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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 3 [fr]: L'hôtel de ville c'est un peu comme si c'était la mairie principale de la ville de Paris.
Caption 3 [en]: The Hôtel de Ville, it's a little bit like it's the primary city hall of the city of Paris.

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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 21 [fr]: comme nettoyer les eaux usées,
Caption 21 [en]: such as cleaning waste water,

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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 18 [fr]: qu'on a effiloché ensuite comme une rillette.
Caption 18 [en]: that we then shredded like a rillette [shredded pork spread].

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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 6 [fr]: Déjà, c'est parce que je suis invité dans cette école tous les ans comme dans d'autres écoles.
Caption 6 [en]: First of all, it's because I am invited to this school every year, as well as to other schools.

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Alsace 20 - Ouverture du marché de Noël de Colmar

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Despite the cold weather, people are flocking to the opening of the Colmar Christmas market in Alsace. In this video, tourists talk shopping and vendors explain why they like to work at the Christmas market.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Là au moins on est cool comme ça.
Caption 39 [en]: There, at least, we're cool like that.

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Alsace 20 - Grand sapin de Strasbourg: tout un art pour le décorer!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It takes a lot to decorate the 31-meter high Christmas tree on Strasbourg's Place Kléber: ten technicians, two bucket lifts, 75 thousand lights. Luckily, the operation is being managed by Antoinette Pfimlin, who has 20 years of experience decorating giant trees in a hard hat.

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Caption 6 [fr]: sont comme au premier jour.
Caption 6 [en]: are like the first day.

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Alsace 20 - Alsace: les plus belles déco de Noël!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Some Alsace residents take Christmas decorating very seriously. From two men who go all out with phantasmagoric light displays to a woman who opts for a subtler, 1940s décor, you'll find some different takes on what it means to be in the "Christmas spirit" in this video.

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Caption 16 [fr]: J'avais commencé petit à petit comme tout le monde et... à la force, c'est devenu une maladie, quoi.
Caption 16 [en]: I had started little by little like everyone and... eventually, it became a disease, you know.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A group of smart young people found revolutionary ways to solve our planet's woes. Electronic books, Internet mail and much more...

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Caption 5 [fr]: Parce que comme toujours, on a affecté l'argent de la recherche aux solutions les plus rentables!
Caption 5 [en]: Because, as always, we spent the research money on the most profitable solutions!

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Modern technology comes to the rescue! Planet Earth has a chance of recovering from man-made pollution.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Génial! Comme ça, on pourra aller se baigner à la plage, même en hiver!
Caption 18 [en]: Great! That way, we'll be able to go swimming at the beach even in winter!

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Joanna - La Place Stanislas

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Joanna and Caroline take us to the northern French city of Nancy in Lorraine. They'll show you around the beautiful Place Stanislas, classified as a World Heritage Site, and the famous Daum crystal studio. A beautiful art piece might set you back a few thousand euros... Be sure to bring your check book or your credit card!

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Caption 31 [fr]: Ici, il y a les râpés qui sont faits maison apparemment comme la dame m'explique.
Caption 31 [en]: Here, there are the "râpés" [grated potato dish] that are apparently homemade, as the lady explains to me.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Technology not only helps clean up our planet, but also allows us to explore the entire universe. According to the astrophysicist Alfred Vidal-Madjar, in five hundred years, we will have visited all the planets in the solar system.

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Caption 46 [fr]: à accomplir ce que nous considérons aujourd'hui comme des utopies.
Caption 46 [en]: to accomplish what we consider to be utopias today.

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Salon Eco Habitat - Terres cuites de Courboissy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Eco Habitat salon, Olivier Brunet from the "Terres Cuites de Courboissy" (Courboissy Terracotta) tile factory explains how they make floor tiles that are both eco-friendly and pleasing to the eye. One of their clients even had his floor tiles made to look three dimensional!

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Caption 36 [fr]: C'est un produit, euh... qui respire... comme le bois. Et euh... c'est de plus en plus utilisé
Caption 36 [en]: It's a product, uh... that breathes... like wood. And uh... it's used more and more,

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Alsace 20 - Femmes d'exception: Christine Ott

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Discover a unique instrument called the ondes Martenot, a precursor to the synthesizer named after its inventor, Maurice Martenot. This electronic piano-like instrument, once a musical sensation in the 1930's, quickly fell into disuse, but is experiencing a revival thanks to Christine Ott, a talented pianist who adopted this unusual instrument and has worked alongside such musical greats as Radiohead and Yann Tiersen.

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Caption 41 [fr]: comme ça catapultée sur les plus grandes scènes d'Europe et du monde, quoi.
Caption 41 [en]: catapulted like that onto the greatest stages in Europe and around the world, you know.

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TV Tours - Ouverture du 3ème festival de Chambord

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The pianist Alexandre Tharaud plays Beethoven and Chopin in the beautiful surroundings of the Chambord castle. It's an outdoor concert, but the acoustics are so powerful that the performers can hear a pin drop from the audience!

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Caption 21 [fr]: à un lieu comme Chambord. Donc c'est... c'est... le but au fond,
Caption 21 [en]: to a place like Chambord. So it's... it's... the aim, essentially,

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Exposition : La poterie au fil des temps

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

An exhibition called "Pottery through the Ages" is being held at La Châtaignère in Savoie, near the Alps. A friendly woman explains the history of pottery, from Ancient Egyptian artifacts to Biblical clay men to modern techniques.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Donc, euh... elle devient vraiment translucide, comme du... de la lave.
Caption 15 [en]: So, uh... it becomes really translucent, like... lava.

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