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Lionel & Lahlou - Être musulman - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lalhou talks about his life as a Muslim in France and how he enjoys celebrating New Year's with his four children.

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Caption 10 [fr]: J'ai... j'ai l'impression que ça se passe bien, en fait,
Caption 10 [en]: I... I have the impression that it's going well, in fact,

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Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le poisson d'avril?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explores the origin of the poisson d'avril (April Fools') tradition. There are numerous theories about this, some of them contradictory.

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Caption 41 [fr]: eh bien, on s'offrait des poissons.
Caption 41 [en]: well, people gave each other fish.

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France 24 - Décès d'Albert Uderzo, le dessinateur d'Astérix et Obélix

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Albert Uderzo, the co-creator of the famous "Astérix" comic strip, died this week at the age of ninety-two. "Astérix" is the best-selling French-language comic strip, with over 380 million copies sold.

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Caption 20 [fr]: en écrivant qu'on aurait bien besoin de potion magique en ce moment.
Caption 20 [en]: writing that we could really use some magic potion right now.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai escroqué mon assurance ! - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophia has been working for Gérard for several weeks now. She begins to suspect he may not be as disabled as he claims to be....

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Caption 41 [fr]: et par conséquent Gérard est bien resté seul.
Caption 41 [en]: and consequently Gérard indeed remained alone.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les anciennes lois insolites - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia takes a close look at some old French laws that are still on the books but no longer enforced. For example, it's technically forbidden to name one's pig "Napoleon."

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Caption 22 [fr]: J'ai bien une terrasse
Caption 22 [en]: I do have a terrace

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L'Obs - Quelles sont les armes de la médecine contre le coronavirus ?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Scientists around the world are working together to combat the coronavirus. With the help of big data and artificial intelligence, research should yield results more quickly.

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Caption 58 [fr]: ça a été très, très bien géré.
Caption 58 [en]: it's been very, very well managed.

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Radio-Canada Info - Comment détecter le coronavirus

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

This news clip explains how Québec is preparing for the coronavirus. Testing has come a long way since the SARS outbreak in 2003.

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Caption 41 [fr]: se porte bien.
Caption 41 [en]: is doing well.

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Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol braves a chilly February day in Meudon to show us an amazing vantage point from which you can enjoy an almost complete panoramic view of Paris. If you want to look further still, you can visit the Meudon observatory, which has the third biggest telescope in the world.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Eh bien nous voici maintenant devant le... le clou du spectacle bien sûr à Meudon,
Caption 17 [en]: Well, here we are in front of the... the highlight of the show in Meudon, of course,

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Pep's - Réparation de parapluies

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Thierry Millet is an umbrella repairer in Paris, and one of last remaining ones in France. He shares his wealth of knowledge and some interesting umbrella facts. Did you know that the first umbrella dates from 6500 B.C.?

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Caption 10 [fr]: et nous avons bien sûr tous les honneurs
Caption 10 [en]: and of course we have all the honors

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Lionel & Lahlou - Être musulman - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lahlou discusses what it's like to be a Muslim in France. He normally prays five times a day and goes to the mosque on Friday. He distances himself completely from those who commit attacks in the name of Islam, which is a religion of peace.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Ça va. Et toi, Lionel, bien?
Caption 2 [en]: Fine. And you, Lionel, good?

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Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in the town of Meudon, Daniel Benchimol takes us to an impressive building, the parish church of Saint John the Theologian. It houses an orphanage that helps nearly thirteen thousand young people reintegrate into society.

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Caption 29 [fr]: et avec le domaine national de Meudon, elle est propriété de l'État, bien entendu.
Caption 29 [en]: and with the national domain of Meudon, it is the property of the State, of course.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le Petit Chaperon rouge - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The original version of Le Petit Chaperon rouge, written by Charles Perrault, has a more gruesome ending than the one you might be familiar with. Patricia concludes the tale in this video.

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Caption 38 [fr]: fut bien étonné de l'apparence de sa grand-mère.
Caption 38 [en]: was quite surprised at her grandmother's appearance.

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Céline Dion - Je sais pas

Difficulty: Newbie

Canada

Céline Dion laments the difficulties of life and its obstacles in her poignant song "Je sais pas" (I Don't Know), from 1995.

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Caption 30 [fr]: J'ai bien appris
Caption 30 [en]: I've learned well

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Sophie et Patrice - La maison verte

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Sophie loves plants so much that she isn't averse to snipping a cutting or two from a public garden. Her interest in plants comes from her grandmother, who spent endless hours tending to her plants and even climbed trees at 95 years old!

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Caption 24 [fr]: plutôt que les choses qui sont... -Oui, trop bien... -Ouais.
Caption 24 [en]: rather than things that are... -Yes, too proper... -Yeah.

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Voyage en France - Meudon - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of his visit to Meudon, Daniel Benchimol takes us to a church famous for the priest who officiated there: the renowned satricial writer Rabelais. Meudon's rich geological history is explained on a panel overlooking the town.

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Caption 48 [fr]: bien, il y a des poules en liberté.
Caption 48 [en]: well, there are some chickens roaming free.

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