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Alsace 20 - Laurent Chandemerle, l'homme aux 100 voix

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The Drôles de Zèbres (Funny Zebras) humor festival in Strasbourg has been hosting top French artists, comedians, and a few newcomers for the past twelve years. Among the acts at this year's festival is Laurent Chandemerle, the man with a thousand voices, who can impersonate celebrities to perfection. This video will give you a taste of French humor and, no doubt, a few chuckles!

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Caption 16 [en]: we are approximately, every night, a minimum of five hundred even up to eight hundred,
Caption 16 [fr]: on est à peu près chaque soir, minimum, cinq cent voire jusqu'à huit cent,

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This last part of the Il était une fois episode on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Stephenson proves to be the best competitor.

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Caption 32 [en]: The TGV [High-Speed Train], I told you, three hundred [kilometers] per hour.
Caption 32 [fr]: Le TGV [Train à Grande Vitesse], je tidé [slang for "je t'ai dit"], trois cents à l'heure.

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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 9 [en]: It was beginning in seventeen hundred ninety-four
Caption 9 [fr]: C'est à partir de mille sept cent quatre-vingt-quatorze

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TV Tours - Des œufs rares et exceptionnels

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the town of Tours, the annual International Decorated Egg Exhibition takes place just before Easter and features some exquisite creations. Artists from all over Europe gather to show and sell their beautifully decorated eggs. Some include traditional designs taught by masters from Ukraine while incorporating their own ideas at the same time.

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Caption 26 [en]: Thirty, eighty, some can reach one hundred fifty euros,
Caption 26 [fr]: Trente, quatre-vingts, certaines peuvent atteindre les cent cinquante euros,

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Télésonne - Micro-trottoir : Comment manifester sa gentillesse?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this "Micro-trottoir" series, people share the best ways of showing kindness. Smiling and making sure to greet people with a smile, it seems, is a universal language. Kindness is an art.

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Caption 12 [en]: We should have three hundred sixty-five per... days a year of kin'... of kindness.
Caption 12 [fr]: On devrait avoir trois cent soixante-cinq par... jours par an de gen'... de gentillesse.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This next part of the Il était une fois series on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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Caption 31 [en]: A locomotive contest. -A prize of five hundred pounds. Oh, nice amount!
Caption 31 [fr]: Un concours de locomotive. -Un prix de cinq cents livres. Oh, jolie somme!

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Lionel - à la ferme

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us around a family farm that spans three generations. This traditional dairy and cattle farm takes good care of its animals, which enjoy a special "cow wash." Nursing cows are allowed a break from milk production prior to calving, and nothing is left to chance as the sex of the newborn calf is predetermined thanks to artificial insemination.

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Caption 52 [en]: Well here, right now we have one thousand... one thousand four hundred liters per day, you know.
Caption 52 [fr]: Ben là, à l'heure actuelle on a mille... mille quatre cents litres par jour, quoi.

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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 15 [en]: which celebrates this year one hundred and fifty years.
Caption 15 [fr]: qui fête cette année ses cent cinquante ans.

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Zaz - Eblouie par la nuit

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The thirty-four-year-old singer Zaz made her debut in 2010 (after singing on the streets of Paris for a while, like her famous predecessor, Edith Piaf). Her single "Eblouie par la nuit" (Blinded by the Night) was hugely successful and is sure to dazzle you too.

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Caption 3 [en]: I've been waiting for you for a hundred years in the black and white streets
Caption 3 [fr]: Je t'ai attendu cent ans dans les rues en noir et blanc

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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 26 [en]: Nearly two hundred thousand pieces of furniture are documented here,
Caption 26 [fr]: On recense ici près de deux cent mille pièces de mobilier

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

George Stephenson tries out his invention, a steam locomotive. He allows his son, Robert, to ride on it as long as he stays on the edge of the carriage and gets ready to jump off if the rails buckle under the weight of the locomotive... which they do. Luckily his son followed his instructions!

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Caption 25 [en]: Several hundred pounds. Uh... a thousand, maybe?
Caption 25 [fr]: Plusieurs centaines de livres. Euh... mille peut-être?

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Years of research and trial and error culminated in the invention of the first locomotive on rails. Not bad for a father-and-son experiment. That's what Murdoch and his son George achieved in 1797.

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Caption 26 [en]: The first public train on rails, which will run in eighteen hundred three
Caption 26 [fr]: Le premier train public sur rails qui va circuler en mille huit cent trois

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Voyage dans Paris - Le 10ème Arrondissement - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the tenth arrondissement to discover the Trinity Church, the "Peinture Céramique" building, and other little havens of peace in Paris. Daniel also introduces us to the Brabant Hotel and the 1950s-themed restaurant Playtime, inspired by Jacques Tati.

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Caption 14 [en]: of eighteen hundred seventy-five and eighteen hundred seventy-nine.
Caption 14 [fr]: mille huit cent soixante-quinze et mille huit cent soixante-dix-neuf.

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Alsace 20 - Grain de Sel: le titre de Maître Restaurateur, c'est quoi?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"Maître Restaurateur" (Master Restaurant Owner) is a title bestowed upon a select number of restaurants in France. What does it mean and how does a restaurant achieve this honor? Find out in this episode of "Grain de Sel" (Grain of Salt).

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Caption 21 [en]: like more than a hundred Alsatian restaurant owners?
Caption 21 [fr]: comme plus de cent restaurateurs alsaciens?

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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 6 [en]: and inaugurated in eighteen hundred sixty-seven under the reign of Napoleon the Third.
Caption 6 [fr]: et inauguré en mille huit cent soixante-sept sous le règne de Napoléon Trois.

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