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LCM - "Cher Père Noël..."

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Twenty-one thousand letters to Santa Claus were sent this year in Marseille. As if he didn't have enough on his plate, Saint Nick will send a handwritten response to each one, as long as their senders are on his "nice" list (and indicated their return address)!

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Caption 12 [fr]: euh... ils la postent dans n'importe quelle boîte aux lettres
Caption 12 [en]: uh... they mail it in any mailbox,

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Alsace 20 - Grand sapin de Strasbourg: tout un art pour le décorer!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It takes a lot to decorate the 31-meter high Christmas tree on Strasbourg's Place Kléber: ten technicians, two bucket lifts, 75 thousand lights. Luckily, the operation is being managed by Antoinette Pfimlin, who has 20 years of experience decorating giant trees in a hard hat.

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Caption 17 [fr]: une horde de rennes gambadant dans les épines,
Caption 17 [en]: a herd of reindeer gamboling in the needles,

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TLT Toulouse - Noël: Les fêtes approchent!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What is the French traditional holiday fare? You'd be surprised... While the classic turkey with chestnut stuffing is still on the menu, some people are getting off the beaten track, pairing classic dishes with ethnic food. Foie gras samosas, anyone? Or how about imitation caviar truffles?

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Caption 7 [fr]: et ben, on n'est pas... on n'est pas dans la norme.
Caption 7 [en]: well, we are not... we are not within the norm.

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Alsace 20 - Alsace: les plus belles déco de Noël!

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Some Alsace residents take Christmas decorating very seriously. From two men who go all out with phantasmagoric light displays to a woman who opts for a subtler, 1940s décor, you'll find some different takes on what it means to be in the "Christmas spirit" in this video.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Cette année il est le premier Alsacien à s'être lancé dans le Light-O-Rama.
Caption 20 [en]: This year, he is the first Alsace resident to launch himself into Light-O-Rama.

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Duel - Vertigo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Enjoy Duel's spooky new single "Vertigo," set against a particularly impassioned, vengeful scene from an old film. It will definitely give you the chills!

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Caption 18 [fr]: Deux, trois souvenirs lovés dans la grisaille
Caption 18 [en]: Two, three memories curled up in a gray haze

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Cap 24 - Les cyclistes parisiens sont-ils indisciplinés ?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Rumor has it that Parisians bicyclists are undisciplined. Is this true? Allessandro Di Sarno is out on the streets of Paris to find out for himself and carries out his own humorous inquiry...

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Caption 30 [fr]: Non, pas en vélo, que dans la vie. -Que dans la vie.
Caption 30 [en]: No, not on the bike, only in life. -Only in life.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 25. Technologies - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Modern technology comes to the rescue! Planet Earth has a chance of recovering from man-made pollution.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Alors les informations arrivent depuis l'espace directement dans cette salle.
Caption 1 [en]: So information arrives from space directly into this room.

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TLT Toulouse - Musique : Le dub à l’honneur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Musée des Abattoirs (Slaughterhouse Museum) in Toulouse devoted an entire exhibition to dub music, a subgenre of reggae. The exhibition featured a selection of Jamaican-style sound systems and culminated in a big dub concert.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Les sound systems dans le style jamaïcain, véritables sculptures sonores,
Caption 1 [en]: Sound systems in the Jamaican style, veritable sound sculptures,

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Salon Eco Habitat - Terres cuites de Courboissy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Eco Habitat salon, Olivier Brunet from the "Terres Cuites de Courboissy" (Courboissy Terracotta) tile factory explains how they make floor tiles that are both eco-friendly and pleasing to the eye. One of their clients even had his floor tiles made to look three dimensional!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Je m'occupe d'une briqueterie qui est située à peu près à vingt minutes d'ici à Charny dans l'Yonne.
Caption 1 [en]: I am in charge of a tile factory that is situated about twenty minutes from here, in Charny, in the Yonne.

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Alsace 20 - Femmes d'exception: Christine Ott

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Discover a unique instrument called the ondes Martenot, a precursor to the synthesizer named after its inventor, Maurice Martenot. This electronic piano-like instrument, once a musical sensation in the 1930's, quickly fell into disuse, but is experiencing a revival thanks to Christine Ott, a talented pianist who adopted this unusual instrument and has worked alongside such musical greats as Radiohead and Yann Tiersen.

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Caption 10 [fr]: peut-être dans aucun autre instrument, sauf peut-être la voix humaine, hein.
Caption 10 [en]: perhaps in no other instrument, except maybe the human voice, you know.

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TV Tours - Ouverture du 3ème festival de Chambord

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The pianist Alexandre Tharaud plays Beethoven and Chopin in the beautiful surroundings of the Chambord castle. It's an outdoor concert, but the acoustics are so powerful that the performers can hear a pin drop from the audience!

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Caption 2 [fr]: dans le cadre prestigieux de la cour du château.
Caption 2 [en]: in the prestigious surroundings of the castle's courtyard.

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Exposition : La poterie au fil des temps

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

An exhibition called "Pottery through the Ages" is being held at La Châtaignère in Savoie, near the Alps. A friendly woman explains the history of pottery, from Ancient Egyptian artifacts to Biblical clay men to modern techniques.

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Caption 9 [fr]: et qui va passer de l'état de terre crue à terre cuite dans le four,
Caption 9 [en]: and that will go from the state of raw clay to clay baked in the oven,

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Manon et Clémentine - Expressions toutes faites

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Today Manon and Clémentine present a number of "set expressions," or idiomatic phrases. Hopefully you're not feeling "soft in the knee"—there are a lot of useful expressions to learn in this lesson!

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Caption 10 [fr]: « Manon a le compas dans l'œil »,
Caption 10 [en]: "Manon has the compass in her eye,"

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TV Tours - Un moment de pêche sur le Cher

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Whether you are a fishing enthusiast or not, hop on board Charlie's boat and listen to what he has to say. The Indre-et-Loire Federation hired him to promote fishing and help revamp the dowdy image of the fisherman by dispelling stereotypes and encouraging young people to take up the sport.

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Caption 14 [fr]: En dix ans le nombre de cartes de pêche dans le département a fortement diminué:
Caption 14 [en]: In ten years, the number of fishing cards [licenses] in the department has strongly diminished:

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TV Vendée - 50 œuvres pour 80 ans d’histoire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Henri Griffon, an art enthusiast, puts his passion to work and brings together an amazing collection of contemporary artwork featuring the best artists from the Vendée.

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Caption 14 [fr]: au moins déjà de rentrer dans l'art moderne avec une fin...
Caption 14 [en]: to at least return to modern art already with an end...

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