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Le Journal - Apnée du sommeil

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Not only can sleep apnea keep you from getting a good night’s sleep, but it can also wreak havoc on your health, causing such serious health problems as brain damage and cardiovascular disease. Luckily, thanks to research by the National Scientific Research Center in Strasbourg and special equipment like oxygen masks, sufferers of sleep apnea may now be better able to get some rest.

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Caption 23 [en]: There're people who stop breathing nearly a hundred times per hour.
Caption 23 [fr]: Y a des gens qui s'arrêtent de respirer presque cent fois par heure.

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Le Journal - Passer le permis de conduire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Another protest on the streets of Paris: this one about the difficulties of obtaining a driving permit. The steep price of a permit is currently about 1200 € in France, and candidates must face long waits of several months or more just to take the test. Increasing the number of driving inspectors would help both to lessen these delays and lower costs.

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Caption 12 [en]: There are one thousand four hundred of them now;
Caption 12 [fr]: Ils sont actuellement mille quatre cents;

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Le Journal - Champagne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

What’s in a name? Quite a lot, as it turns out! Thanks to changes in what land is covered by the Champagne Appellation d’Origine Contrôlée (or AOC, the French method of labeling foods and wines according to region), some farmers will soon be able to start cultivating official champagne. But not everyone is a winner—some farmers will lose this prestigious appellation.

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Caption 9 [en]: the price of one hectare of land could be multiplied by close to two hundred,
Caption 9 [fr]: le prix d'un hectare de terre pourrait être multiplié par près de deux cents,

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Le Journal - La vie sous l'océan Antarctique

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Brr! It’s hard to believe that anything could survive in waters as cold as minus two degrees. But recent research expeditions in the Antarctic Ocean have found life forms, like the icefish, that manage to thrive despite the chilly temperatures.

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Caption 12 [en]: and at eight hundred meters below, surprise! There is still some life, a lot even.
Caption 12 [fr]: et à huit cents mètres de fond, surprise! Il y a encore de la vie, beaucoup même.

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La Conspiration d'Orion - Conspiration 1/4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Step inside the world of the Orion Conspiracy, a fictionalized (or is it?) documentary produced and directed by Seb Janiak. Part One will leave you asking questions, and eagerly anticipating the next installment.

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Caption 46 [en]: One of these civilizations spread out over the entire planet more than six hundred pyramids made of stone,
Caption 46 [fr]: Une de ces civilisations a essaimé tout autour de la planète plus de six cents pyramides de pierres,

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Le Journal - Le libre-service en pharmacie?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Those of us who live in the United States are used to being able to buy some medications right off the shelves. But in France, until very recently, you weren’t able to purchase painkillers without first speaking to a pharmacist. Now certain painkillers are available on a self-serve basis, but are pharmacists ready for this change?

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Caption 1 [en]: Coming soon to pharmacies on a self-serve basis: two hundred medicines for pain relief, sore throat,
Caption 1 [fr]: Bientôt en libre-service dans les pharmacies: deux cents médicaments contre la douleur, le mal de gorge,

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Interviews à Central Park - Les 24 Heures du Mans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How long would you like to spend driving a race car around a track? An hour? Two? How about twenty-four? In the third in our series of Central Park interviews, we hear from a Le Mans native about the famous 24 heures du Mans.

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Caption 3 [en]: Uh... The town of Le Mans is two hundred kilometers from Paris.
Caption 3 [fr]: Euh... La ville du Mans est à deux cents kilomètres de Paris.

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Le Journal - Maison écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

José Bové may be famous for having dismantled a McDonald’s, but it turns out he also knows a thing or two about building houses — all in line with his alterglobalist ideals!

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Caption 29 [en]: According to José Bové, his house has cost him one hundred ten thousand euros.
Caption 29 [fr]: Selon José Bové, son habitation lui coûte cent dix mille euros.

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Le Journal - La bougie du sapeur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This newspaper, called “The Sapper’s Candle” (a “sapper” is traditionally a military man who disarms mines), only comes out on the leap year. But how can a periodical published only on February twenty-ninth be financially sound? Maybe it’s true: less is more.

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Caption 11 [en]: proud of the hundred thousand copies sold last time...
Caption 11 [fr]: fier des cent mille exemplaires écoulés la dernière fois...

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Le Journal - Manifestations des lycéens - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Peaceful student demonstrations were marred by the intrusion of young rioters, non-students who joined in and caused mayhem and violence. Now the student organizers have accepted the aid of union members and are working together to keep the march safe.

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Caption 6 [en]: Unions have provided the demonstrators with several hundred militants.
Caption 6 [fr]: Les organisations syndicales ont mis à disposition des manifestants plusieurs centaines de militants.

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Le Journal - Indices révélateurs des glaciers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French scientists study 740,000-year-old Antarctic ice samples and find clues that point to a relationship between greenhouse gases and global warming. It is feared that the record high carbon and methane levels of today will cause severe climatic change in coming years.

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Caption 3 [en]: that are seven hundred and forty thousand years old.
Caption 3 [fr]: vieilles de sept cent quarante mille ans.

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Le Journal - La Grande Muraille vue de l'espace?

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Even the Chinese agree with French astronaut Jean-François Clervoy: the great wall of China is NOT visible to the human eye from space, not even from a low orbit. Chinese astronaut Yan Liwei, who orbited the earth fourteen times in a Chinese spaceship, couldn’t see it either.

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Caption 10 [en]: At an altitude of three hundred kilometers,
Caption 10 [fr]: À trois cents kilomètres d'altitude,

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Le Journal - Espèces en voie de disparition

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Beautiful snow Leopards and Madagascar tortoises! The European Program protects rare species such as these in zoos, with the goal to eventually release them (or their children) back into the wild.

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Caption 3 [en]: three hundred fifty in captivity, including this couple that lives in the Auneau park.
Caption 3 [fr]: trois cent cinquante en captivité dont ce couple qui vit au parc d'Auneau.

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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 4 [en]: three thousand seven hundred kilometers from the closest continent,
Caption 4 [fr]: à trois mille sept cents kilomètres du continent le plus proche,

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Le Journal - L'enseignement du chinois au lycée

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The number of French students interested in studying Chinese has soared in French high schools in the last ten years. Though it is currently offered mostly by elite schools, the French government hopes to make it more accessible to all schools in years to come.

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Caption 15 [en]: In nineteen ninety-five, twenty-five hundred students were learning it at school.
Caption 15 [fr]: En mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quinze, deux mille cinq cents élèves l'apprenaient à l'école.

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