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Actu Vingtième - Foire aux oignons

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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This video is not for those who tear up easily. At this foire aux oignons (onion fair), you’ll learn how onions can predict the weather, how to cook them, and what scandalous meanings the word “onion” can have in French.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Qu'est-ce que vous aimez dans l'oignon mieux?
Caption 16 [en]: What do you like best about the onion?

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Jean-Marc - Études et travail

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Just how did Jean-Marc get the money for that beautiful car and those fancy ski trips? The answer involves a roundabout trek to the open outcry auction market of the French stock exchange (“la Bourse”). So could we say that Wall Street too resembles a “playground for grownups”?

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Caption 3 [fr]: comme on peut le voir dans... dans le monde entier
Caption 3 [en]: as we can see in... in the entire world

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Le Journal - Gstaad

Difficulty: Beginner

France

At nightfall in Gstaad, the preeminent ski resort in the Alps, a privileged few among the stars and high society can listen to the most popular classical musicians in the world…

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Caption 3 [fr]: Bienvenue dans la plus chic des stations alpines, Gstaad.
Caption 3 [en]: Welcome to the most fashionable of the Alpine ski resorts, Gstaad.

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Alex Terrier - Le saxophone - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex explains the differences between the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. This is one of those situations where size definitely matters.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Ce qu'on appelle la tessiture de l'instrument va être dans le registre aigu.
Caption 6 [en]: What is called the tessitura of the instrument is going to be in the high range.

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TV Vendée - "Nieul Village de Lumière"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On two summer nights per year, the small town of Nieul-le-Dolant transforms into “Nieul, Village de Lumière” (“Nieul, Village of Light”) and captivates both its residents and its visitors with a dazzling display of illuminated buildings and monuments.

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Caption 4 [fr]: et remettra le couvert demain soir dans ce décor naturel,
Caption 4 [en]: and will do so again tomorrow night in this natural setting,

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Alex Terrier - Le saxophone - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex gives a detailed description of the saxophone and all its different parts. Did you know that, despite its association with jazz music, the saxophone was actually invented in the 1840s for use in military bands?

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Caption 25 [fr]: C'est l'air que je... que j'envoie dans le saxophone qui fait vibrer l'anche.
Caption 25 [en]: It's the air that I... that I blow into the saxophone that makes the reed vibrate.

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Le Journal - Firewood

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The French lumber market sees a long-awaited recovery, after “the storm of the century.” Time to heat up that new log cabin with a crackling fire in the fireplace.

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Caption 4 [fr]: et dans quinze jours, y a plus rien, ils seront partis.
Caption 4 [en]: and in two weeks, there will be nothing left, it'll be gone.

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Le Journal - Falling Turbine Blade

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A blade fell off a wind turbine, causing a bit of alarm amongst nearby residents. Perhaps it’s time for an upgrade?

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Caption 16 [fr]: et il n'y a jamais eu de victimes dans un pays industrialisé.
Caption 16 [en]: and there have never been any casualties in any industrialized country.

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Sa petite histoire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tarte flambée is a specialty of the Alsace region of France that resembles a pizza. Typically made with crème fraîche, onions, and bacon, the traditional tarte flambée has also undergone many variations. Flam’s, a restaurant franchise based in Strasbourg, has dedicated itself to perfecting this Alsatian delicacy.

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Caption 10 [fr]: C'est le premier qui a ouvert dans la chaîne, y a déjà à peu près vingt ans.
Caption 10 [en]: It's the first one that opened in the chain, about twenty years ago now.

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Le Journal - Bateau ensouillé - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The beached ship in Sables d’Olonne is still stuck in the sand. In fact, it’s becoming quite the local attraction!

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Caption 6 [fr]: les moyens habituels que nous connaissons lorsque ces navires sont dans de telles situations,
Caption 6 [en]: the usual methods that we know of when these ships are in situations like these,

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Jean-Marc - Voiture de rêve

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Ever driven a car you like so much that after six hours on the road, all you wanted to do was keep on going? Jean-Marc was lucky enough to find that in his Audi A3.

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Caption 5 [fr]: car je suis allé en vacances dans le sud de la France.
Caption 5 [en]: because I was vacationing in the south of France.

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Le Journal - Bateau ensouillé - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Residents of the seaside town Sables d’Olonne have a sizable problem on their hands: a beached ship that they can’t seem to get unstuck. Looks like they’ll have to try again tomorrow.

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Caption 10 [fr]: Le bateau qui reposait sur le sable s'est en'... ensouillé, c'est-à-dire qu'il est rentré dans le sable,
Caption 10 [en]: The boat that was resting on the sand was b'... beached, that is to say it got stuck in the sand,

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 5 [fr]: l'interdisant dans les services publics, transports compris.
Caption 5 [en]: that would ban it in the public services, including public transport.

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Alex Terrier - Le musicien et son jazz

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Saxophonist Alex Terrier talks about how he came to be a jazz musician and shares some photos. Come take a glimpse inside the life of this gifted artist.

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Caption 7 [fr]: j'ai écouté un concert de... d'un big band de jazz dans le sud de la France.
Caption 7 [en]: I listened to a... big band jazz concert in the south of France.

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Jean-Marc - La plage - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It’s the perfect day for a stroll along the Atlantic. Jean-Marc shows off more of his hospitable surroundings. Check out the sun, sand, and cold, cold water.

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Caption 41 [fr]: Et j'espère qu'on se croisera su'... dans un autre décor,
Caption 41 [en]: And I hope we'll cross paths on... in a different setting,

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