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Lionel - Le one-man-show de Lionel

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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Lionel, the stand-up comedian, punster extraordinaire, surpasses himself with his long string of puns. Catch them if you can! The long-suffering husband of Éléonore, he is not shy about making her the butt of all his jokes.

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Caption 7 [fr]: À Londres. À Londres, par contre, tiens écoute!
Caption 7 [en]: In London. In London, however, hey, listen!

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The first part of this animated series, Once Upon a Time... Space, deals with epic battles in the Andromeda galaxy.

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Caption 46 [fr]: Par contre, du côté d'Andromède, il y a pas mal à faire.
Caption 46 [en]: On the other hand, around Andromeda, there's quite a lot to do.

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Actus Quartier - Manif anti-nucléaire à Bastille

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Did you know that France is the most nuclear-dependent country in the world? These protesters are trying to change that statistic in their demonstration against nuclear energy in Paris's Place de la Bastille.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Vous êtes pour ou contre le nucléaire, vous?
Caption 8 [en]: Are you for or against nuclear power, you?

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Le Journal - Villepin

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a walk with Dominique de Villepin, during the latter part of his term as France's Prime Minister, through Marseilles in the south of France.

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Caption 6 [fr]: et à quelques jours de la manifestation contre le Contrat Première Embauche.
Caption 6 [en]: and a few days away from the demonstration against the First Employment Contract.

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Il était une fois: la vie - 6. Les petites plaquettes - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Watch the blood platelets in action in this fun cartoon. Moral of the story? Always listen to your mother.

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Caption 50 [fr]: Il y a pourtant une force spéciale pour lutter contre les H,
Caption 50 [en]: There is still a special task force to fight against the H's,

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Il était une fois: l’Homme - 6. Le siècle de Périclès - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last segment of this animated series on ancient Greece, we learn about the later years of the empire, filled with endless wars and the ostracism of some of its most famous citizens.

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Caption 19 [fr]: contre Spartiates.
Caption 19 [en]: against Spartans.

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Arles - Un Petit Tour d'Arles - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Catherine continues her tour of Arles by taking us through the city's narrow streets lined with old houses, which offer some nice shade during the hot summer months.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Ça date de la Révolution, où étant contre les privilèges,
Caption 22 [en]: This goes back to the Revolution, when, being against privileges,

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Il était une fois: l’Homme - 6. Le siècle de Périclès - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Learn about the birth of democracy in ancient Greece and watch a scene from Sophocles's famous tragedy, Antigone, in the next installment of Il était une fois....

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Caption 12 [fr]: Il doit se protéger contre l'égoïsme individuel
Caption 12 [en]: It must protect itself against individual selfishness

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Caroline - et le badminton - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Badminton is a popular sport in France. Don't know how to play? Caroline will show you.

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Caption 21 [fr]: On tourne la raquette, elle est contre la cuisse,
Caption 21 [en]: You turn the racket, it's against the thigh,

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Actu Vingtième - La burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Interviewees on the streets of Paris protest the banning of the burqa in public places in France and offer their perspectives on this controversial issue.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Nous sommes dans une lu'... dans une lutte contre les discriminations
Caption 6 [en]: We are in a fi'... in a fight against discrimination

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Mon Lieu Préféré - La Place de la Bastille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 symbolized the beginning of the French Revolution. Nowadays, its historic grounds are home to a famous monument, an opera house, and many bars and restaurants. Times sure have changed!

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Caption 7 [fr]: euh... destinée à défendre Paris contre les Anglais.
Caption 7 [en]: uh... meant to defend Paris against the English.

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Yabla à Nancy - Université Nancy 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The French equivalent of ESL (English as a Second Language) is known as FLE (Français langue étrangère, or "French as a Foreign Language"). FLE is what you're learning right now, and it's what one of the women in this video is learning to teach.

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Caption 6 [fr]: D'accord. -Et, euh... avant j'étais par contre à Strasbourg pour faire ma licence.
Caption 6 [en]: OK. -And, uh... before, however, I was in Strasbourg getting my bachelor's degree.

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Le Mans TV - Horoscope: Scorpion

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Attention all Scorpios: according to François Lambert, the year 2011 will present many challenges to your love life. But don’t worry––learning French will just keep getting easier and easier!

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Caption 20 [fr]: contre tout problème matériel majeur.
Caption 20 [en]: against any major material problem.

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Alsace 20 - Pourquoi le bio est-il plus cher?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

As in the United States, the price of organic products is relatively high in France. But hopefully this will not be the case for too much longer, as the French Minister of Agriculture has just pledged an investment of six million euros in the organic sector. Learn more about the state of organic farming in France in this video.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Par contre, si vous êtes dans un rythme d'alimentation biologique,
Caption 26 [en]: However, if you're following an organic diet,

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Strasbourg - Les passants

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Ask the Strasbourgeois what they love about their hometown, and most of them can sum it up for you in one word: tout! But don’t just take our word for it. See for yourself!

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Caption 39 [fr]: Par contre d'un autre côté, c'est vrai que, une fois qu'on s'y est fait, c'est quand même bien,
Caption 39 [en]: However on the other hand, it's true that, once we get used to it, it's good after all,

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