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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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Voyage en France - Barbizon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us through the village of Barbizon, which has served as an inspiration to numerous artists and writers since the mid-1800s. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Robert Louis Stephenson are just a few of the many people who have fallen in love with this charming town.

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Caption 3 [fr]: à à peine une demi-heure de Paris, dans le magnifique village de Barbizon,
Caption 3 [en]: hardly half an hour away from Paris, in the magnificent village of Barbizon,

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LCM - Concert: La Folia à l'abbaye Saint-Victor

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The teenage violist Valentin Tournet plays an excerpt from Marin Marais' "Folies d'Espagne" (Follies of Spain) in this interview. He talks about the folia, an early music theme from Spain, as well as the passion for music he developed at a very young age.

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Caption 45 [fr]: au concours d'entrée du Conservatoire de Paris.
Caption 45 [en]: for the entrance exam to the Conservatoire de Paris [Paris Conservatory].

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Voyage en France - Reims - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, and it's just one of many interesting things to discover in the northern French city of Reims. Daniel Benchimol walks us through this gorgeous city in this video.

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Caption 6 [fr]: du même nom que la place Pigalle à Paris.
Caption 6 [en]: of the same name as the place Pigalle [Pigalle Square] in Paris.

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Canal 32 - Les secrets des cailles des blés

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In order to find out more about the common quail, this team of technicians is capturing some male members of the species to track the birds' migratory patterns, reproduction rate, and total population.

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Caption 14 [fr]: une bague du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris, euh...
Caption 14 [en]: a ring from the Paris Museum of Natural History, uh...

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Oldelaf et Monsieur D - Le Café

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A lot of people claim to be addicted to coffee, but hopefully none of them are as hooked on caffeine as the man in this high-energy music video from Oldelaf and Monsieur D. As long as they're not killing people like he is, they're probably fine!

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Caption 45 [fr]: Oh, je fais tout Paris
Caption 45 [en]: Oh, I go all over Paris

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