil, a few chopped onions, a few Paris mushrooms [button mushrooms].

Warmup Workout

Oldelaf - interprète "Vendredi"

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Enjoy Oldelaf's quirky humor, as displayed in his introduction to his two backup musicians who come from wildly different backgrounds, to say the least. Then listen to his satirical song "Vendredi" (Friday), where he describes a typical weekend for the average bored (and boring?) French guy.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 16 [fr]: dans le plein cœur du... du seizième à... à Paris. Alors, euh... ça a été, euh... des années, euh...
Caption 16 [en]: right in the heart of the... the sixteenth [arrondissement] in... in Paris. So, uh... it's been, uh... years, uh...

Warmup Workout

Alsace 20 - La chronique Mode de Caroline: mode éthique

Difficulty: Advanced

France

In this Alsace Vingt episode, Caroline interviews eco-friendly clothes designer Louise Geber, who owns a store in Strasbourg. There, you will be able to shop for fashionable garments and help the environment at the same time. To find out more, visit the store's website, www.vetementbio.com.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 14 [fr]: Et tu es revenue à tes premières amours. -Exactement. Après trois ans à Paris,
Caption 14 [en]: And you came back to your first love. -Exactly. After three years in Paris,

Warmup Workout

Oldelaf - interprète "Bérénice"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf's "Bérénice" is a beautiful love song with a somewhat tragic (but very comical!) ending. You'll both laugh at and be moved by Oldelaf's poetic language and soulful crooning.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 4 [en]: Of all the girls of the eighth [eighth arrondissement in Paris]
Caption 4 [fr]: De toutes les filles du huitième

Warmup Workout

Manif de la semaine - Anti pub, Anti écran

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In a convivial atmosphere, complete with brass bands and good humor, Parisians gather in the streets to have fun and raise awareness about the proliferation of electronic adverstising in the subways. A new citizen movement is spreading throughout France: anyone can join the ranks of "Les Reposeurs" [Redecorators], a group of protesters armed with kraft paper, markers, and whiteboard paint to write anti-advertising messages on posters and billboards.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 36 [fr]: d'aller réduire massivement la publicité à Paris.
Caption 36 [en]: to starting to drastically reduce advertising in Paris.

Warmup Workout

De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - Le parc des Buttes Chaumont

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marion walks us through the Buttes Chaumont, a former limestone quarry transformed into a magnificent park, complete with an artificial lake, a grotto, dramatic cliffs, and even a Roman-style temple. On a more tragic note, the park is also home to a bridge that the poet Louis Aragon once called a "mecca for suicides." Luckily, the bridge is now protected by a wire fence.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 3 [fr]: situé au nord-est de Paris dans le dix-neuvième arrondissement.
Caption 3 [en]: located in the northeast of Paris in the nineteenth arrondissement.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third episode on Rambouillet, Daniel shows us an interesting "shell cottage," a railway museum, and the beautiful Church of Saint Lubin and Palais du Roi de Rome. Rambouillet is full of wonderful surprises!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à l'ouest de Paris, à environ une cinquantaine de kilomètres de la capitale.
Caption 2 [en]: We are west of Paris, at about fifty kilometers from the capital.

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - Rambouillet - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the Rambouillet castle, which includes a very interesting building on its grounds: the Laiterie de la Reine, or Queen's Dairy, which was built for Marie Antoinette in accordance with the "pleasure dairy" trend of the eighteenth century.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes dans l'ouest parisien à environ une cinquantaine de kilomètres de la capitale, Paris.
Caption 2 [en]: We are west of Paris, at around fifty or so kilometers from the capital, Paris.

Warmup Workout

Ultimate frisbee - KYM, le tournoi - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The town of Sélestat hosts an ultimate frisbee tournament called the "Keep Your Mustache Tournament" (prizes include "Spirit of the Game" and "Handsomest Mustache"). It's also a good excuse for a party, where ladies can wear fake mustaches and join in the fun if they wish!

Matches in Transcript

Caption 13 [en]: Uh... it's more clubs, actually. It's more around the Paris region
Caption 13 [fr]: Euh... c'est plus effectivement les clubs. C'est plus autour de la région parisienne

Warmup Workout

Voyage en France - La ville de Senlis - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this third episode on the medieval town of Senlis, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to the Venery Museum or hunting museum. The museum displays not only traditional uniforms of the Spahis but also the special architecture, painting, music, and art linked to the "venery" activities.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes à Senlis, dans le nord de Paris, à quarante kilomètres plus précisément de la capitale,
Caption 2 [en]: We are in Senlis, in the north of Paris, forty kilometers from the capital more precisely,

Difficulty

Category

Field

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.

Difficulty

Category

All

Field

Captions

You must be a subscriber to leave a comment.