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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.

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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].

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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.

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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...

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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.

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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,

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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.

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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,

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

One might think that the push to remove anglicisms from the French language would be stronger in France, but the larger movement to "purify" French is actually happening in Quebec. Many Québécois worry that the French language is endangered in Canada, and the Quebec government has taken measures to preserve it by inventing new words instead of borrowing from English. That's why an email is still un email in France, but un courriel in Quebec.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Y a le "as-tu" alors qu'on aur'... On dirait à Paris "Tu as été content de ton truc"? Euh...
Caption 30 [en]: There's the "have you," whereas we would have... In Paris we would say, "You have enjoyed your thing?" Uh...

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - La Bastille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Marion, our guide, takes us to Place de la Bastille (Bastille Square), where the old Bastille fortress was stormed during the French Revolution. The guillotine was installed on the square for a very short time, but was nevertheless the site of a whopping 75 executions. Nowadays, the square hosts some much less sinister events, such as the Bastille Day (French national holiday) celebrations and the annual Gay Pride Parade.

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Caption 3 [fr]: dans le quatrième arrondissement de Paris.
Caption 3 [en]: in the fourth arrondissement of Paris.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A group of smart young people found revolutionary ways to solve our planet's woes. Electronic books, Internet mail and much more...

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Caption 37 [fr]: l'équivalent d'une forêt grande comme dix fois Paris!
Caption 37 [en]: the equivalent of a forest ten times as big as Paris!

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Yacine Boularès - La Tunisie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The musician Yacine Boularès talks to us about his large family, which spans two continents, and explains the origins of French influence in Tunisia.

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Caption 6 [fr]: La plupart de ma... de... de ma famille est à... est à Paris.
Caption 6 [en]: The majority of my... of... of my family is in... in Paris.

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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 7 [fr]: Euh... j'ai grandi à Paris, euh... et je suis d'origine tunisienne.
Caption 7 [en]: Uh... I grew up in Paris, uh... and I am of Tunisian origin.

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