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Cap 24 - Les bus sont-ils toujours en retard ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Even the bus drivers will admit it: Parisian buses have a tendency to run late. But the drivers aren't to blame, since they're hindered by car traffic like everyone else. Luckily, the interviewer in this video has some "good humor patches" to soothe any frustrated straphangers!

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Caption 15 [fr]: On enlève toutes les bagnoles? -Toutes les bagnoles, voilà! Comme ça on peut rouler.
Caption 15 [en]: We remove all the cars? -All the cars, that's it! That way we can go.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Galileo is about to throw caution to the wind and reveal his startling discoveries about planet Earth.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Il disait comme vous que c'était la Terre qui tournait autour du Soleil.
Caption 2 [en]: Like you, he said that it was Earth that revolved around the Sun.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part five of this episode on "The Discoverers," Galileo is warned. His belief that the Earth revolves around the sun is sacrilegious. Giordano Bruno, who claimed this fact, was burned as a heretic by the Inquisition Tribunal.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Je suis sûr qu'on pourra observer les étoiles comme si on était tout près.
Caption 5 [en]: I'm sure that we'll be able to observe the stars as if we were very close.

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Oldelaf - Le Crépi

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf turned his abhorrence for rough stucco walls that scrape your skin into a funky song, "Le crépi" (Stucco).

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Caption 45 [fr]: Comme des portraits de Johnny brodés
Caption 45 [en]: Like embroidered portraits of Johnny [Hallyday, a French singer]

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Voyage dans Paris - Beaubourg et le Marais

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Daniel Benchimol walks us through a fun neighborhood in Paris: Le Marais. It's a great place to visit, with the Beaubourg Museum (also known as the Georges Pompidou Museum) and distinctive medieval streets.

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Caption 5 [fr]: un théâtre qui est à Paris considéré comme une légende.
Caption 5 [en]: a theater that in Paris is considered as a legend.

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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 22 [fr]: Et comme ça, au bout de cinq jours seulement j'enlève tout.
Caption 22 [en]: And that way, at the end of only five days I remove all of it.

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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 43 [fr]: Non, non. C'est pas fiable. C'est pas comme ça qu'on fait les contrôles alcootests.
Caption 43 [en]: No, no. It's not reliable. They don't do breathalyzer tests like that.

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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 6 [fr]: Avant tout, j'ai pas le choix de m'avoir comme musicienne, parce que j'ai étudié en chant.
Caption 6 [en]: First of all, I don't have a choice but to be a musician, because I studied voice.

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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 34 [fr]: contrairement au polystyrène qui lui bien sûr est issu comme tout le monde le sait du pétrole.
Caption 34 [en]: unlike polystyrene, which of course comes from, as everyone knows, petroleum.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 9. Galilée - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, a young Galileo gets one of his first revolutionary ideas on how to measure time. Pretty impressive for a fourteen-year-old, huh?

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Caption 5 [fr]: Comme d'habitude, t'as encore gagné.
Caption 5 [en]: As usual, you won again.

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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 21 [fr]: qui nous intéresse beaucoup depuis le début, comme l'Égypte, comme, euh...
Caption 21 [en]: that has interested us a lot from the beginning, like Egypt, like, uh...

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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 9 [fr]: La particularité de la Coulée Verte, comme je vous le disais et comme vous allez le découvrir,
Caption 9 [en]: The distinctive feature of the Coulée Verte, as I was telling you and as you're going to discover,

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Oldelaf - Le monde est beau

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In his song "Le monde est beau" (The World Is Beautiful), Oldelaf's ironic take on social networking is bittersweet and not without humor.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Comme il trouve pas la solution
Caption 26 [en]: Since he can't find a solution

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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 9 [fr]: Imaginez un peu, avec cent cinquante fermes on peut nourrir une mégapole comme New York!
Caption 9 [en]: Just imagine, with one hundred and fifty farms, one can feed a megalopolis like New York!

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Salon Eco Habitat - NrGaïa, la ouate de cellulose

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Our eco-friendly home show representative explains the benefits of cellulose wadding versus fiberglass, two insulation materials commonly used in houses.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Comme on peut le voir, la ouate de cellulose ne laisse pas du tout passer d'air
Caption 28 [en]: As we can see, the cellulose wadding will not let air pass through at all

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