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Le Journal - French North African Film

Difficulty: Beginner

France, Morocco

Opening night in Casablanca for the movie Indigènes (English title "Days of Glory") provided a special opportunity for some of the subjects of the film to reflect upon their past, and for Moroccans and the French to talk about their future.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Ça veut dire que vous avez été, vous avez été aussi sensibles que nous.
Caption 6 [en]: It means that you have been, you have been as touched as we have.

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Jean-Marc - Études et travail

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Just how did Jean-Marc get the money for that beautiful car and those fancy ski trips? The answer involves a roundabout trek to the open outcry auction market of the French stock exchange (“la Bourse”). So could we say that Wall Street too resembles a “playground for grownups”?

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Caption 16 [fr]: En fait on nous enseigne, euh... les techniques de vente, de marketing, euh...
Caption 16 [en]: Actually, they taught us, uh... sales techniques, marketing techniques, uh...

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Voyage en France - Saint-Jean-de-Luz

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come take a trip to St-Jean-de-Luz, a beautiful resort town along the Atlantic in the Basque country of southwest France. Don’t forget to bring a towel!

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour! Pour ce nouveau rendez-vous, nous avons quitté la capitale, Paris.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello! For this new rendezvous, we have left Paris, the capital.

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Canal 32 - Aube : et vogue le canoë !

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you ever think you could drink champagne while kayaking? You can with “Rando Bulles de Champ’ et Canoë” (“Outing, Champagne Bubbles, and Canoeing”), a kayaking service which will take you along the Seine in the Aube department in the region of (where else?) Champagne-Ardenne.

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Caption 34 [fr]: Ce que nous souhaitons au Conseil Général, c'est communiquer davantage et puis, euh...
Caption 34 [en]: What we hope to do at the General Council is to communicate more and, uh...

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TV Vendée - "Nieul Village de Lumière"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On two summer nights per year, the small town of Nieul-le-Dolant transforms into “Nieul, Village de Lumière” (“Nieul, Village of Light”) and captivates both its residents and its visitors with a dazzling display of illuminated buildings and monuments.

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Caption 24 [fr]: Nous, on n'a pas du tout des choses comme ça en Lot-et-Garonne,
Caption 24 [en]: Us, we don't have anything like this at all in Lot-et-Garonne,

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Canal 32 - Rouilly-Sacey : un Sarko 100% Guy!

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Guy Bouard, a house painter by trade, also happens to be the official double of President Nicolas Sarkozy. Among his duties: balancing the budget (in a coin jar) and meeting with agricultural experts (some sheep). He may be more popular than the President!

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Caption 33 [fr]: il nous a... il nous a fait un petit résumé et c'est vrai que c'est...
Caption 33 [en]: he gave us... he gave us a brief rundown, and it's true that it...

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Télé Grenoble - La famille Maudru

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Come discover this feature-length film directed by Serge Papagalli in the Trièves. Humor and affection drive his story, which focuses on the difficulties of peasant life.

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Caption 15 [fr]: C'est très intéressant parce que ça nous demande de nous requestionner sur le jeu,
Caption 15 [en]: It's very interesting because it asks us to rethink our acting,

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Alex Terrier - Le saxophone - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex gives a detailed description of the saxophone and all its different parts. Did you know that, despite its association with jazz music, the saxophone was actually invented in the 1840s for use in military bands?

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Caption 16 [fr]: Ensuite nous avons le bec, le bec du saxophone.
Caption 16 [en]: Then we have the mouthpiece, the mouthpiece of the saxophone.

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Le Journal - Firewood

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The French lumber market sees a long-awaited recovery, after “the storm of the century.” Time to heat up that new log cabin with a crackling fire in the fireplace.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Nous avions stocké des bois en attendant la reprise du marché.
Caption 8 [en]: We had stored some lumber, waiting for the market to recover.

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Sa petite histoire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tarte flambée is a specialty of the Alsace region of France that resembles a pizza. Typically made with crème fraîche, onions, and bacon, the traditional tarte flambée has also undergone many variations. Flam’s, a restaurant franchise based in Strasbourg, has dedicated itself to perfecting this Alsatian delicacy.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Bonjour! -Est-ce que vous pouvez nous raconter quelque chose sur votre restaurant ou...?
Caption 1 [en]: Hello! -Could you tell us something about your restaurant or...?

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Le Journal - Bateau ensouillé - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The beached ship in Sables d’Olonne is still stuck in the sand. In fact, it’s becoming quite the local attraction!

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Caption 6 [fr]: les moyens habituels que nous connaissons lorsque ces navires sont dans de telles situations,
Caption 6 [en]: the usual methods that we know of when these ships are in situations like these,

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Les tartes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You say flammekueche, I say tarte flambée! But no matter the moniker, we can certainly agree on one thing: this Alsatian specialty is a gustatory delight!

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Caption 14 [fr]: Mais on a également... donc nous on a une variété plus importante.
Caption 14 [en]: But we also have... well, we have a greater variety.

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Le film: "Treize jours en France"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dive back in to the 1968 winter Olympics, held in Grenoble, France. “Treize jours en France,” a recently restored documentary film made in ‘68 by director Claude Lelouch, captures the spirit of the times, and the “pre-revolutionary” zeitgeist leading up to the events of May.

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Caption 22 [fr]: de choses officielles qui... qui nous plaisait, quoi!
Caption 22 [en]: of official aspects that... that appealed to us, you know?

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 15 [fr]: Nous nous inscrivons pas du tout sur cette ligne.
Caption 15 [en]: We don't agree at all with this course of action.

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Voyage dans Paris - Butte Bergeyre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Take a tour of the Butte Bergeyre, a charming area of Paris that even Parisians don’t know much about. Unlike the rest of the city, you won’t find many tourists here -- though you may spot a vineyard or two!

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Caption 2 [fr]: nous sommes dans un des quartiers les moins connus de la capitale.
Caption 2 [en]: we are in one of the lesser-known neighborhoods of the capital.

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