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Voyage en France - Montmorency - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around Montmorency, a town famous for being the residence of the Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who lived in the "House of Gossips." Montmorency also boasts a medieval communal oven and is near a sulfurous spring that is open to the public!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Pour ce nouveau numéro, nous nous trouvons dans le département du Val d'Oise,
Caption 2 [en]: For this new episode, we are in the department of Val d'Oise,

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In the suburbs of Paris, women have formed an association called "Femmes-Relais" (Women's Relay) to support each other and their children in times of difficulty. Some parents worry their children are being held in police custody whenever they're late coming home. Politicians like Daniel Goldberg are taking an interest in the situation.

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Caption 14 [fr]: alors que la police, elle est censée être là pour nous protéger.
Caption 14 [en]: while the police are supposed to be there to protect us.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Jean-Pierre gives Lionel some more information about the habits of storks. These migratory birds can be trained to be sedentary so visitors have a chance to see them year-round.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Jean-Pierre, donc, nous sommes toujours et encore avec les cigognes.
Caption 1 [en]: So, Jean-Pierre, we are still with the storks.

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Banlieues françaises - jeunes et policiers, l'impossible réconciliation? - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Journalists spent a week in Aulnay-sous-Bois interviewing young people about ongoing issues and clashes with the police. In the Cité des Trois Mille district, which includes 3,000 public housing units, cultural and sporting organizations are stepping in to make up for the lack of public services.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Nous avons choisi de passer une semaine sur place à Aulnay.
Caption 9 [en]: We chose to spend a week on-site in Aulnay.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Still in the Lindre-Basse region, Jean-Pierre explains the fish breeding process to Lionel. They also enjoy the beautiful sight of storks building their nests during mating season.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Alors la pisciculture, comme tu nous l'as dit, Jean-Pierre,
Caption 2 [en]: So fish farming, as you told us, Jean-Pierre,

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Le saviez-vous? - La couleur noire et ses expressions

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia is in a dark mood.... Learn some expressions using the word noir (dark, black) and express your dark feelings in French!

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Caption 43 [fr]: Et nous étudierons la boîte noire de notre relation,
Caption 43 [en]: And we will examine the black box of our relationship,

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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 1 [fr]: Donc nous sommes toujours ici à Lindre-Basse,
Caption 1 [en]: So we are still here in Lindre-Basse,

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Le saviez-vous? - Les expressions à ne pas prendre au pied de la lettre - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second installment on French expressions not to be taken literally, Patricia discusses the phrase se faire l'avocat du diable (to play devil's advocate).

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Caption 23 [fr]: contre des arguments qu'on nous présente,
Caption 23 [en]: against the arguments presented to us,

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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 1 [fr]: Nous sommes donc, euh... à Toul sous le soleil estival... d'un début juillet.
Caption 1 [en]: So we're, uh... in Toul under the summer sun... of early July.

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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 5 [fr]: Nous sommes ici toujours à Lindre-Basse
Caption 5 [en]: We are still here in Lindre-Basse

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Le saviez-vous? - Le mode subjonctif

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video, you will learn when to use the subjunctive mood in all kinds of everyday situations. Whenever you express a doubt, an uncertainty, or a wish, the subjunctive mood is usually required.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Il faut que nous portions ces bouteilles.
Caption 16 [en]: We must carry these bottles.

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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 1 [fr]: Bonjour, nous sommes donc aujourd'hui, euh...
Caption 1 [en]: Hello, so today we are, uh...

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Voyage en France - Chambourcy

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover Chambourcy with Daniel Benchimol. Chambourcy is a small town on the outskirts of Paris that is full of charming surprises. An interesting garden called Le Désert de Retz will take you back through time with eclectic constructions reminiscent of extinct civilizations.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Nous ne sommes qu'à une vingtaine de kilomètres de la capitale.
Caption 5 [en]: We're only about twenty kilometers from the capital.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - Mes grands-parents sont infidèles - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

"What I want is to travel and see something else other than your face, your cabbages, your carrots, and your turnips!" Sylvette shouts at her husband René, who recently retired. She dreams of traveling; all he wants is to stay home and tend his garden. Sylvette hopes that going on a cruise together will help put things right between them.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Et tu veux nous faire crapahuter dans la jungle à nos âges.
Caption 37 [en]: And you want to make us trudge through the jungle at our age.

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Lionel - à Lindre-Basse - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel and his cousin Jean-Pierre visit a nature park in the Saulnois region with some interesting wildlife. Storks are a major attraction in the region. Unlike other storks, these storks don't migrate, but stay year-round.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour, nous sommes ici une fois de plus en Lorraine,
Caption 1 [en]: Hello, we are here once again in Lorraine,

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