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Le Journal - Dentisterie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Will French dentists soon have their patients grow new teeth, instead of filling in the old ones? New techniques using restorative molecules and even stem cells (which can be found in the baby teeth of children) will go a long way toward helping people smile filling-free.

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Caption 6 [fr]: La méthode: on injecte dans la dent de nouvelles molécules capables de stimuler la croissance dentaire.
Caption 6 [en]: The method: new molecules capable of stimulating tooth growth are injected into the tooth.

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Le Journal - Indices révélateurs des glaciers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French scientists study 740,000-year-old Antarctic ice samples and find clues that point to a relationship between greenhouse gases and global warming. It is feared that the record high carbon and methane levels of today will cause severe climatic change in coming years.

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Caption 1 [fr]: C'est ici dans l'immensité glacée de l'Antarctique
Caption 1 [en]: It's here in the vastness of frozen Antarctica

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Le Journal - Le Polaroid

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hipsters all over the world are surely mourning the loss of their favorite instant-nostalgia art medium: the Polaroid. With the recent closing of the last two remaining Polaroid factories in the U.S., it looks like that familiar and much-loved “ch-click-whrrr” sound will soon become a thing of the past. Polaroid has plans to soon launch products suited to the digital era. But can anything ever compare to the one and only original? Only time will tell.

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Caption 9 [fr]: À défaut d'avoir connu la grande époque du Pola' dans les années soixante-dix,
Caption 9 [en]: In the absence of having known the great era of the "Pola" in the seventies,

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Canadian Chocolate Seller - Chocolats

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Montreal is famous for hockey, but who cares about hockey when you can have chocolat? Edith Gagnon, owner of La Maison Cakao, shows us the magic behind her charmants chocolates.

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Caption 19 [fr]: qu'on va ensuite tremper dans le chocolat noir avec une petite bague.
Caption 19 [en]: that we will then dip in the dark chocolate with a little ring.

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Le Journal - Nuits artistiques

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nuits Blanches, French ambiance, old movies and nouvel art make Paris by night even more exciting.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Quand le noble art et l'art contemporain boxent dans la même catégorie...
Caption 6 [en]: When noble art and contemporary art fight in the same category...

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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 34 [fr]: quand on voyage dans d'autres pays,
Caption 34 [en]: when you travel to other countries,

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Le Journal - Le chalet

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Like old cheese and old wine, old wood is in high demand when it comes to building new chalets. A modern cabin built of ancient wood provides the perfect balance of the old and the new.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Nous voici dans une ancienne ferme proche de Megève.
Caption 5 [en]: Here we are in an old farmhouse near Megève.

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Amadou et Mariam - Sénégal Fast Food - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Senegal

Amadou and Mariam share singing duties with co-producer Manu Chao on a song with themes of migration and dislocation.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Entre les murs se faufilent dans l'ascenseur
Caption 27 [en]: Between the walls sneak into the elevator

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Le Journal - Les microcrédits

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Microcredit can make a big difference to people on welfare or those without good credit history. Case in point: this fifty-five-year-old man who succeeded in opening up his own pizzeria thanks to the help he received.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Aujourd'hui, des millions de personnes dans le monde ont accès au capital.
Caption 31 [en]: Today, millions of people in the world have access to capital.

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Le Journal - Le football - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

European football matches are known for the passion they inspire in their fans. The president of the international league is thinking of banning pre-game anthems, which seem to exacerbate the situation.

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Caption 15 [fr]: C'est dans cette ambiance sulfureuse qu'une bagarre éclate à la fin du match.
Caption 15 [en]: It was in this inflammatory atmosphere that a fight broke out at the end of the game.

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Le Journal - La truffe

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Four hundred euros per kilo for mushrooms? As you may have heard, truffles are no ordinary fungi, and those sold in the Aups market are said to be the tastiest.

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Caption 5 [fr]: au marché à la truffe d'Aups, les transactions se déroulent dans le plus grand secret.
Caption 5 [en]: transactions at the Aups truffle market take place in the utmost secrecy.

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Le Journal - Un hamburger très cher!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

New York based French chef Daniel Boulud brings his refined French culinary skills to that most typical American dish, the hamburger. Discover the secrets that make this burger the most expensive in the world.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Dans le hamburger, cinquante pour cent du succès c'est aussi dans un très bon pain.
Caption 14 [en]: With a hamburger, fifty percent of the success is also in a very good bread.

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Le Journal - Sans domicile fixe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Homelessness is difficult for anyone, but for women the dangers can be more acute and the experience even more alienating than for men.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Elles sont sans toit, et ce soir encore, elles dormiront dans un foyer
Caption 1 [en]: They are without a roof, and again this evening, they will sleep in a shelter

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Le Journal - Marianne

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marianne is the symbol of the French Republic and has roots in the revolution of 1789. But are French mayors ready to represent the France of today with a Marianne of color?

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Caption 19 [fr]: Je pense que dans mon petit pays, ça ferait jaser.
Caption 19 [en]: I think that in my little town, it would make people talk.

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Le Journal - Le baccalauréat - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Like the SATs for Americans, or A level in the UK, the baccalauréat exam, or le bac, creates more than its fair share of stress in students, especially on the day when they find out the results, the culmination of an entire school career. Students meet outside the school where exam results are posted, and share the emotion of knowing whether they and their friends succeeded or not.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Pas de panique, c'est l'effet bac. On saute dans tous les sens.
Caption 5 [en]: Don't panic, it's the "bac" effect. They are jumping in every direction.

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