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Grand Lille TV - L'huile de friture transformée en carburant

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This news report explores the possibilities of new biofuels. The company Gecco is testing biofuels made from coffee grounds and cooking oil on service vehicles and a school bus in hopes of converting waste from schools and other institutions.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Le but: le transformer comme combustible
Caption 9 [en]: The aim: to transform it into fuel

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Lea - La Cinémathèque française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lea shows us one of the largest film libraries in the world, the Cinémathèque Française, which contains over forty thousand films. After the Cinémathèque's original home in the Palais de Chaillot burned down, it relocated to a brand-new facility in Paris's twelfth arrondissement.

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Caption 30 [fr]: comme Truffaut ou Godard.
Caption 30 [en]: like Truffaut or Godard.

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TV Tours - Apiculture: Des ruches sur le toit d'un supermarché (Vendée)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A beekeeper in La Roche-sur-Yon has found the perfect place for his apiary: the rooftop of a supermarket. It's a win-win situation: the store manager helps the beekeeper with his production in return for a steady supply of local honey.

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Caption 57 [fr]: comme installer ce qui se voit de plus en plus aujourd'hui:
Caption 57 [en]: like installing what is being seen more and more today:

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to Soissons, an ancient city that was the first capital of France. He shows us the memorial commemorating the victims of World War I and depicting the legend of the famous Soissons vase.

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Caption 20 [fr]: qui est travaillé comme une fresque tout autour du monument aux morts.
Caption 20 [en]: which is sculpted like a fresco all around the memorial to the dead.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah invites her coworker Eddy over for dinner to meet her son Nino. After seeing Eddy kiss Sarah on his way out, Nino gets angry and lashes out at his mother.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Alors Nino, comme ça tu veux être chef cuisinier?
Caption 6 [en]: So Nino, so you want to be a chef?

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, who decided to give up sugar for a year, discovered some unexpected benefits on her health. She claims that she looks younger, feels healthier, and is free of cravings, but she cautions that everyone reacts differently. You can read another interview with her here.

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Caption 132 [fr]: j'ai pris un morceau à peu près grand comme ça de Paris-Brest.
Caption 132 [en]: I took a piece about that big of Paris-Brest [cream pastry].

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, Jean-Marc Touzard explains the effects of global warming on wine growing and the quality of the wine in France.

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Caption 11 [fr]: comme ce qui était dit précédemment.
Caption 11 [en]: as was said previously.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes back to work feeling uneasy after having stolen a steak for her son the day before. Her colleague, whom she fancies, invites her for drinks. To her relief, he has no idea about the theft, so she is delighted to take him up on his offer.

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Caption 13 [fr]: J'en ai marre d'avoir une mère comme toi!
Caption 13 [en]: I'm fed up with having a mother like you!

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel says goodbye to his cousin Jean-Pierre and his "nephew" Chic. Jean-Pierre shares a few more thoughts on dog training, which he believes should be a joy for both dogs and their owners.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Comme quoi, y a...
Caption 10 [en]: It just goes to show, there's...

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au passé simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia teaches us how to conjugate second-group (-ir) verbs in the passé simple, or historical past. Unlike the more common passé composé, this tense is mainly used in literary works and in historical accounts.

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Caption 33 [fr]: comme "Le Penseur",
Caption 33 [en]: like "The Thinker" [Auguste Rodin sculpture]

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes to work at the frozen food factory as usual, but her day is anything but ordinary. Temptation gets the best of her as her son's unethical suggestion echoes in her mind and drives her to do something she would never have imagined possible.

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Caption 3 [fr]: C'est comme le blouson que tu m'avais promis;
Caption 3 [en]: It's like the jacket that you promised me;

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Lionel L - La Butte aux Cailles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the friendly Butte aux Cailles neighborhood in Paris. Its village-like atmosphere is a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the capital. The Butte aux Cailles was formerly part of the small town of Gentilly before being attached to the city of Paris.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Le quartier de la Butte aux Cailles, comme le quartier de Mouzaïa,
Caption 39 [en]: The Butte aux Cailles neighborhood, like the Mouzaïa neighborhood,

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In the final segment of Alain Etoundi's Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!), Etoundi denounces the French criminal justice system, which tends to punish poor people of color more heavily than affluent white people who commit similar crimes.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Comme un prophète, je suis au cœur de votre milieu.
Caption 8 [en]: Like a prophet, I'm in the heart of your world.

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Le saviez-vous? - Les verbes du 2ème groupe les plus utilisés

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia explains how to conjugate second-group verbs in the present indicative. Regular verbs ending in -ir all follow the same conjugation rules.

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Caption 5 [fr]: et se conjuguent comme le verbe "finir",
Caption 5 [en]: and are conjugated like the verb "finir" [to finish],

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Christian Le Squer - Je ne fais que goûter!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Chef Christian Le Squer, takes us into the kitchen of his three-Michelin-starred restaurant, Le Cinq. You will see the cooks at work making exquisite dishes. Le Squer wants the food cooked to perfection, even "sexy," as he puts it. His job is to taste only, but it's not as easy as it looks.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Mais comme... comme une collection de... couture.
Caption 26 [en]: But like... like a high fashion... collection.

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