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Lionel L - Le "Canard" a 100 ans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Canard Enchaîné (Chained Duck) recently celebrated its 100-year anniversary. The independent satirical newspaper, known for its shocking headlines, survived many controversies and even censorship. It still has an avid fanbase today.

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Caption 1 [en]: "One hundred years of front-page irreverence":
Caption 1 [fr]: "Cent ans d'irrévérence à la une":

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third segment on the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region, we find out more about the history of the famous pastry. Did you know that the first madeleine appeared in the Middle Ages?

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Caption 45 [en]: Eighteen hundred seventy-one? No?
Caption 45 [fr]: Dix-huit cent soixante-et-onze? Non?

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of our discovery of Soissons, a very ancient town indeed (it was founded in the year 20 B.C.), Daniel Benchimol takes us on a sweltering summer day to visit some interesting places, including the Église Saint-Pierre, part of a seventh-century monastery where Charlemagne's daughter lived. He then shows us a baroque-style building on Little Red Riding Hood Street opposite a magnificent century-old fish market.

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Caption 17 [en]: which was built between six hundred fifty-nine
Caption 17 [fr]: qui fut créée entre six cent cinquante-neuf

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is still in Liverdun, a small village in the Lorraine, to find out some more about the madeleine. It's a specialty of the region that comes in various delicious flavors, such as mirabelle plum and bergamot orange.

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Caption 52 [en]: It weighs two hundred fifty grams,
Caption 52 [fr]: Elle fait deux cent cinquante grammes,

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TV Tours - Apiculture: Des ruches sur le toit d'un supermarché (Vendée)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A beekeeper in La Roche-sur-Yon has found the perfect place for his apiary: the rooftop of a supermarket. It's a win-win situation: the store manager helps the beekeeper with his production in return for a steady supply of local honey.

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Caption 45 [en]: in relation to the one hundred twenty brands of honey present here,
Caption 45 [fr]: par rapport aux cent vingts références de miel présentes ici,

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to Soissons, an ancient city that was the first capital of France. He shows us the memorial commemorating the victims of World War I and depicting the legend of the famous Soissons vase.

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Caption 11 [en]: We are approximately one hundred kilometers east of Paris.
Caption 11 [fr]: Nous sommes environ à une centaine de kilomètres à l'est de Paris.

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Jean-Claude and Rachelle, who own a specialty store full of delicious goodies. They talk to Lionel about the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region that was supposedly invented by a cook named (you guessed it!) Madeleine.

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Caption 36 [en]: Oh... it was in sev'... in seventeen hundred something.
Caption 36 [fr]: Oh... c'était en dix... en dix-sept cent et quelque chose.

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How will climate change affect wine growing in France? Is the French wine reputation at stake? What can be done about it? Find out in this extensive news report.

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Caption 65 [en]: Six hundred kilometers further east,
Caption 65 [fr]: À six cents kilomètres plus à l'est,

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Lionel L - La Butte aux Cailles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us to the friendly Butte aux Cailles neighborhood in Paris. Its village-like atmosphere is a welcome respite from the hustle and bustle of the capital. The Butte aux Cailles was formerly part of the small town of Gentilly before being attached to the city of Paris.

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Caption 7 [en]: who, in fifteen hundred forty-three,
Caption 7 [fr]: qui, en quinze cent quarante-trois,

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Alain Etoundi - Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In the final segment of Alain Etoundi's Allez tous vous faire enfilmer! (Go Film Yourselves!), Etoundi denounces the French criminal justice system, which tends to punish poor people of color more heavily than affluent white people who commit similar crimes.

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Caption 19 [en]: The seven hundred kilos of [Operation] Air Cocaine, motherfucker:
Caption 19 [fr]: Les sept cents kilos d'Air Cocaïne, putain de sa mère:

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre's canine club is a very structured environment, where both the dog owners and the dogs receive a membership card. And the dogs even receive a report card as well, just like children in school!

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Caption 63 [en]: where there are two or three hundred members.
Caption 63 [fr]: où y a deux ou trois cents adhérents.

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Lionel - au club canin - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Chic is a very special dog who is the epitome of excellent training and good behavior. Jean-Pierre explains some important factors regarding training, like the sex of the animal. Apparently, male dogs respond better to female trainers and vice versa.

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Caption 49 [en]: can know close to a hundred words.
Caption 49 [fr]: peut connaître pas loin de cent mots.

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The quaint little town of Montmorency holds a few peculiar surprises, such as a gas station sign with an outdated phone number and a statue of Jean-Jacques Rousseau that's been knocked over multiple times.

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Caption 31 [en]: The first version was installed and inaugurated in nineteen hundred seven,
Caption 31 [fr]: La première version fut installée et inaugurée en mille neuf cent sept,

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 7

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre teaches Lionel some more interesting facts about the birds of the Saulnes region. For example, did you know that a swan can eat up to three kilos of grass per day? How's that for a vegetarian diet!

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Caption 33 [en]: And it eats between three hundred and four hundred grams of fish per day.
Caption 33 [fr]: Et lui, mange entre trois cents et quatre cents grammes de poisson par jour.

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around Montmorency, a town famous for being the residence of the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who lived in the "House of Gossips." Montmorency also boasts a medieval communal oven and is near a sulfurous spring that is open to the public!

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Caption 8 [en]: that in nine hundred ninety-six
Caption 8 [fr]: qu'en neuf cent quatre-vingt-seize

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