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Voyage en France - Maisons-Laffitte - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Maisons-Laffitte, a town famous for its horse races and jockey training center, the largest in the Paris region. There are also opportunities to explore archaeological remains that have recently been discovered.

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Caption 34 [en]: It has a hosting capacity of nine hundred horses per day
Caption 34 [fr]: Il a une capacité d'accueil de neuf cents chevaux au quotidien

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Patricia brings to life Baudelaire's famous poem "L'horloge" (The Clock). The poet laments the passage of time and life's inevitable conclusion: death. Aside from the gloomy message, this poem is also an invitation to seize the day and enjoy all that life has to offer, including this poem!

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Caption 10 [en]: Three thousand six hundred times an hour, the Second
Caption 10 [fr]: Trois mille six cents fois par heure, la Seconde

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Le saviez-vous? - La poésie française: Baudelaire - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia introduces one of France's most renowned poets, Charles Baudelaire. His major work, Les Fleurs du Mal (The Flowers of Evil), is still the most studied poetry collection in French schools and was as much a source of controversy as admiration in his day. Baudelaire's love affair with his muse, actress Jeanne Duval, was a main source of inspiration for Les Fleurs du Mal.

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Caption 4 [en]: Over one hundred years after the creation of his poems,
Caption 4 [fr]: Plus de cent ans après la création de ses poèmes,

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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 22 [en]: The latter was built in eighteen hundred four and it's belonged, uh... to the same family,
Caption 22 [fr]: Celui-ci a été construit en mille huit cent quatre et il appartient, euh... à la même famille,

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Voyage en France - Compiègne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

As Daniel explains, Joan of Arc is a bit of an "obsession" among French people, and tributes to her can be found in many towns across France. Compiègne has particularly close ties to the country's patron saint—after assisting the town in its fight against the Burgundians, she was captured by them in 1430.

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Caption 10 [en]: This establishment admitted up to one hundred thirty-four patients
Caption 10 [fr]: Cet établissement accueillait jusqu'à cent trente-quatre malades

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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 4 [en]: scarcely less than one hundred kilometers north of Paris.
Caption 4 [fr]: à peine moins de cent kilomètres au nord de Paris.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le carnaval en France

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The Carnival of Nice is famous around the world for its colorful parade of floats covered in flowers. You can even participate in a "battle" of flowers that are grown in abundance in the region.

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Caption 3 [en]: The word "carnaval" appears as such in French in fifteen hundred forty-nine.
Caption 3 [fr]: Le mot "carnaval" apparaît tel quel en français en mille cinq cent quarante-neuf.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le 17ème arrondissement de Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Daniel Benchimol shows us Paris's seventeenth arrondissement. He points out the beautiful church of Notre-Dame de la Compassion as well as the former Bank of France building. According to legend, the bank's safes were protected by a ditch filled with crocodiles!

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Caption 15 [en]: The church was inaugurated in eighteen hundred sixty-one.
Caption 15 [fr]: L'église fut inaugurée en dix-huit cent soixante-et-un.

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Lionel - Strasbourg - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel gives us a tour of Strasbourg, the largest city in France's northeast region. He shows us its beautiful canals, bridges, half-timbered houses, and squares, as well as its famous cathedral.

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Caption 3 [en]: with two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants, without counting the suburbs.
Caption 3 [fr]: avec deux cent cinquante mille habitants, sans compter la banlieue.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le parc André-Citroën

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around the André-Citroën Park in the fifteenth arrondissement of Paris. The park contains a series of beautiful gardens organized by color as well as the largest hot-air balloon in the world!

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Caption 29 [en]: and which makes it possible in captive flight to rise up to three hundred meters in altitude.
Caption 29 [fr]: et qui permet en vol captif de monter jusqu'à trois cent mètres d'altitude.

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Louane - Jour 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Louane Emera sings "Jour Un" (Day One), in which she reminisces about the heady days of new love. Sadly, it's not long before she discovers that love is a fleeting emotion as she finds herself alone, having been replaced by another. Amidst the heartache, she consoles herself by saying that "day one" will always be remembered.

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Caption 28 [en]: One hundred days, what if it was a day without?
Caption 28 [fr]: Cent jours, si c'était un jour sans?

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Voyage dans Paris - Le Parc Georges-Brassens

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a stroll with Daniel Benchimol through Georges Brassens Park, built on the site of the former Vaugirard slaughterhouses. The park includes one of Paris's many jardins pédagogiques (educational gardens) run by local schoolchildren. It's also a few steps away from the famous artists' colony known as La Ruche (The Beehive).

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Caption 16 [en]: Here, by the end of the nineteenth century, each year they slaughtered one hundred ten thousand oxen,
Caption 16 [fr]: Ici à la fin du dix-neuvième siècle, on abattait chaque année cent dix mille bœufs,

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Découvrir des épaves au Musée sous-marin de Lorient

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Underwater Museum of Lorient might be a little hard to get to, given that it's literally underwater. Dedicated to shipwrecks and other sunken objects, the museum is made possible by a team of volunteers with a passion for documenting these lost treasures at the bottom of the ocean.

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Caption 4 [en]: more than three hundred fifty shipwrecks constitute a true heritage.
Caption 4 [fr]: plus de trois cent cinquante épaves constituent un véritable patrimoine.

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Gisors - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol braves the freezing temperature to show us around the beautiful medieval town of Gisors in the Vexin region in the north of France. The highlight of the town is its eleventh-century castle, which is currently undergoing major restoration work. The castle was once surrounded by a moat, and some of its towers still remain, with imposing names like "Prisoner's Tower" and "Chilly Tower."

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Caption 8 [en]: which extends over nearly one hundred seventeen kilometers
Caption 8 [fr]: qui s'étend sur près de cent dix-sept kilomètres

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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 2 [en]: At two hundred meters behind me, you see the building, the religious structure.
Caption 2 [fr]: À deux cents mètres derrière moi on aperçoit le bâtiment, l'édifice religieux.

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