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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo has not heard from Angèle since the fiasco of his last visit, but he does hear from Brice, who contacts him unexpectedly to share stories about his father. Enzo finds out that Brice used to be a very close friend of his father's, and Enzo is thrilled to gather some information at last.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Je ne suis pas ton père, en revanche je l'ai très bien connu.
Caption 10 [en]: I am not your father; on the other hand, I knew him very well.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads part two of the Ugly Duckling story, which has, as you may already know, a very happy ending.

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Caption 34 [fr]: Le jeune oiseau était enchanté. Bien sûr qu'ils l'adoptaient.
Caption 34 [en]: The young bird was delighted. Of course they adopted him.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le parc André-Citroën

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around the André-Citroën Park in the fifteenth arrondissement of Paris. The park contains a series of beautiful gardens organized by color as well as the largest hot-air balloon in the world!

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Caption 13 [fr]: et bien évidemment celui que nous découvrons maintenant
Caption 13 [en]: and quite obviously, the one we are discovering now

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo ruined his chances with Angèle, and their budding romance is shattered. Angèle feels totally betrayed as she learns the real reason of his pursuit: the search for his father.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Et dès le lendemain, il est bien décidé à lui faire savoir.
Caption 2 [en]: And the very next day, he is quite determined to let her know.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo meets Angèle's dad Brice again and seizes the opportunity to take a picture of him by pretending to admire his tattoo. His hopes of finding his real father are dashed when he shows his mother the photograph, and she doesn't recognize the face. The only bright spot in all this is that Angèle may not be his sister after all.

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Caption 11 [fr]: que l'homme au tatouage est bel et bien son père.
Caption 11 [en]: that the man with the tattoo is indeed his father.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

If you're familiar with the story of the Ugly Duckling, you may enjoy revisiting this classic fairy tale in French, as read by Lionel and Patricia.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Elle décida que ça devait être ainsi et bien qu'il était laid
Caption 21 [en]: She decided that it had to be that way, and although he was ugly

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo unexpectedly meets his father for the first time at Angèle's house. Feeling extremely awkward, he cuts short his visit with Angèle, who, of course, doesn't understand. She later reveals her true feelings for Enzo, who recoils when she tries to kiss him. Angèle storms off, hurt and mystified.

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Caption 38 [fr]: Bon, d'accord il s'appelait Brice mais il avait très bien pu changer de prénom pour pas se faire repérer.
Caption 38 [en]: Well, OK, his name was Brice, but he very well could've changed his first name to not be tracked down.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo's mother finally admits that she knew of his father's whereabouts and asks for Enzo's forgiveness for keeping it a secret. Enzo is still in shock and not ready to forgive her. He's following another lead, a young woman who may eventually take him to his real father.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Tu sais très bien que j'ai toujours voulu que ton bonheur.
Caption 13 [en]: You know very well that I've always wanted only your happiness.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'art culinaire français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This episode of "Le saviez-vous?" (Did You Know?) is about French gastronomy. You will learn a lot of useful vocabulary relating to food, and you can look forward to sampling delicious dishes.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Aujourd'hui bien sûr beaucoup d'hommes aiment et cuisinent régulièrement.
Caption 32 [en]: Nowadays, of course, a lot of men love to cook regularly.

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Lionel L - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

According to Lionel, we hear far too much about Charlie Hebdo and not enough about Le Canard Enchaîné, which is about to celebrate its centenary in 2016. This quality satirical newspaper is in a similar vein to Charlie Hebdo. Both papers even shared the same cartoonist, Cabu, who sadly did not survive the January attack on Charlie Hebdo. Le Canard Enchaîné was no stranger to extremist threats either.

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Caption 11 [fr]: dans le sens où c'est un journal qui est particulièrement bien écrit
Caption 11 [en]: in the sense that it's a paper that is particularly well written,

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Parc Georges-Brassens

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a stroll with Daniel Benchimol through Georges Brassens Park, built on the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouses. The park includes one of Paris's many jardins pédagogiques (educational gardens) run by local schoolchildren. It's also a few steps away from the famous artists' colony known as La Ruche (The Beehive).

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Caption 22 [fr]: bien entendu encadrés par des animateurs et par leurs professeurs.
Caption 22 [en]: of course surrounded by supervisors and by their teachers.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this new series, Le Jour où tout a basculé (The Day When Everything Turned Upside Down), a mother and son's close relationship is about to change. Enzo, who lives with his mother Murielle, runs into a man with a distinctive tattoo. Determined to track down the man, whom he believes to be his father, he starts an inquiry of his own despite his mother's skepticism.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Et ben alors écoute, ça tombe très bien.
Caption 32 [en]: Well, then listen, it's very good timing.

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Découvrir des épaves au Musée sous-marin de Lorient

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Underwater Museum of Lorient might be a little hard to get to, given that it's literally underwater. Dedicated to shipwrecks and other sunken objects, the museum is made possible by a team of volunteers with a passion for documenting these lost treasures at the bottom of the ocean.

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Caption 13 [fr]: qu'on a bien cartographié une zone, eh bien c'est d'envoyer, euh...
Caption 13 [en]: that we've mapped an area well, well, it's to send, uh...

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Watt’s In - Maître Gims : J'me Tire Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Advanced

France

The twenty-seven-year-old rapper Maître Gims talks about a change of direction in his career path. He decided to leave his rap group Sexion d'Assaut to sing solo for a while. He assures us that it's an amicable agreement and that he is looking forward to spreading his wings.

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Caption 10 [fr]: toute cette aventure avec Sexion d'Assaut. Et euh... ça... ça... ça a marché super bien.
Caption 10 [en]: all that adventure with Sexion d'Assaut. And uh... it... it... it did really well.

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Gisors - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last part of his tour of the town of Gisors, Daniel shows us an interesting structure called a cabinet de verdure (greenery chamber) as well as a waterfall that served as the major driving force of the town's economy for centuries. Daniel also tells us the story of Philippe Auguste and the Golden Virgin, which you won't want to miss!

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Caption 3 [fr]: eh bien je vous le confirme encore une fois aujourd'hui.
Caption 3 [en]: well, I'm confirming that for you once again today.

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