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Le Journal - Salon du livre

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

At the Paris Salon du Livre this year, in response to the visit of the Israeli president, six Arab nations decided to exclude themselves from the event. Some attendees were puzzled by the boycott, especially considering that many Israeli writers are known to advocate the creation of a Palestinian state. With all that pressure, no wonder the roof collapsed!

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Caption 10 [fr]: En tant que romancier, je trouve que c'est une guerre qui... qui nous gâche l'existence quelque part,
Caption 10 [en]: As a novelist, I find that it's a war that... that spoils our life somewhere,

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Le Journal - Choisir un nom d'enfant

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Choosing a name for a new baby is just one of the tricky tasks parents face. Should you go with a classic, like Jeanne; a trendy name, like Mathéo; or an old-school throwback, like Alphonse? It can be tough to decide, but if all else fails, just use your alphabet blocks!

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Caption 17 [fr]: mais c'était pas Jeanne Calment qui nous a décidé à... à choisir Jeanne, là, bien sûr.
Caption 17 [en]: but it wasn't Jeanne Calment who made us decide to... to choose Jeanne, there, of course.

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Le Journal - Manifestations au Tibet

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Buddhist monks and other Tibetans protest against Chinese rule while their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, continues his exile in India. The topic of Tibet was a sore point for China as it prepared to host the Summer Olympics.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Nous voulons l'indépendance totale du Tibet, pas de Jeux Olympiques en Chine
Caption 8 [en]: We want total independence for Tibet, no Olympic Games in China

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Le Journal - Les vignobles

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Two women – one French, one American – speak of their new careers as vineyard owners. With the increasing popularity of New World wines, land in the Bordeaux region of France is becoming cheaper.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Nous avons un nouveau maître de chai. Elle est excellente.
Caption 20 [en]: We have a new "maître de chai". She is excellent.

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Wallen - Donna - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Wallen was born to a family of Moroccan immigrants in Bobigny. In “Donna,” she sings about the life of teenage girls struggling to handle family, love, and school.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Le miroir qui nous dit à qui ressembler
Caption 14 [en]: The mirror that tells us who to look like

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Le Journal - 2000 mètres sous les mers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A robot is sent into a deep ocean fault south of the Azores in the Atlantic Ocean. Its mission: to explore mineral chimneys and collect the organisms that can live there without sunlight.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Nous sommes au sud des Açores, au centre de l'océan Atlantique,
Caption 2 [en]: We are south of the Azores, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean,

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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 14 [fr]: qu'on s'aperçoit pas quand le sommeil nous prend comme ça, et que ça peut être très profond.
Caption 14 [en]: that you don't realize it when you fall asleep like that, and that it can be very deep.

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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 9 [fr]: Aujourd'hui nous sommes dans la rue parce que il y a un manque flagrant de places d'examen,
Caption 9 [en]: Today we are taking to the streets because there is a flagrant lack of openings to take the test,

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Jeronimo - Les mains qui tremblent

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Jeronimo is the musical alias of Belgian singer-songwriter Jérôme Mardaga. “Les mains qui tremblent” is a solemn song about the sadness that comes from a break up.

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Caption 2 [fr]: L'espoir qui nous liait a fini par casser
Caption 2 [en]: The hope that bound us wound up breaking

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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 17 [fr]: qu'on aura des... des aides, qu'on... qu'on nous...
Caption 17 [en]: that we'll get some... some help, that... that they'll...

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Karin Clercq - La Sincère

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This musical adaptation of Marceline Desbordes-Valmore’s poem “La Sincère,” performed by Karin Clercq, is a touching and troubling song — themes the video captures well with its New York setting. You can hear tracks from her brand new album, La Vie Buissonnière, here.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Veux-tu l'acheter? Sans nous disputer
Caption 2 [en]: Do you want to buy it? Without having a fight

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Le Journal - Enseigner l'Holocauste en classe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The best way to teach primary school students about the Holocaust is a contested topic in France. (See our Le Journal video on France’s Holocaust memorial.) One idea, originally proposed by Nicolas Sarkozy at a dinner organized by the Conseil représentatif des institutions juives de France, has not yet been able to see the light of day.

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Caption 13 [fr]: C'est dans deux mois que nous discuterons d'un projet!
Caption 13 [en]: In two months we will hold a debate on a project!

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Vincent Venet - Les larmiers du bonheur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Get lost in the dreamy lyrics and musical styling of Vincent Venet with this song from his 2005 album “Humeur.” Venet, who describes himself as an author, composer, performer, and director, wrote and composed the album in just several weeks in the beautiful Ardennes of Belgium.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Ce léger parfum qui nous laisse rêveur et nous conduit dans les larmiers du bonheur
Caption 3 [en]: That light perfume that leaves us dreaming and drives us to the eaves of happiness

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Which four designers’ collections are not to miss (if your income is in the seven digits)? Chanel, Yves Saint-Laurent, Loewe, and, for your delicate foot, René Caovilla and his sparkling handmade Venetian shoes.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Il faut pas le jeter à la poubelle, puisque nous avons la chance
Caption 6 [en]: We mustn't throw it in the trash, since we are luck

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Manu le Malin - Album Biomechanik III - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Celebrated French hardcore musician Manu le Malin sits down for an interview about his influences and his music. He talks in particular about the last part of his “Biomechanik” series, Biomechanik III: The Final Chapter, which was filmed at the H.R. Giger Museum in Gruyères, Switzerland.

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Caption 40 [fr]: de restituer, de nous faire retourner un peu au pré-gothique,
Caption 40 [en]: to restore, to return us to the pre-Gothic

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