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TV8 Mont Blanc - Réchauffement climatique : Les stations sont préoccupées

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Global warming is threatening the ski industry in the French Alps. Many operators have to resort to snow guns to keep the slopes open as snowfall has halved in the last fifty years.

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Caption 48 [fr]: étirer un peu les... les enneigeurs un peu plus haut, euh...
Caption 48 [en]: kind of stretch the... the snow guns a little higher up, uh...

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Voyage en France - Maisons-Laffitte - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol is in Maisons-Laffitte, also known as the "horse city." He tells us about the history of its famous racetrack, which boasts the longest straight line segment of any racetrack in Europe. And if horses aren't your thing, there's a campground where you can relax by the river Seine.

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Caption 13 [fr]: et accueille régulièrement des cavaliers de très haut niveau.
Caption 13 [en]: and regularly hosts riders of a very high level.

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Le Mans TV - Mon Village - Malicorne - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Olivier takes us to the Malicorne castle for the last episode of "Mon Village" (My Village). The castle has been owned by the same family since the 1800s and boasts a magnificent marble stairway as well as beautiful floor marquetry. It's often used to host events during festivals.

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Caption 30 [fr]: ni le frontispice en haut. Il y avait des volets à l'extérieur et maintenant ils sont à l'intérieur.
Caption 30 [en]: nor the frontispiece up top. There were shutters on the outside, and now they are on the inside.

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Christine and the Queens - Christine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Héloïse Letissier took on the stage name Christine and the Queens in honor of the drag queen performers she met in a London club at a low point in her life. They helped her reinvent herself as Christine, a powerful, confident persona that she took on to counteract her shy offstage self.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Et j'ai le menton haut pour un rien
Caption 2 [en]: And I hold my chin high at the slightest thing

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Voyage en France - Compiègne - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel introduces the charming town of Compiègne and its magnificent City Hall. In the City Hall building, you'll find the Bancloque, a fourteenth-century bell that still rings today with the help of three automated figures called jacquemarts that "poke" the bell on the hour. And make sure to stop by the burger kiosk on your way out of the city for a delicious, locally sourced treat!

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Caption 12 [fr]: résonne encore de nos jours du haut du beffroi.
Caption 12 [en]: still resounds today from the top of the belfry.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads part two of the Ugly Duckling story, which has, as you may already know, a very happy ending.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Tout en haut du ciel un groupe d'oiseaux passait en volant.
Caption 16 [en]: High up in the sky, a group of birds flew by.

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Contes de fées - Le roi grenouille - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads us the fairy tale, "The Frog King" (also known as "The Princess and the Frog"). The princess loses her precious gold ball in a pond. A frog appears, recovers it for her, and asks for a small favor in return. Will the princess honor her promise?

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Caption 5 [fr]: À un moment, elle la lança tellement haut qu'elle ne réussit pas à la rattraper.
Caption 5 [en]: At one point, she threw it up so high that she didn't succeed in catching it.

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Patricia - La plage - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this last video on the Côte d'Azur, you'll learn the French expressions for all the essential items for a perfect beach day. If you visit the beautiful Côte d'Azur, make sure to bring an extra comfortable towel—its beaches are filled with pebbles instead of sand!

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Caption 14 [fr]: c'est-à-dire que j'ai un haut de maillot de bain et un bas de maillot de bain.
Caption 14 [en]: that is to say that I have a bathing suit top and a bathing suit bottom.

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Voyage en France - La ville de Provins - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In Part 2 of his tour of Provins, Daniel Benchimol takes us to a unique show called "The Eagles of the Ramparts." In this very exciting show, we can see the different kinds of birds of prey and how they are trained to hunt in flight in the heart of the medieval city of Provins.

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Caption 19 [fr]: Capable de voler haut,
Caption 19 [en]: Capable of flying high,

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Voyage en France - Vincennes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol takes us to the Bois de Vincennes, a beautiful green area on the outskirts of Paris. There, we will discover the impressive Vincennes Castle, a tropical agronomy garden, a British-style phone booth, and the highest Buddhist temple in Europe.

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Caption 27 [fr]: C'est d'ailleurs le plus haut temple bouddhique d'Europe avec neuf mètres de haut.
Caption 27 [en]: This is, moreover, the highest Buddhist temple in Europe, at nine meters high.

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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 18 [fr]: Il s'agit du premier gratte-ciel de la ville de Paris, soixante-sept mètres de haut.
Caption 18 [en]: It's the first skyscraper in the city of Paris, sixty-seven meters high.

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Joanna - La course à pied: Conseils

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You'll learn some very useful information about running in this video—from what to wear to how to plan a run according to your own physical abilities. It's all about maintaining a "cardiopulmonary balance" and gradually working up to faster speeds and longer distances without over-exerting yourself. Take a break from your French studies and go for a nice jog!

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Caption 16 [fr]: Et en haut un petit T-shirt ou débardeur, ça pourrait être bien. -D'accord.
Caption 16 [en]: And on top a small T-shirt or tank top, it would be good. -OK.

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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 11 [fr]: et qui prend la forme d'une falaise de trente mètres de haut.
Caption 11 [en]: and that takes the form of a cliff of thirty meters in height.

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Il était une fois: Les Amériques - 9. Cortés et les Aztèques - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Aztecs are apprehensive about the arrival of the white men. It is a bad omen. Spanish conqueror Cortés is appointed Captain and will be heading toward new territories.

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Caption 49 [fr]: Un nabot pas plus haut que ça... me faire ça à moi?
Caption 49 [en]: A gnome no taller than this... do that to me?

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Ferme de la Croix de Pierre - Les lapins

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Have you ever wondered where the wool from your luxurious angora sweater comes from? At the Ferme de la Croix, a lovely lady breeds angora rabbits and goats on her farm. She explains the shearing process and how she cares for her pets. We learn that one rabbit can yield forty balls of angora wool every hundred days. That's a lot of sweaters!

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Caption 21 [fr]: C'est-à-dire que je leur laisse un... le manteau sur le... haut du dos.
Caption 21 [en]: That is to say that I leave them a... the coat on the... top of their backs.

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