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Lionel - Les animaux - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel visits an animal park and teaches us the names of the male, female, and young of each animal he encounters. Did you know there's a word for "female duck" in French?

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Caption 55 [fr]: C'est comme ça qu'il arrive à conquérir la femelle,
Caption 55 [en]: This is how he manages to conquer the female,

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Ma fille et mon mari se sont fait berner - Part 3

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Alison and her father are so delighted at the prospect of working with the famous manager, Steve Holloway, that they're willing to do anything he asks, even pay his outrageous fees. Nadine is alarmed and worried for her daughter.

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Caption 70 [fr]: C'est comme un banquier.
Caption 70 [en]: He's like a banker.

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Voyage en France - Sceaux - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sceaux is full of many historical treasures, including a castle and an orangery, as well as an esplanade that became famous more recently as the site of a historic concert by Madonna in 1987. Watch the video to find out which French president was there (and the legend attached to his attendance!).

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Caption 37 [fr]: fut à l'origine comme je vous l'expliquais, destinée à accueillir des œuvres d'art.
Caption 37 [en]: was originally, as I was explaining to you, intended to host works of art.

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Le Monde - Nouvelle-Calédonie : la dernière colonie française - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, New Caledonia

New Caledonia is still part of France and has not gained its independence despite lenghthy negotiations between loyalists and separatists. Now that the Kanak population is a minority, independence seems unlikely. For more info on New Caledonia, check out these links: https://bit.ly/3cnZgzs, https://bit.ly/2EWfOBG, https://bit.ly/2SyqOrw.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Comme en Algérie,
Caption 1 [en]: As in Algeria,

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Le saviez-vous? - La Promenade des Anglais - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The Promenade des Anglais is Nice's most famous and beautiful avenue. Sadly, its reputation was tarnished by a 2016 tragedy that left 80 pedestrians dead. As a result, safety barriers have been installed to prevent this from happening again.

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Caption 19 [fr]: car les touristes comme les locaux
Caption 19 [en]: because tourists as well as locals

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Voyage en France - Sceaux - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel shows us two historic landmarks in the town of Sceaux: the Saint John the Baptist Church, which contains many valuable artifacts, and the Félibres Garden, which is named after the Félibrige literary movement. He starts out his tour at a former railway station that is now the town's market hall.

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Caption 33 [fr]: un peu comme Jean de La Fontaine mais avec quand même moins de notoriété.
Caption 33 [en]: a bit like Jean de La Fontaine, but with less renown, anyway.

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Le Monde - Nouvelle-Calédonie : la dernière colonie française - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, New Caledonia

In New Caledonia, the last French colony, two societies continue to coexist: the descendants of the white colonists known as "Caldoches," and the native Kanaks, whose numbers were decimated by the colonists beginning in 1853.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Sauvages. -Comme des sauvages.
Caption 16 [en]: Savages. -Like savages.

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Amal et Caroline - Je n'aime pas quand tu chantes

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Caroline and "Sarah" (aka Amal) have a difficult conversation. Caroline tells Sarah that she isn't a good singer and should stop performing. But Sarah thinks she's just jealous.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Mais, euh... mais je pense que comme on est assez proches,
Caption 10 [en]: But, uh... but I think that as we're quite close,

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Lionel - La Place de la Fontaine de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our visit to Liverdun with Lionel. The town features a lot of houses with gerbières, or hayloft windows, through which people would hoist sheaves of wheat.

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Caption 18 [fr]: comme on ne savait pas lire,
Caption 18 [en]: as they didn't know how to read,

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Le saviez-vous? - Gérard raconte les événements fondateurs d'Antibes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Gérard tells us about the history of Antibes, from the time of Julius Caesar to the construction of the city walls and the Fort Carré.

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Caption 4 [fr]: C'est resté longtemps comme ça.
Caption 4 [en]: It remained for a long time like that.

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Amal et Caroline - La Pyramide du Louvre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Amal and Caroline are sitting in front the Louvre Museum and its famous glass pyramid. Once controversial, the pyramid is now considered one of the museum's finest works of art.

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Caption 68 [fr]: c'est très actuelle comme architecture
Caption 68 [en]: it's very modern as a work of architecture,

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Claire et Philippe - Le boulot d'enseignant

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Philippe meets up with his old friend Claire, whom he has not seen in a while. Philippe is thinking about becoming a teacher, and Claire, who happens to be one, is able to tell him all about her job.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Pourquoi... pourquoi est-ce que tu m'as pas donné de nouvelles comme ça?
Caption 7 [en]: Why... why didn't you give me any news like that?

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Le saviez-vous? - L'animation dans le Vieux Nice

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia talks about the bustling Cours Saleya in the Vieux Nice neighborhood. In the nineteenth century the Cours Saleya attracted intellectuals to its literary salons, as well as tourists from all over the world.

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Caption 2 [fr]: De jour comme de nuit,
Caption 2 [en]: Both day and night,

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Le Monde - Que faire des statues de la discorde ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, French people have started to remove statues tied to slavery and racial injustice. However, some statues have been relocated, annotated, or simply replaced rather than destroyed.

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Caption 20 [fr]: En France comme aux États-Unis,
Caption 20 [en]: In France, as in the United States,

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Sophie et Patrice - L'appart

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, Patrice and Sophie pretend to be a realtor and prospective tenant looking at an apartment in Montmartre. Before they go up to the apartment, Patrice tells Sophie about the neighborhood, which she doesn't know very well.

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Caption 36 [fr]: Comme je bosse loin, tu sais, en banlieue.
Caption 36 [en]: Since I work far away, you know, in the suburbs.

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