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Le Journal - "Claude François"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

You’ve heard of Elvis impersonators? Well France has Claude François impersonators! Meet Tom Evers, who performs in the style of Podium at the very same club where the real Claude used to come to relax, comme d’habitude.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Le moulin de Dannemois, près de Paris.
Caption 1 [en]: The Dannemois mill, close to Paris.

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Le Journal - Yann Arthus Bertrand

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Yacyretá dam in Argentina is controversial for several reasons. Accused by some to be the result of a bribe to displace the local population, the dam has now gotten famed French photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand into hot water. Arthus-Bertrand, who was filming a documentary there, is alleged to have walked out on a twenty-eight-thousand-euro bill he owed to a local travel agency.

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Caption 13 [fr]: De retour à Paris, le photographe livre une toute autre explication:
Caption 13 [en]: Back in Paris, the photographer delivered a completely different explanation:

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Manu le Malin - Album Biomechanik III - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

What’s the ideal first hardcore music experience? Where is the best place to hear hardcore? Is it true that ladies don’t dig hardcore as much as guys do? Hear what famed French musician and DJ Manu le Malin has to say in the final part of his interview.

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Caption 43 [fr]: puisque j'ai joué à... à... au dernier Teknival, au dernier Teknival de Paris, en mai,
Caption 43 [en]: when I was playing at... at... at the last Teknival, at the most recent Paris Teknival, in May,

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Le Journal - Contrôle des prix alimentaires - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French Minister of Finance Christine Lagarde takes a stroll through the aisles of a Parisian supermarket, checking as she goes to see if the actual prices of the store’s dairy products match prices recorded in a recent French consumer’s report. The verdict? It appears that shelf prices are actually lower than what was listed in the report. But the French can rest assured that this won’t stop the government’s investigation into the country’s rising food prices.

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Caption 1 [en]: This morning, Christine Lagarde does her shopping in a Paris supermarket.
Caption 1 [fr]: Ce matin, Christine Lagarde fait ses courses dans un supermarché parisien.

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Interviews à Central Park - Les 24 Heures du Mans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How long would you like to spend driving a race car around a track? An hour? Two? How about twenty-four? In the third in our series of Central Park interviews, we hear from a Le Mans native about the famous 24 heures du Mans.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Euh... La ville du Mans est à deux cents kilomètres de Paris.
Caption 3 [en]: Uh... The town of Le Mans is two hundred kilometers from Paris.

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Interviews à Central Park - Discussion politique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re back in Central Park! This time, French teens Barbara and Lorraine discuss politics, including the recent controversial Contrat Première Embauche and President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Love him or leave him? The girls don’t quite agree…)

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Caption 2 [fr]: J'habite à côté de Paris en banlieue parisienne.
Caption 2 [en]: I live right near Paris in a Parisian suburb.

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Neïmo - Interview de Neïmo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

From Scratch is not only the name of Neïmo’s first album, it also sums up their ethos. Original and full of energy, Neïmo is a distinctive part of a rock and roll trend: made in France but sung in English! According to the band, rock and roll is best done in its original language. Hear about how they mix their inspirations and influences with their innovation.

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Caption 42 [fr]: À bientôt, à bientôt à Paris.
Caption 42 [en]: See you soon, see you soon in Paris.

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Le Journal - Sarkozy en Afrique du Sud - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On the final leg of French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to South Africa, the leader meets with Nelson Mandela (after visiting the cell where Mandela was imprisoned for twenty-seven years), and speaks about the importance of being a uniter—not a divider.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Avant de rentrer à Paris,
Caption 7 [en]: Before returning to Paris,

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French Punk - Frustration

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Rock and roll, garage, hard-core, street punk — from Black Flag to Agnostic Front to Crisis, Frustration isn’t just a sentiment, it’s a way of life! With Frustration, “Your life will be sadder, but it’ll be more lucid.”

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Caption 4 [fr]: On est une bande d'amis sur Paris depuis quinze ou vingt ans.
Caption 4 [en]: We are a bunch of friends based in Paris for the past fifteen or twenty years.

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Disiz la Peste - Dans tes rêves - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Celebrated French rapper Disiz La Peste (Dis Is The Plague) began his acting career in Dans tes rêves (In Your Dreams), a film that relates the story of a young rapper trying to make his way in the music industry.

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Caption 34 [fr]: J'étais dans le train pour Paris, je rêvais à travers la vitre
Caption 34 [en]: I was on the train to Paris, I dreamed through the window

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Amadou et Mariam - Sénégal Fast Food - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Senegal

Amadou and Mariam share singing duties with co-producer Manu Chao on a song with themes of migration and dislocation.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Cinéma Le Paris, demain je serai parti
Caption 3 [en]: The Paris Cinema, tomorrow I'll be gone

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Le Journal - Manifestations des lycéens - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

All over France, students are protesting the loi Fillon, which they feel does not best represent the interests of students and their schools.

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Caption 2 [fr]: à Paris, les lycéens étaient deux fois moins nombreux,
Caption 2 [en]: in Paris, the high school students were half as many [as before],

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Le Journal - Le baccalauréat - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Like the SATs for Americans, or A level in the UK, the baccalauréat exam, or le bac, creates more than its fair share of stress in students, especially on the day when they find out the results, the culmination of an entire school career. Students meet outside the school where exam results are posted, and share the emotion of knowing whether they and their friends succeeded or not.

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Caption 6 [fr]: À Bordeaux ou à Paris, on ne sait plus si l'on pleure d'échec ou de victoire.
Caption 6 [en]: In Bordeaux or in Paris, you can't tell whether they're crying from failure or from victory.

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Mario Canonge - Ses propos - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Martinique

Mario Canonge is one of the most exciting pianists tickling today’s plastic ivories, and Yabla was lucky enough to have caught him in person.

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Caption 13 [fr]: et je vis maintenant à Paris depuis vingt-cinq ans.
Caption 13 [en]: and I have been living in Paris for twenty-five years now.

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Le Journal - Trop de pub dans la boîte à lettres

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Many French people claim they don’t like receiving junk mail, but marketers have done studies which indicate the opposite.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Sur Paris quand c'est très groupé comme ça, on peut en passer trois mille cinq cents à peu près.
Caption 4 [en]: In Paris when it's tightly packed like this, you can give out about three thousand five hundred.

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