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Ferme de la Croix de Pierre - Les lapins

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Have you ever wondered where the wool from your luxurious angora sweater comes from? At the Ferme de la Croix, a lovely lady breeds angora rabbits and goats on her farm. She explains the shearing process and how she cares for her pets. We learn that one rabbit can yield forty balls of angora wool every hundred days. That's a lot of sweaters!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Attends. Je la tiens bien. Hop! Voilà, ça, c'est du lapin angora.
Caption 8 [en]: Wait. I am holding her tight. There! This here is an angora rabbit.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Episode nine of this series focuses on Galileo, a prolific inventor and scientist. He discovered the principle of the simple pendulum motion, very useful in the measure of time and later in the making of clocks.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Eh bien, Galilée, retournez donc à vos cours!
Caption 5 [en]: Well, Galileo, go back to your classes then!

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno au Salon des vins et vignerons

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro visits a wine festival with his breathalyzer to make sure that nothing more than some innocent dégustation (sampling) is going on. Some of the people he interviews fail the test, but one expert claims it might not be that accurate to begin with!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Vous êtes sûre? -Mais bien sûr!
Caption 8 [en]: Are you sure? -But of course!

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Geneviève Morissette - À propos de la musique

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada

Meet Geneviève Morissette, a singer-songwriter from Montreal whose smart lyrics and beautiful compositions make her stand out on stage.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Vous allez bien en ce dimanche soir? -Oh, yeah! Oui! -Yeah!
Caption 5 [en]: Are you feeling good on this Sunday night? -Oh, yeah! -Yeah!

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Salon Eco Habitat - Boisdicy, l'isolation écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, a representative at an ecology trade show presents some innovative building materials that are eco-friendly and will allow you to save some money on your energy bills. These materials are made out of gypsum cellulose and are used for insulation.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Mais on peut très bien finir avec un enduit naturel.
Caption 7 [en]: But we can very well finish with a natural coating.

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Alsace 20 - Rencontre avec les membres d'IAM

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Meet the members of IAM, a very popular French rap group originating from Marseille. They discuss their successful career and their latest album, Arts Martiens (Martian Arts).

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Caption 15 [fr]: On aime bien mettre le... mettre le doigt un petit peu sur, euh... soulever un petit peu certaines choses.
Caption 15 [en]: We really like to put a... kind of put a finger on, uh... raise certain issues a little bit.

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Voyage dans Paris - La Coulée Verte

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Daniel Benchimol walks us through the "Coulée Verte," a peaceful passageway that cuts through Paris's twelfth arrondissement and offers a nice break from the hustle and bustle of city life. Along the Coulée Verte, you'll find a lot of green spaces, some art galleries and craft workshops, and even a nifty sundial!

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Caption 5 [fr]: C'est un endroit, bien entendu, réservé aux piétons
Caption 5 [en]: This is, of course, a place reserved for pedestrians

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Maestro explains how the revolutionary ideas of the early discoverers, which we now take for granted, were not always well received. Before Galileo, for example, everyone believed that the sun and all the other planets revolved around the earth!

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Caption 31 [fr]: Mais il a fallu à certains bien du courage pour prétendre le contraire
Caption 31 [en]: But it took a lot of courage for some to claim the opposite

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Manon et Clémentine - Vocabulaire du livre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Whether you're a scholar, a budding writer, or just a casual beach reader, you'll find a lot to learn in Manon and Clémentine's lesson on book-related vocabulary. Using one of the most renowned works of French literature, In Search of Lost Time, as a guide, our two friends also recite their own poem on the future of the book. Happy reading!

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Caption 49 [fr]: Et bien sûr, les livres pour enfants. Autrefois, on appelait ça un livre d'images.
Caption 49 [en]: And of course, children's books. Formerly, this was called a picture book.

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno se met à nu !

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this hilarious video, Allessandro Di Sarno decides to strip (nearly) naked to determine whether Parisians are really as jaded as he thinks they are. Luckily the only violence he suffers is at the hands of an elderly woman, who pokes him with her cane!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Bonjour, vous allez bien? -Bien et vous?
Caption 8 [en]: Hello, you are well? -Well, and you?

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 8

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last segment of this Il était une fois... episode on technology, we learn more about what vertical farms can do to help the planet thrive. The first commercial vertical farm recently opened in Singapore.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Eh bien, bravo les enfants! Car il est bien vrai que le savoir de l'homme, sa technologie
Caption 21 [en]: Well, bravo, children! Since it's quite true that the knowledge of humankind, its technology,

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Voyage dans Paris - Autour de l'Hôtel de Ville

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The square around Paris's city hall, the Hôtel de Ville, is much more than a purely bureaucratic area. It features one of the city's most renowned department stores, the BHV, and even turns into an ice-skating rink in the winter.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Et bien apparemment ce n'est pas une légende.
Caption 27 [en]: Well, apparently, it's not a legend.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The students present the Maestro with various solutions for eliminating pollution on our planet, including vertical farms and biotechnology.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Eh bien, ma solution pour préserver la planète,
Caption 5 [en]: Well, my solution for preserving the planet

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Un réveillon en montagne (Savoie)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

For New Year's Eve, come join the mountain people of the Savoie region at the O’Communailles restaurant where good local food is being served with a twist in a convivial atmosphere. Then watch the happy locals dance the night away.

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Caption 15 [fr]: J'aime bien travailler les produits locaux. Bon, là c'est du cerf d'élevage,
Caption 15 [en]: I really like working with local products. Well, here it's farm-raised deer,

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Grand Lille TV - Focus: la tradition de Saint-Nicolas

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In keeping with northern European traditions, Saint Nicholas visits local French schools to bring good cheer and some treats! Luckily, his partner Père Fouettard, who usually hands out coal to naughty children, is away looking after his sick donkey today.

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Caption 15 [fr]: parce que ce matin il a bien travaillé dans d'autres écoles.
Caption 15 [en]: because this morning he worked very hard in other schools.

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