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France 24 - Découvrez le parcours du médicament : Du laboratoire à la pharmacie

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video you will learn about the process of developing and marketing new medications in France. After numerous trials on animals, then humans, a drug is finally put on the market once the price is set by the European Medicines Agency.

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Caption 16 [en]: A phase one, for toxicity, on a hundred or so healthy volunteers,
Caption 16 [fr]: Une phase un, de toxicité, sur une centaine de volontaires sains,

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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us north of Paris to Montmorency, a charming little town with a collegiate church called the Collégial Saint Martin. This historic town is only a stone's throw away from the ultramodern business district of La Défense.

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Caption 17 [en]: It was built from fifteen hundred twenty to fifteen hundred sixty-three.
Caption 17 [fr]: Elle fut construite de mille cinq cent vingt à mille cinq cent soixante-trois.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre continue their visit to the Lindre-Basse area with its amazing natural surroundings. The ponds teem with fish and birds for a while before being drained and then used for cultivation, which in turn will enrich the soil after they're refilled.

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Caption 6 [en]: There are six hundred... six hundred hectares of water, right?
Caption 6 [fr]: Y a six cents... six cents hectares d'eau, hein?

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Lionel - La ville de Toul

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is in Toul, twenty-seven kilometers from Nancy in the northeast of France. This small medieval town has a pretty riverside port and a magnificent Gothic cathedral called Cathédrale Saint-Étienne. Don't miss Lionel's signature pun at the end of this video!

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Caption 5 [en]: The department of Meurthe-et-Moselle has existed since eighteen hundred seventy-one,
Caption 5 [fr]: Le département de la Meurthe-et-Moselle existe depuis dix-huit cent soixante-et-onze,

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jean-Pierre talk about fish farming in the pond of Lindre-Basse. This practice dates back to the Middle Ages with an order of soldier-monks called the Knights Templar.

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Caption 23 [en]: But there are about a hundred of them in the area.
Caption 23 [fr]: Mais il y en a une centaine dans la région.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and Jean-Pierre try to find their bearings along the Lindre pond. Luckily they have a compass! Jean-Pierre will teach you how to use a compass and explain the difference between true north and magnetic north.

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Caption 19 [en]: Well, so Tarquimpol, it's at one hundred sixty degrees.
Caption 19 [fr]: Bon, donc Tarquimpol, c'est à cent soixante degrés.

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Lionel L - La réforme du français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel discusses the French Academy's latest spelling reform, which includes such modifications as removing the i in oignon (onion) and the circumflex in coût (cost). There's been a fair amount of backlash against the reform, though the changes are only recommended, not mandatory.

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Caption 17 [en]: Likewise for "one million one hundred,"
Caption 17 [fr]: Idem pour un million cent,

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Lionel - Le Parlement Européen - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel takes us in front of the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, where important decisions are made. You can't miss it, with its forty-seven flags representing each member country of the European Council.

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Caption 21 [en]: and you should know that three hundred seventy-five million, uh...
Caption 21 [fr]: et il faut savoir que trois cent soixante-quinze millions, euh...

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Voyage en France - Fourqueux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Join Daniel Benchimol on his tour of the quaint town of Fourqueux. There, you will find a magnificent house where Victor Hugo, the famous French poet and writer, once stayed. Adding to the historic atmosphere, old road markers and vintage hand-painted advertising signs are a great reminder of a colorful past.

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Caption 18 [en]: It's a villa that dates back from eighteen hundred ninety-two.
Caption 18 [fr]: C'est une villa qui date de dix-huit cent quatre-vingt-douze.

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Lionel - Voyage en train - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel concludes his discussion of train rides in France at the Rémilly station. Built in 1851, the station now has a special significance for film lovers.

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Caption 19 [en]: which dates back to eighteen hundred fifty-one.
Caption 19 [fr]: qui date de dix-huit cent cinquante-et-un.

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Lionel - Le vin de Toul - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel visits a winery in the Lorraine region, which was full of vineyards in Roman times. Only a fraction of those vineyards remain today. This particular winery produces a wine called "Gris de Toul" (Toul Gray) due to the grayish color of the grapes during the fermentation process.

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Caption 69 [en]: Whereas today, uh... we have one hundred hectares in the Côtes of Toul,
Caption 69 [fr]: Alors qu'aujourd'hui, euh... on a cent hectares dans les Côtes de Toul,

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Le saviez-vous? - Paris, capitale de France

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode you will learn how Paris officially became the capital in the sixth century under the reign of Clovis. Paris was not built in a day, and in many respects, Paris is still being built today as many significant events, past and present, are still defining the history of the city.

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Caption 15 [en]: dates from at least four thousand to three thousand eight hundred years before Jesus Christ [BC].
Caption 15 [fr]: date d'au moins [de] quatre mille à trois mille huit cents ans avant Jésus Christ.

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Voyage en France - L'Isle-Adam - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In the last part of his tour of L'Isle-Adam, Daniel takes us to the town's glassblower, who offers introductory courses in his beautiful artform. He also shows us the L'Isle-Adam ponds (which act as a sanctuary for over 150 bird species) and the mysterious Chinese pavilion, the architect and construction date of which remain unknown.

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Caption 19 [en]: that is at twelve hundred degrees in my melting furnace [kiln].
Caption 19 [fr]: qui est à mille deux cents degrés dans mon four de fusion.

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Voyage en France - L'Isle-Adam - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel shows us some more of the town of L'Isle-Adam, from a river pool inaugurated by Johnny Weissmuller (best known for playing Tarzan) to a mermaid statue that recalls the famous "Little Mermaid" of Copenhagen. Stay tuned for the next and final segment to discover even more hidden gems of L'Isle-Adam.

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Caption 8 [en]: It's a place that was inaugurated in nineteen hundred ten.
Caption 8 [fr]: C'est un endroit qui fut inauguré en mille neuf cent dix.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mon père n'est pas mort - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France None

Adèle always thought that her father was dead, until a mysterious letter from her so-called half-brother arrived in the mail. After being told repeatedly by her family that her father died in a car crash years ago, Adèle is confused and shaken by the letter.

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Caption 15 [en]: The number of fatherless or motherless orphans is estimated to be five hundred thousand.
Caption 15 [fr]: On estime à cinq cent mille, le nombre d'orphelins de père ou de mère.

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