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Alsace 20 - Météo des Maquilleurs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Who doesn’t like a little fun makeup artistry with their morning weather report? Adèle lets us know what to expect weather-wise on Halloween, and gives us some costume inspiration too!

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Caption 17 [fr]: Demain nous fêterons les Quentin et nous fêterons Halloween,
Caption 17 [en]: Tomorrow we will celebrate the Quentins [St. Quentin's day] and we will celebrate Halloween,

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Le Journal - Al Jazeera

Difficulty: Beginner

France, Qatar

The largest Arabic TV network, Al Jazeera has been making its own headlines since 2001, for the depth and breadth of its coverage. This report from 2006 details the network’s evolution. Since then, Al Jazeera’s voice in international broadcasting has only become stronger.

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Caption 19 [fr]: Nous avons deux camps dans ce conflit, deux adversaires. Si nous voulons être équilibrés,
Caption 19 [en]: We have two parties in this conflict, two adversaries. If we want to be balanced,

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Voyage en France - Château d'Urtubie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Looking for your next vacation spot? The Château d’Urtubie, a stunning castle that dates back to the fourteenth century, is now a hotel in the heart of the Basque Country.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour! Aujourd'hui nous sommes au Pays basque, à Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello! Today we are in the Basque Country, in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

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Alsace 20 - Météo du 2 juillet 2010

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Say you’re writing a poem in French, and you need to know how to compare your love to a beautiful sunny summer day. Unsure of the vocabulary? Listen to this weather report from local station Alsace 20 (covering the Alsace region of France) to pick up some useful weather lingo.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Ce vendredi nous prévoyons du beau temps.
Caption 2 [en]: This Friday, we're expecting nice weather.

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Actu Vingtième - Le Repas des anciens

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Who says that old people don’t know how to party? This event, organized by a local Lions Club, brought together a number of senior citizens for a day of dancing, schmoozing, and even romance.

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Caption 3 [fr]: les résultats de cette journée nous permettent
Caption 3 [en]: the outcome of that day allows us

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Nom d'une Rue - Brèche aux Loups

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Are you afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Then you better avoid the rue de la Brèche aux Loups (“Wolves’ Breach Street”) in Paris’ 12th arrondissement. Well, maybe not. But if you’re interested in how oddly named streets got their names, this video is sure to please!

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Caption 14 [fr]: On nous a dit qu'il y avait le... ben le... le Grand méchant loup qui traînait ici, euh...
Caption 14 [en]: We were told that there was the... well, the... the Big Bad Wolf who hung around here, uh...

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Télé Miroir - Un kit de survie offert aux SDF

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sakado (a play on sac à dos, “backpack”) is an organization that helps the homeless of France by collecting backpacks filled with all of life’s essentials, from hygienic products to books. As this article reports, homelessness is one of France’s biggest domestic problems.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Alors nous avons... donc ici on va pouvoir... déballer ce sac pour voir les quatre kits.
Caption 4 [en]: So we have... so here we'll be able... to unpack this bag to see the four kits.

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Normandie TV - La pièce de 10 euros bas-normande

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You might already know that the euro looks slightly different from country to country. But France has also released a series of limited edition euro coins for each of its twenty-six regions. Remember when collecting state quarters was all the rage? Now you can move on to regional French euros!

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Caption 25 [fr]: Alors nous, il nous en reste parce que nous, on en avait beaucoup.
Caption 25 [en]: So we, we have some left because we had a lot of them.

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The Toxic Avenger - N'importe comment

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

The Toxic Avenger is a French house artist based in Strasbourg. In this video, he teams up with Orelsan to bring Facebook to life.

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Caption 34 [fr]: Bébé, viens faire la fête avec nous
Caption 34 [en]: Baby, come party with us

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Télé Miroir - Illumination de Noël à Nîmes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The town of Nîmes goes all out for Christmas, with thousands of lights and giant candy canes all along the streets. It might just be the most festive city in France!

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Caption 6 [fr]: Euh... nous avons ajouté, euh, quatre mille cinq cents ampoules, à économie d'énergie, bien sûr.
Caption 6 [en]: Uh... we added, uh, four thousand five hundred lightbulbs, energy efficient, of course.

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Météo du 26 octobre 2010

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Mont Blanc is not only the highest mountain in the Alps, but also in all of Europe. This weather report will give you an idea of what a typical October feels like in the area surrounding this giant: chilly but fairly sunny, with the first hints of snow.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Quelques passages nuageux sans conséquence devraient nous intéresser
Caption 23 [en]: Some cloudy passages of no consequence should be of interest to us

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Actu Vingtième - Le vide-grenier

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A vide-grenier (“empty-attic”) is a combination of a flea market and a yard sale: a place where anyone can rent a booth and sell all the old things they don’t need anymore. Come see what the residents of this Parisian neighborhood are selling!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Nous, nous sommes quand même une association droite et ouverte,
Caption 8 [en]: We, anyway, we're an upright and open association,

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Voyage dans Paris - Montparnasse

Difficulty: Beginner

France

What do Charles Baudelaire, Simone de Beauvoir, and the architect of the Statue of Liberty have in common? They are all buried in the Montparnasse cemetery, home to the graves of some of the greatest figures in French history. Here are some of its other famous souls.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes dans un cimetière, mais pas n'importe quel cimetière:
Caption 2 [en]: We are in a cemetery, but not just any cemetery:

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Canal 32 - Mesnil-Saint-Loup : moines artisans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nowadays, even monks need to make a living. These five pious men, from the parish of Mesnil-Saint-Loup, make theirs by selling beautiful handmade pottery and ceramics for anywhere between five and two-hundred euros. They even maintain a website.

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Caption 12 [fr]: et sinon nous avons donc des objets qui nous arrivent, euh, en terre cuite,
Caption 12 [en]: and otherwise we have some objects that come to us, uh, in terra cotta,

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Le Journal - Manuels scolaires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Does your textbook ever seem more confusing than enlightening, more wrong than right? A recent study showed that some French textbooks could use a little fact-checking.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Donc c'est difficile pour nous d'expliquer à l'élève que finalement ce qui est dans le manuel, c'est pas bon.
Caption 17 [en]: So it's difficult for us to explain to the student that what's in the textbook is actually no good.

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