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Le saviez-vous? - Jean de La Fontaine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video you will hear a fable by Jean de La Fontaine, the most famous fable writer in French literature. "Le Chêne et le Roseau" (The Oak and the Reed) is a lesson in humility. The humble reed belies an inner strength that the oak does not possess. The oak's unbending nature proves to be its downfall.

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Caption 68 [en]: What a magnificent allegory of strength, of pride,
Caption 68 [fr]: Quelle magnifique allégorie de la force, de l'orgueil,

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel shows us around the old quarter of the village of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, a charming area that dates from the Middle Ages and contains some beautiful gardens and courtyards. Some of the streets and alleyways have even retained their medieval names, such as the "Rue de la Savaterie" (Cobbler Street).

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Caption 31 [en]: with magnificent terraces, very pretty gardens.
Caption 31 [fr]: avec des magnifiques terrasses, des très jolis jardins.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second part of his tour of the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, Daniel shows us the Montjoie Tower, a Romanesque dungeon whose walls are still standing today. He also takes us to a beautiful garden filled with rare plants.

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Caption 28 [en]: I invite you to take a break in this magnificent garden
Caption 28 [fr]: je vous invite à faire une halte dans ce magnifique jardin

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Mathilde - La Comédie-Française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Right in the heart of Paris, the Comédie-Française is a major institution. It's a theater where the famous playwright Molière performed his plays over three centuries ago. To this day, the Comédie-Française still captures the imagination of French people.

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Caption 52 [en]: one, so, one of the most magnificent buildings of Paris.
Caption 52 [fr]: un, donc, un des bâtiments les plus magnifiques de Paris.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, located around thirty kilometers from Paris, which is known as the capital of canal transportation. You'll see some beautiful barges and cruise boats, as well as a public toilet that Daniel calls an "aesthetic success"!

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Caption 9 [en]: We just witnessed, live, the docking of these two magnificent barges:
Caption 9 [fr]: Nous venons d'assister en direct à l'accostage de ces deux magnifiques péniches:

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Voyage en France - Vexin Normand - Boisgeloup

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

We continue our tour of the Norman Vexin region with a stop in the hamlet of Boisgeloup, where Pablo Picasso once lived. If you get hungry while strolling around this charming little village, make sure to stop in the bakery Chez Valérie et Patrick Bunel, which won an award for best traditional baguette. You can eat one while admiring the beautiful Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church for a wonderful sensory experience.

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Caption 17 [en]: the terrace and the esplanade of the magnificent Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church.
Caption 17 [fr]: le terre-plein et l'esplanade de la magnifique église Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

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Mathilde - Le métro parisien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Parisians can thank Fulgence Bienvenüe for their metro system, which is so efficient that many people use the names of the metro stations in favor of street names when giving directions. Some of the most interesting stations are Bir-Hakeim, overlooking the Eiffel Tower, and Arts et Métiers, with its old-fashioned industrial design. Some metro stations are a destination in themselves!

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Caption 40 [en]: So you arrive, and you have an absolutely magnificent view of the Eiffel Tower.
Caption 40 [fr]: Donc, on arrive, on a une vue absolument magnifique sur la Tour Eiffel.

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Exposition - Balzac, architecte d'intérieurs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Balzac Museum in the Château de Saché, exclusive period furniture was brought in to illustrate Honoré de Balzac's famous collection of novels, La Comédie Humaine (The Human Comedy). Balzac was famous for his lengthy, detailed descriptions of interiors in his novels.

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Caption 27 [en]: We find notably on this table, uh... some magnificent centerpieces by Thomire,
Caption 27 [fr]: On trouve notamment sur cette table, euh... des magnifiques surtouts de Thomire

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Voyage en France - Maisons-Laffitte - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part three of our visit to Maisons-Laffitte, Daniel Benchimol reveals even more interesting facts about this city. The Maisons Castle, which epitomizes seventeenth-century French architecture, has been used for the filming of many famous movies, such as Love and Death, Dangerous Liaisons, Queen Margot, and many more.

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Caption 3 [en]: The weather is gorgeous. I am now in a magnificent passageway,
Caption 3 [fr]: Il fait un temps radieux. Je suis maintenant dans un magnifique passage,

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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 12 [en]: The chapel maintains a magnificent baroque altarpiece carved in an incredible oak wood.
Caption 12 [fr]: La chapelle garde un magnifique retable d'art baroque sculpté dans un incroyable bois de chêne.

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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 11 [en]: with, among other things, this magnificent building and also this brushed steel monument
Caption 11 [fr]: avec, entre autres, ce magnifique bâtiment et aussi ce monument en acier brossé

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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 25 [en]: under this magnificent series of fountains.
Caption 25 [fr]: sous cette magnifique série de fontaines.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - À la recherche de mon père - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enzo meets Angèle's dad Brice again and seizes the opportunity to take a picture of him by pretending to admire his tattoo. His hopes of finding his real father are dashed when he shows his mother the photograph, and she doesn't recognize the face. The only bright spot in all this is that Angèle may not be his sister after all.

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Caption 16 [en]: I really think that you have a... magnificent tattoo.
Caption 16 [fr]: je trouve vraiment que vous avez un... tatouage magnifique.

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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 3 [en]: Gisors is a magnificent little medieval town,
Caption 3 [fr]: Gisors est une magnifique petite cité médiévale,

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Maître Gims - Bella

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Maître Gims' song "Bella" (from his solo album Subliminal) is an epic tale set in Spain where beautiful Bella wrecks havoc in all the villages she visits. Lovelorn men are falling for this "femme fatale" everywhere, and Maître Gims doesn't heed the locals' advice to stay away from her but instead falls for her too. You'll notice that Maître Gims uses a form of slang known as verlan, in which a word's syllables are reversed.

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Caption 42 [en]: Synonymous with "magnificent," at her feet only disciples
Caption 42 [fr]: Synonyme de "magnifique", à ses pieds que des disciples

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