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Jean-Marc - Méribel, station de ski

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Not only does Jean-Marc have a totally sweet ride, he also gets to ski on some of the coolest slopes in France. Lucky guy!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Par contre cet ét'... cet hiver on a bénéficié d'une neige, euh, exceptionnelle et...
Caption 8 [en]: However this summ'... this winter we enjoyed an exceptional, uh, snowfall, and...

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Grand Lille TV - Sondage: le voile intégral

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

These brief interviews on the streets of Lille were conducted in order to test the waters of the tricky dispute over the banning of burqa-wearing in public.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Alors, ben moi je suis contre, parce que... je trouve que... c'est comme, euh... interdire, euh...
Caption 17 [en]: Well, I'm against it, because... I find that... it's like, uh... forbidding, uh...

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Jean-Marc - La plage - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Frenchman Jean-Marc takes a trip to the seaside and lets us know how the beaches of New York’s Long Island compare to those in France. (Though clearly he’s never been to Long Beach on a holiday weekend!)

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Caption 6 [fr]: et par contre la mer est beaucoup plus froide chez nous.
Caption 6 [en]: and by contrast the sea is a lot colder by us.

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Télé Miroir - Foot 2 Rue à Nîmes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

“Foot 2 rue” is similar to regular football—though with not quite so many rules. But that’s okay. This town’s street soccer tournament is about fun and togetherness, too.

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Caption 4 [fr]: à cinq contre cinq, et sur une surface réduite,
Caption 4 [en]: five against five, on a scaled-down field,

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Angers 7 - Un lama en plein appartement

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How would you feel about a llama walking around in your apartment? Nathalie and François love their friend Indira, even though she sometimes steals their bags of chips.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Par contre, c'est la dernière des choses que je conseille aux gens,
Caption 8 [en]: However, it's the last thing I would advise people,

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Instinct Lyrical

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The members of the Lyon-based group Instinct Lyrical are into “intergenerational” rap—rap they hope will have a message for their neighbors of all ages.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Maman, tu t'es battue contre les problèmes de la vie
Caption 21 [en]: Mom, you battled against the problems of life

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Melissa Mars - Melissa et son premier album

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Meet Melissa Mars: actress, singer, songwriter, storyteller, dreamer, “Martian.” In the first of her interviews with Yabla, Melissa tells us how her career got launched.

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Caption 11 [fr]: mais par contre au même moment j'ai rencontré un compositeur, euh... avec qui, euh...
Caption 11 [en]: but on the other hand I met a songwriter at the same time, uh... with whom, uh...

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Fanny parle des saisons - La Bouffe

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Fanny’s not only an expert on what to wear during different seasons—she clearly knows all about what’s good to eat. Raclette or rougail sausage, anyone?

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Caption 6 [fr]: Et l'été par contre, on aime avoir l'estomac assez léger.
Caption 6 [en]: And in the summer on the other hand, we like to have a pretty light stomach.

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus” — French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Il m'a serré contre lui, il m'a dit: "Merci pour mes quatre enfants".
Caption 30 [en]: He held me tight against him, he said to me, "Thank you for my four children."

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Le Journal - La traite humaine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Immigrants who travel clandestinely from Turkey to Great Britain often pay a far steeper price than the five hundred euros demanded by traffickers.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Et c'est bien pour cela qu'ils enragent contre les trafiquants.
Caption 8 [en]: And it's for this reason that they get so angry at the smugglers.

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Le Journal - À l'écoute de la douleur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Pain, and how to better manage it, is becoming increasingly focused on by members of the medical community. Some hospitals have even appointed special doctors for pain management and a few are opening pain management centers.

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Caption 23 [fr]: dans l'arsenal contre la souffrance,
Caption 23 [en]: into the arsenal against suffering,

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Le Journal - L'Arche de Zoé

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Don’t confuse Noah’s Ark with Zoé’s Ark. The first is said to have saved Noah, his family, and two representatives of each living creature, and the second claims it tried to save children. The members involved in this child abduction scheme have been found guilty, but who should pay the restitution?

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Caption 16 [fr]: La liberté, contre une augmentation de l'aide française au développement pour le Tchad.
Caption 16 [en]: Freedom, in exchange for an increase in French aid to Chad's development.

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Le Journal - Apnée du sommeil

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Not only can sleep apnea keep you from getting a good night’s sleep, but it can also wreak havoc on your health, causing such serious health problems as brain damage and cardiovascular disease. Luckily, thanks to research by the National Scientific Research Center in Strasbourg and special equipment like oxygen masks, sufferers of sleep apnea may now be better able to get some rest.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Là, je pense qu'il a du mal à résister contre la somnolence.
Caption 21 [en]: There, I think he's having a hard time fighting drowsiness.

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Le Journal - Passer le permis de conduire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Another protest on the streets of Paris: this one about the difficulties of obtaining a driving permit. The steep price of a permit is currently about 1200 € in France, and candidates must face long waits of several months or more just to take the test. Increasing the number of driving inspectors would help both to lessen these delays and lower costs.

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Caption 16 [fr]: contre huit cents en Espagne, alors qu'il atteint les deux mille euros en Allemagne.
Caption 16 [en]: compared to eight hundred in Spain, while it has reached two thousand euros in Germany.

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Vincent Venet - Les larmiers du bonheur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Get lost in the dreamy lyrics and musical styling of Vincent Venet with this song from his 2005 album “Humeur.” Venet, who describes himself as an author, composer, performer, and director, wrote and composed the album in just several weeks in the beautiful Ardennes of Belgium.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Où l'on tue le temps, contre les vents qui nous retiennent dans l'océan
Caption 13 [en]: Where we kill time, against the winds which keep us in the ocean

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