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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 22 [fr]: À condition toutefois, que vous n'engagiez pas de grosses sommes dans ces jeux.
Caption 22 [en]: Under the condition, however, that you don't put large sums into these games.

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LCM - Joyeux Noël... orthodoxe!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In the wake of a deadly terrorist attack on a Coptic church in Alexandria, Egypt on New Year’s Day, many Coptic Christians are worried about celebrating Christmas (observed on January 6) as openly as they would like. Here is how a gorgeous Coptic church in Marseille is handling the situation.

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Caption 12 [fr]: sont comme celles qui existent dans les églises égyptiennes.
Caption 12 [en]: are like the ones that exist in Egyptian churches.

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Le Journal - Voitures de luxe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Even an economic crisis can’t put a dent in luxury car sales. Looks like when you’re willing to wait that long for your dream, and able to pay for it, nothing can get in your way.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Ils ont pas envie de les cacher dans une forme de caverne.
Caption 14 [en]: They don't want to hide them in a cavern of some sort.

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Télé Miroir - Illumination de Noël à Nîmes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The town of Nîmes goes all out for Christmas, with thousands of lights and giant candy canes all along the streets. It might just be the most festive city in France!

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Caption 4 [fr]: Nos nouveautés, ce sont les sucres d'orge géants, dans la rue.
Caption 4 [en]: Our new items are the giant candy canes, in the street.

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Agriculture verticale - TerraSphere - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Georges Laraque, one of the most renowned hockey players in the NHL, tells us about an innovative project: vertical farming, whose technology will limit the use of natural resources needed to grow plants.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Dans quelques jours, la plante doit être prête à des températures plus froides dans notre ferme.
Caption 12 [en]: In a few days, the plant should be ready for colder temperatures in our farm.

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Actu Vingtième - Le vide-grenier

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A vide-grenier (“empty-attic”) is a combination of a flea market and a yard sale: a place where anyone can rent a booth and sell all the old things they don’t need anymore. Come see what the residents of this Parisian neighborhood are selling!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Non, non vraiment, puis ça met de l'ambiance un peu dans le quartier, parce que ça en a besoin. Voilà.
Caption 3 [en]: No, no really, then it brings a bit of ambiance into the neighborhood, because it needs some. That's it.

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Le Journal - Charles Jourdan

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Good news for lovers of luxury footwear—but even more so for the work force of the French town Romans: the factory of designer brand Charles Jourdan will reopen its doors (after being forced to close several months prior) thanks to an investment from a Costa Rican firm.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Pour la première fois depuis longtemps, ils sont de retour dans leur usine, la joie au cœur.
Caption 1 [en]: For the first time in a long while, they are back in their factory, joy in their hearts.

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TLT Toulouse - Dorfman mis en scène à Toulouse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

Ariel Dorfman’s play Death and the Maiden is no light fare, detailing the horrors of both violence and military dictatorship. It is partly based on Schubert’s famous string quartet of the same name.

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Caption 5 [fr]: des années après l'horreur, dans un pays qui veut s'apaiser...
Caption 5 [en]: years after the horror, in a country that wants to become more peaceful...

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Canal 32 - Mesnil-Saint-Loup : moines artisans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nowadays, even monks need to make a living. These five pious men, from the parish of Mesnil-Saint-Loup, make theirs by selling beautiful handmade pottery and ceramics for anywhere between five and two-hundred euros. They even maintain a website.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Trois des cinq moines de la communauté travaillent quotidiennement dans cet atelier.
Caption 16 [en]: Three of the five monks in the community work daily in this workshop.

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Le Journal - Manuels scolaires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Does your textbook ever seem more confusing than enlightening, more wrong than right? A recent study showed that some French textbooks could use a little fact-checking.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Exemple trouvé dans un livre de cinquième: "Un complément d'objet second peut être premier".
Caption 4 [en]: Here is an example found in a seventh-grade book: "A second object of the verb can come first."

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Alsace 20 - Mangez bien, mangez alsacien!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Armande has turned an old farm near Strasbourg into a mouth-watering country store complete with live rabbits and ducks. According to Armande, it’s also one of the few places to get food in her village, so chances are business is booming!

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Caption 32 [fr]: Euh, en été j'aimerais bien faire un pique-nique géant dans la cour,
Caption 32 [en]: Uh, in the summer I'd really love to do a huge picnic in the courtyard,

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Nantes 7 - Un meilleur accueil pour les sourds

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Talk about service: a hospital in Nantes has devoted an entire department to making sure deaf patients receive the same medical attention as everyone else. Of course, all of its medical workers are fully proficient in French Sign Language. Did you know that most languages of the world also have their own sign language?

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Caption 3 [fr]: dans l'Unité d'accueil et de soins dédiée aux personnes sourdes.
Caption 3 [en]: in the Reception and Care Unit dedicated to deaf people.

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Parigot - La cuisine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Michel, co-owner and head chef at Parigot, shows us how to make his very own tuna tartare. We can see why it’s so popular!

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Caption 25 [fr]: dans ce grand pays qui est les États-Unis, et je suis heureux de vivre ici, voilà.
Caption 25 [en]: in this great country that is the United States, and I am happy to live here, there you go.

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Parigot - Le bistrot

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come meet the owner of the bistro Parigot (French slang for “Parisian”). This charming restaurant is a French oasis at the intersection of Manhattan’s Chinatown/Little Italy and Soho districts.

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Caption 2 [fr]: C'est un bistrot français à Soho, dans Manhattan, et euh... on a ouvert depuis trois ans.
Caption 2 [en]: It's a French bistro in Soho, in Manhattan, and uh... we opened three years ago.

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Le Journal - French North African Film

Difficulty: Beginner

France, Morocco

Opening night in Casablanca for the movie Indigènes (English title "Days of Glory") provided a special opportunity for some of the subjects of the film to reflect upon their past, and for Moroccans and the French to talk about their future.

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Caption 4 [fr]: les héros d'une soirée de gala dans le plus grand cinéma de Casablanca.
Caption 4 [en]: the heroes of a gala evening in the largest movie theater in Casablanca.

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