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Lionel - Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Metz

Difficulty: Beginner

France

We continue our visit to Metz with Lionel, who takes us inside the Saint-Étienne Cathedral, famous for its huge stained glass windows. After that, if you don't feel like walking, you can take the little tourist train and enjoy the sites at a leisurely pace.

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Caption 27 [en]: with flags, the French flag,
Caption 27 [fr]: avec des drapeaux, le drapeau français,

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Le saviez-vous? - Le romantisme français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

It's been said that Paris is the most romantic city in the world. In this video, you will discover the origin of the word "romantic" and learn about the romanticism movement, which originated not from France as one might expect, but from England and Germany and later took hold in France.

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Caption 2 [en]: French romanticism: what is it?
Caption 2 [fr]: Le romantisme français, c'est quoi?

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Le saviez-vous? - D'où vient le nom de la France? - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This video is all about the people of France, from the ancient Franks and Gauls to the present-day population, which currently numbers over sixty-six million inhabitants.

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Caption 12 [en]: the date of the French Revolution and of the birth of the French Republic.
Caption 12 [fr]: date de la Révolution française et de la naissance de la République Française.

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Voyage en France - Carrières-sur-Seine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the quiet village of Carrières-sur-Seine, a mere twenty kilometers from Paris. He points out a fun bench called Le banc des menteurs (The Liars' Bench), where one can sit and presumably tell lies until closing time at 7 p.m. Then the liars can take cover in one of the nearby cave dwellings carved straight out of the cliffs.

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Caption 28 [en]: and yet, a sense of calm and serenity. A true little village in the French style.
Caption 28 [fr]: et pourtant une sensation de calme et de sérénité. Un vrai petit village à la française.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Rêves d’enfants

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this Micro-Trottoirs episode, people on the street reveal what they wanted to be when they grow up. From fireman to fairy, find out who actually fullfilled their childhood dream.

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Caption 70 [en]: I teach French. -That's nice too. -Yeah, I do tap-dancing in class and everything. There you are.
Caption 70 [fr]: J'enseigne le français. -C'est bien aussi. -Ouais, je fais des claquettes en classe et tout. Voilà.

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Patricia - La plage - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In the second installment of this video on the Côte d'Azur, our tour guide shows us around one of the area's beautiful pebble beaches, which are a favorite of the locals but not very well-known to tourists. In addition to providing endless ammunition for skipping stones on the sea, the pebbles also help break up the waves during heavy storms.

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Caption 1 [en]: And to continue on this theme of the discovery of the beaches of the Côte d'Azur [French Riviera],
Caption 1 [fr]: Et pour continuer sur ce thème de la découverte des plages de la Côte d'Azur,

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Bois de Boulogne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the Bois de Boulogne, a very popular forest park over twice the size of New York's Central Park. There, you will be able to eat at the Grande Cascade [Grand Waterfall] restaurant, named after a nearby waterfall, that is only accessible by boat, or you could go for a stroll and gaze up at a 150-year-old cedar tree.

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Caption 36 [en]: of a world-renowned French comedy, the famous Dîner de Cons [The Dinner Game].
Caption 36 [fr]: d'une comédie française mondialement connue: le célèbre Dîner de cons.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Quartier Asiatique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol introduces us to Paris's Asian District and its many fountains, gardens, and fruit markets. In an interesting twist of globalization, the neighborhood also features Paris's only pagoda-style McDonald's.

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Caption 29 [en]: so from French Guiana, New Caledonia, and also French Polynesia.
Caption 29 [fr]: donc de Guyane, de Nouvelle Calédonie et aussi de Polynésie Française.

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Un café librairie spécialisé dans le polar

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"Un Petit Noir" (or "A Small Black," a slang term for a small black coffee) is the bookstore café in Lyon specializing not only in gourmet coffees, but also in detective novels and thrillers. Besides crime fiction and caffeine, the store also serves some great jazz concerts to add to the "noir" ambiance.

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Caption 21 [en]: And it's not for nothing that the latest French, uh... thrillers, for example, address, uh...
Caption 21 [fr]: Et c'est pas pour rien que les derniers polars, euh... français par exemple traitent, euh...

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Petit Tokyo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol takes us to Paris's second arrondissement to discover "Little Tokyo," a tiny neighborhood that has the highest number of Japanese restaurants in the city. Daniel also walks us through the Sainte-Anne covered passageway, one of Paris's many gorgeous glass-canopied walkways.

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Caption 19 [en]: It symbolizes four French rivers: the Seine, the Loire, the Saône, and the Garonne.
Caption 19 [fr]: Elle symbolise quatre fleuves français: la Seine, la Loire, la Saône et la Garonne.

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Voyage dans Paris - La Petite Alsace

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, Daniel Benchimol takes us to Paris's thirteenth arrondissement, where you can discover an area known as "La Petite Alsace" (Little Alsace) and enjoy the best butter croissants in the Paris region!

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Caption 24 [en]: the official buildings of the French Republic
Caption 24 [fr]: les bâtiments officiels de la République Française

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Voyage dans Paris - Le 10ème Arrondissement - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol concludes his tour of Paris's tenth arrondissement by taking us through the "Nouvelle Athènes" (New Athens) neighborhood, home of some of the great figures of nineteenth-century romanticism. The tenth is also home to the smallest house in Paris, at less than five meters (sixteen feet) high!

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Caption 14 [en]: in the filming of a famous French film,
Caption 14 [fr]: au tournage d'un célèbre film français,

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Lionel et Chantal - à Frémestroff

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel introduces us to the tiny village of Frémestroff, which has three hundred seven inhabitants and is located twenty-five kilometers from the German border. It boasts one farm, one bakery, a woodworker, and a shepherd. Some of the older residents have a distinctive accent and still speak a dialect from the Lorraine that resembles German.

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Caption 23 [en]: Uh... so people speak both French
Caption 23 [fr]: Euh... donc les gens parlent à la fois le français

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Watt’s In - Stromae : Papaoutai Interview Exclu - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Singer-songwriter Stromae walks us through his personal creative process and the many choices he has to make to create his beautiful songs, such as the one you will hear in the background called "Papaoutai" (Dad, Where Are You?). Knowing what goes into the complex process of making music only deepens our appreciation of his work.

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Caption 17 [en]: It's was surp'... it was surprising to have, uh... a song in French
Caption 17 [fr]: C'était surp'... c'était surprenant d'avoir, euh... un morceau en français

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De nouvelles découvertes avec Marion - Le parc des Buttes Chaumont

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marion walks us through the Buttes Chaumont, a former limestone quarry transformed into a magnificent park, complete with an artificial lake, a grotto, dramatic cliffs, and even a Roman-style temple. On a more tragic note, the park is also home to a bridge that the poet Louis Aragon once called a "mecca for suicides." Luckily, the bridge is now protected by a wire fence.

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Caption 17 [en]: was exploited after the French Revolution
Caption 17 [fr]: est exploité après la Révolution française

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