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Margaux et Manon - Le corbeau et le renard

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Margaux and Manon recite "The Crow and the Fox," a famous fable by the French poet Jean de La Fontaine, and explain some of the more difficult lines for us. It's a good poem to memorize to improve your French!

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Caption 30 [fr]: Il tient un camembert dans son bec.
Caption 30 [en]: He holds a camembert cheese in his beak.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 9. Les écosystèmes - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

These young people want to do their part for the planet. Under the Maestro's supervision, they prepare a butterfly garden after learning that butterflies are an endangered species.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Ce qui s'est produit dans la biosphère peut très bien arriver
Caption 11 [en]: What took place in the biosphere could very well happen

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Marie et Sakhoura - Droits des enfants

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Human rights are an important world issue, and children's rights are no exception. In this Yabla exclusive, Marie and Sakhoura list the key points of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Dans de nombreux pays, les parents sont trop pauvres pour envoyer leur enfant à l'école.
Caption 27 [en]: In numerous countries, parents are too poor to send their child to school.

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Margaux et Manon - Emplois du verbe faire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Faire (to make or to do) is one of the most basic verbs in the French language, and it is used in a large number of expressions and idioms. Margaux and Manon give us some colorful examples of the uses of faire in this video.

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Caption 23 [fr]: signifie faire du charme dans le but de séduire.
Caption 23 [en]: means to turn on the charm with the aim of flirting.

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Il était une fois: Notre Terre - 9. Les écosystèmes - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Maestro tells his students about the famous "Biosphere" project in Arizona, the largest enclosed ecological system in the world.

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Caption 19 [fr]: Huit chercheurs prirent place dans ce bocal géant.
Caption 19 [en]: Eight researchers moved into this giant container.

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JT - Risques d’avalanche sur les massifs des Alpes du Nord

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Skiing in the French Alps is a great winter activity, but if you decide to take a trip, it's good to know what to do in case of an avalanche. You can never be too prepared!

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Caption 9 [fr]: était arrivée un petit peu plus tard dans la saison.
Caption 9 [en]: had arrived a little bit later in the season.

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Voyage en France - Barbizon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us through the village of Barbizon, which has served as an inspiration to numerous artists and writers since the mid-1800s. Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Claude Monet, and Robert Louis Stephenson are just a few of the many people who have fallen in love with this charming town.

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Caption 3 [fr]: à à peine une demi-heure de Paris, dans le magnifique village de Barbizon,
Caption 3 [en]: hardly half an hour away from Paris, in the magnificent village of Barbizon,

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Margaux et Manon - Conjugaison du verbe faire

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Our charming teachers, Margaux and Manon, will inflict the verb "faire" on you. They did their best to make this grammar lesson on conjugation relatively painless.

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Caption 61 [fr]: On espère que vous ferez des progrès dans la conjugaison du verbe "faire".
Caption 61 [en]: We hope that you will make some progress with the conjugation of the verb "faire."

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JT - Le noël du Secours populaire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This video describes a Christmas celebration at the Secours Populaire, an organization in France that helps underprivileged children and families, without passing judgment on their plight. Here they are celebrating Christmas with a big snack, gifts, chocolates, and a magic show.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Noël, ce n'est qu'une fois dans l'année,
Caption 11 [en]: Christmas, it only comes once a year,

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LCM - Visite du marché de Noël de Marseille

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A traditional Provençal Christmas would not be complete without the Santons Festival. In Marseille, you can wander through the downtown market and marvel at these Christmas clay figurines and enjoy the true spirit of Christmas.

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Caption 2 [fr]: une ambiance, une atmosphère que l'on retrouve chaque année dans le centre-ville de Marseille,
Caption 2 [en]: an ambiance, an atmosphere that we find again every year in downtown Marseille,

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Trouville

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us on a stroll through Trouville, a town in Normandy that's famous for its boardwalk. A favorite of novelist Gustave Flaubert, this charming town also boasts some beautiful villas, a fishing port, and delicious restaurants.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour! Bienvenue dans ce nouveau numéro.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello! Welcome to this new edition.

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LCM - Concert: La Folia à l'abbaye Saint-Victor

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The teenage violist Valentin Tournet plays an excerpt from Marin Marais' "Folies d'Espagne" (Follies of Spain) in this interview. He talks about the folia, an early music theme from Spain, as well as the passion for music he developed at a very young age.

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Caption 6 [fr]: C'est vraiment... -Dans le sens... -un très, très bel instrument. -où vous vous êtes installé sur la bonne...
Caption 6 [en]: It's really... -In the sense... -a very, very beautiful instrument. -that you're seated on the good...

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TV Sud - Fête de la Tortue 2012

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

If you're a turtle lover, you may be interested in the Fête de la tortue (Turtle Festival), which takes place in a different French town every year. This year's festival was in July, so you and your turtles will have to wait for next year's!

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Caption 5 [fr]: qui est connue ici dans la région pour... par tout le monde.
Caption 5 [en]: that is known here in the region for... by everyone.

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Voyage en France - Reims - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Reims is one of the finest examples of Gothic architecture, and it's just one of many interesting things to discover in the northern French city of Reims. Daniel Benchimol walks us through this gorgeous city in this video.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour! Bienvenue! Pour ce nouveau numéro, nous sommes dans la région Champagne,
Caption 1 [en]: Hello! Welcome! For this new edition, we are in the Champagne region,

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Grand Lille TV - Marques d'Amour: Quand Florence Cassez écrit une chanson

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The rock group La Jarry has set to music a text written by Florence Cassez, a French woman who was imprisoned in Mexico in 2005 for her alleged involvement with a Mexican kidnapping ring. Cassez's case has provoked diplomatic tensions between Mexico and France in the years following her arrest.

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Caption 7 [fr]: une chanson dans laquelle elle demande qu'on ne l'oublie jamais.
Caption 7 [en]: a song in which she asks that we never forget her.

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