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French Punk - Frustration

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Rock and roll, garage, hard-core, street punk — from Black Flag to Agnostic Front to Crisis, Frustration isn’t just a sentiment, it’s a way of life! With Frustration, “Your life will be sadder, but it’ll be more lucid.”

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Caption 9 [fr]: à part certains groupes comme Black Flag,
Caption 9 [en]: except for some bands like Black Flag,

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Le Journal - La bougie du sapeur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This newspaper, called “The Sapper’s Candle” (a “sapper” is traditionally a military man who disarms mines), only comes out on the leap year. But how can a periodical published only on February twenty-ninth be financially sound? Maybe it’s true: less is more.

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Caption 28 [fr]: comme Patrick Bruel à la Générale,
Caption 28 [en]: like Patrick Bruel at La Générale [French Bank: Société Générale],

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Le Journal - La grippe aviaire - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Billions (oui, milliards!) of birds migrate from Africa every year, and with bird flu developing rapidly, their arrival to France is closely monitored at the Marquenterre National Park. Learn how French scientists and engineers there have taken innovative measures to make it difficult for the virus to settle in the mud where the birds like to feed.

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Caption 5 [fr]: comme cette cigogne, seule, fatiguée après quatre mille kilomètres de voyage.
Caption 5 [en]: like this stork, alone, tired after four thousand kilometers of travel.

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Disiz la Peste - Dans tes rêves - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Celebrated French rapper Disiz La Peste (Dis Is The Plague) began his acting career in Dans tes rêves (In Your Dreams), a film that relates the story of a young rapper trying to make his way in the music industry.

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Caption 32 [fr]: Et puis après j'ai grandi j'étais en paix comme Gandhi
Caption 32 [en]: And then after I grew up I was at peace like Gandhi

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Dahlia - Contre-courant - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Dahlia formed in 1999 in the province of Brittany in northwest France as a collaboration between guitarist Guillaume Fresneau and cellist Armel Talarmain.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Tu te contractes, vrillée comme un ressort
Caption 3 [en]: You tense up, coiled like a spring

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Le Journal - Le Polaroid

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hipsters all over the world are surely mourning the loss of their favorite instant-nostalgia art medium: the Polaroid. With the recent closing of the last two remaining Polaroid factories in the U.S., it looks like that familiar and much-loved “ch-click-whrrr” sound will soon become a thing of the past. Polaroid has plans to soon launch products suited to the digital era. But can anything ever compare to the one and only original? Only time will tell.

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Caption 3 [fr]: À vingt-huit ans, Michael s'est pris de passion pour cet appareil photo pas comme les autres.
Caption 3 [en]: At twenty-eight years old, Michael was seized by a sudden passion for this camera so unlike any other.

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Canadian Chocolate Seller - Chocolats

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Montreal is famous for hockey, but who cares about hockey when you can have chocolat? Edith Gagnon, owner of La Maison Cakao, shows us the magic behind her charmants chocolates.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Donc, chaque intérieur est boulé à la main comme ça,
Caption 20 [en]: So, each filling is made into a ball by hand like this,

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Babylon Circus - J'aurais bien voulu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Babylon Circus, a ska band from Lyon, sings in this song about romantic regrets, missed cues, and lost opportunities. “J’aurais bien voulu” could well be translated as “Woulda, coulda, shoulda.”

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Caption 26 [fr]: C'est pas juste, tout court, et je me sens comme condamné
Caption 26 [en]: It's just not fair, period, and I feel like I'm condemned

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Le Journal - Nuits artistiques

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nuits Blanches, French ambiance, old movies and nouvel art make Paris by night even more exciting.

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Caption 12 [fr]: les drapeaux de tout un continent comme une invitation à se rencontrer jusqu'au petit matin.
Caption 12 [en]: the flags from an entire continent like an invitation to meet until the wee hours of the morning.

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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 22 [fr]: C'est comme si... j'étais arrivé au Far West de la Côte d'Azur super développée la veille de Pâques,
Caption 22 [en]: It's as if... I had arrived in the Far West from the super-developed Riviera on the day before Easter,

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Le Journal - Le poulet dans les cantines

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

One school is no longer serving chicken, claiming that children aren’t eating it when served due to fears of avian flu. The mayor is behind this decision – despite the protests of parents and chicken farmers – citing the “principle of precaution.”

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Caption 28 [fr]: Cet acte comme tout autre peut parfaitement être déféré,
Caption 28 [en]: This act, like any other, can perfectly well be remanded,

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Le Journal - Les microcrédits

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Microcredit can make a big difference to people on welfare or those without good credit history. Case in point: this fifty-five-year-old man who succeeded in opening up his own pizzeria thanks to the help he received.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Pour en arriver là, il a fait le tour de la terre, comme il dit.
Caption 8 [en]: In order to get there, he went around the earth, as he says.

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Le Journal - Manifestations des lycéens - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

All over France, students are protesting the loi Fillon, which they feel does not best represent the interests of students and their schools.

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Caption 13 [fr]: comme ça les gens pourront... pourront v'nir
Caption 13 [en]: that way people will be able to... will be able to come

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Le Journal - Le football - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

European football matches are known for the passion they inspire in their fans. The president of the international league is thinking of banning pre-game anthems, which seem to exacerbate the situation.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Aujourd'hui, un match de l'équipe de France commence toujours comme ça.
Caption 1 [en]: Nowadays, a game of the French team's always begins like this.

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Le Journal - Sans domicile fixe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Homelessness is difficult for anyone, but for women the dangers can be more acute and the experience even more alienating than for men.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Rokia, elle, n'a pas d'emploi et comme le foyer ferme ses portes,
Caption 12 [en]: Rokia does not have a job, and since the shelter is closing its doors,

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