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Ina-Ich - Âme armée

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Ina-Ich, singer, songwriter, composer, and instrumentalist: this rockin’ babe has it all! Her song “Âme armée” shows off her many talents, blending elements of screamo, metal, rock, electronica, and even classical music into a passionate, intense ballad about the battle scars of war.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Tapie dans mon coin, je t'observe de loin
Caption 1 [en]: Crouched in my corner, I watch you from afar

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La Conspiration d'Orion - Conspiration 3/4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

How would you feel if you found out that a government research program could effectively control the climate, remotely and silently destroy anything and everything, and manipulate human behavior? Sound like science fiction? Watch the latest installment of the Orion Conspiracy, and decide for yourself.

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Caption 15 [fr]: sur un relevé satellite dans la zone des Îles de la Déception, au sud de l'Argentine.
Caption 15 [en]: in a satellite report of the area of the Deception Islands, south of Argentina.

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Le Journal - La tuberculose

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tuberculosis remains a deadly disease—affecting 10.6 million people annually and killing one person every twenty seconds. The recent development of multidrug-resistant strains of the bacteria has made TB even more threatening. Especially affected are areas without the proper means of fighting the illness. Eight countries accounted for more than two thirds of the global total: India, Indonesia, China, the Philippines, Pakistan, Nigeria, Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. According to the WHO, 13 billion dollars would be required to effectively combat the disease.

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Caption 4 [fr]: comme ceux distribués ici dans un dispensaire au Kenya.
Caption 4 [en]: like these distributed here at a clinic in Kenya.

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Le Journal - Le mensonge

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Her stirring, tragic story has moved millions of people. As an eight-year-old Jewish girl during World War II, she was taken in by wild wolves and walked for thousands of kilometers in search of her family. Sound too implausible to be true? Turns out it is. Her story is fiction, and, in fact, she’s not even Jewish. Though she may be the James Frey of French World War II tales, her lawyer claims she’s done nothing wrong.

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Caption 12 [fr]: et que moi j'peux pas rester dans une famille comme ça.
Caption 12 [en]: and that I can't stay in a family like that.

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Farmer François - Le stand de légumes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Feast your eyes on some of the finest organic produce Quebec has to offer! Farmer François shows us all the best of November’s fruits and vegetables — from the staples, like apples, potatoes, and garlic, to the less usual offerings, like black eggplant and kohlrabi.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Au printemps, ça commence dans la serre.
Caption 6 [en]: In spring, it starts in the greenhouse.

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Le Journal - Le libre-service en pharmacie?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Those of us who live in the United States are used to being able to buy some medications right off the shelves. But in France, until very recently, you weren’t able to purchase painkillers without first speaking to a pharmacist. Now certain painkillers are available on a self-serve basis, but are pharmacists ready for this change?

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bientôt en libre-service dans les pharmacies: deux cents médicaments contre la douleur, le mal de gorge,
Caption 1 [en]: Coming soon to pharmacies on a self-serve basis: two hundred medicines for pain relief, sore throat,

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Le Journal - Maison écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

José Bové may be famous for having dismantled a McDonald’s, but it turns out he also knows a thing or two about building houses — all in line with his alterglobalist ideals!

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Caption 22 [fr]: dans laquelle les insectes ne peuvent pas venir parce qu'ils ont horreur du liège.
Caption 22 [en]: in which insects won't come because they really hate cork.

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Annie Chartrand - Grandir bilingue

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

The lovely singer tells us in franglais about franglais. She discusses her experiences growing up bilingual in Quebec, her international travels, and why it’s not always a good idea to tell someone if you’ve ripped your pants…

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Caption 4 [fr]: Pour revenir dans le passé, euh.... dès ma plus tendre enfance.
Caption 4 [en]: Thinking back on my life, uh... from my earliest childhood.

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Interviews à Central Park - Discussion politique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We’re back in Central Park! This time, French teens Barbara and Lorraine discuss politics, including the recent controversial Contrat Première Embauche and President Nicolas Sarkozy. (Love him or leave him? The girls don’t quite agree…)

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Caption 26 [fr]: Euh... tous les lycées se sont déplacés dans la rue pour manifester, que ce soit à Paris...
Caption 26 [en]: Um... all the high schools went out into the streets to protest, whether in Paris...

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Annie Chartrand - Sa musique

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

From dreams to reality, putting forth “a little bit of energy each day,” Annie Chartrand, a vocalist who debuted singing behind her bathroom door, burst onto the music scene in 2006. Here is an interview with the singer of Ma blonde est une chanteuse [My Girlfriend Is a Singer]—a group that's actually part of a love story…

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Caption 6 [fr]: Euh, je pensais que c'était seulement un rêve, un fantasme que j'avais dans ma tête.
Caption 6 [en]: Um, I thought it was just a dream, a fantasy I had in my head.

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Interviews à Central Park - Différences culturelles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What are the cultural differences between Americans and the French? Hear the opinions of this French family visiting New York. What do you think? Are the French really more attentionnés? Who holds more compelling church services? And most importantly, who has the best hamburgers?

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Caption 34 [fr]: C'est pour ça que y a personne, en France, dans nos églises.
Caption 34 [en]: That's why there's nobody, in France, in our churches.

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Les Héritiers - Les bonnes recettes - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Ever heard of a pleurotte mushroom? Lacking as we are in mushroom expertise, neither had we—until we visited the kitchen of Les Héritiers, that is! What’s better than getting to watch a scrumptious dish of pleurottes, brie, escargots, and garlic, all together in a puffed pastry, be prepared before your eyes? Getting to eat it, of course!

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Caption 21 [fr]: euh, fromage de brie dans le milieu plus un feuilleté de pâte.
Caption 21 [en]: uh, brie cheese in the middle plus a puff pastry.

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Le Journal - Sarkozy en Afrique du Sud - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A first look at French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s visit to South Africa. He proposes a new axis in the capital’s “Francafrican” politics and shores up relations with English-speaking Africa.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Dans un bidonville du Cap, Nicolas Sarkozy
Caption 1 [en]: In a Cape Town slum, Nicolas Sarkozy

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French Punk - Frustration

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Rock and roll, garage, hard-core, street punk — from Black Flag to Agnostic Front to Crisis, Frustration isn’t just a sentiment, it’s a way of life! With Frustration, “Your life will be sadder, but it’ll be more lucid.”

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Caption 22 [fr]: mais la frustration aide à avancer dans la vie.
Caption 22 [en]: but frustration helps you move forward in life.

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Le Journal - La bougie du sapeur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This newspaper, called “The Sapper’s Candle” (a “sapper” is traditionally a military man who disarms mines), only comes out on the leap year. But how can a periodical published only on February twenty-ninth be financially sound? Maybe it’s true: less is more.

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Caption 2 [fr]: un OVNI en papier journal atterrit dans les kiosques.
Caption 2 [en]: a newsprint UFO lands at kiosks.

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