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TV Vendée - Vendée : Pierre Zucchi, 104 ans, raconte ses mémoires

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

TV Vendée interviews 104-year-old Pierre Zucchi, an architect and musician who helped build Queen Elizabeth's private hospital. So far, he's written five autobiographical books that he plans to share with his children.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Nous avons [sic: sommes] arrivés là le même jour
Caption 12 [en]: We arrived there on the same day

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Le saviez-vous? - La négation - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Patricia will teach you how to say "no" in French. It's not just a matter of saying non! Find out how to use ne pas (do not) in the right way.

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Caption 72 [fr]: Oui, nous sommes contentes.
Caption 72 [en]: Yes, we are happy.

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1789: Les Amants de la Bastille - Tomber dans ses yeux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

"Tomber dans ses yeux" (To Fall into Her Eyes) is a song from the musical Les Amants de la Bastille (The Lovers of the Bastille), a love story set during the leadup to the storming of the Bastille in 1789. This video gives you a sneak peek of the musical as well as some behind-the-scenes footage.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Je sais bien que tout nous sépare
Caption 1 [en]: I know well that everything separates us

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is still in Liverdun, a small village in the Lorraine, to find out some more about the madeleine. It's a specialty of the region that comes in various delicious flavors, such as mirabelle plum and bergamot orange.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 1 [fr]: Nous sommes aujourd'hui, euh... à Liverdun,
Caption 1 [en]: Today we are, uh... in Liverdun,

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Grand Lille TV - L'huile de friture transformée en carburant

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This news report explores the possibilities of new biofuels. The company Gecco is testing biofuels made from coffee grounds and cooking oil on service vehicles and a school bus in hopes of converting waste from schools and other institutions.

Matches in Transcript

Caption 41 [fr]: euh... qui est... qui nous permet de...
Caption 41 [en]: uh... that is... that allows us to...

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Jean-Claude and Rachelle, who own a specialty store full of delicious goodies. They talk to Lionel about the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region that was supposedly invented by a cook named (you guessed it!) Madeleine.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Nous sommes une fois de plus en Lorraine,
Caption 9 [en]: We are once again in Lorraine,

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Le saviez-vous? - "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia recites Louis Aragon's heartbreaking poem "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There Is No Happy Love), which has been set to music by a number of famous singers. You can listen to Françoise Hardy's version here.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Et ceux-là sans savoir nous regardent passer
Caption 20 [en]: And those ones unknowingly watch us pass by

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Le saviez-vous? - Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this video, you will learn about the famous poet, novelist, and journalist Louis Aragon, who lived in the twentieth century. Many of his poems were set to music by famous French singers such as Georges Brassens, Léo Férré, and Jean Ferrat.

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Caption 40 [fr]: Et nous allons découvrir ce poème dans la vidéo suivante.
Caption 40 [en]: And we are going to discover this poem in the next video.

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, who decided to give up sugar for a year, discovered some unexpected benefits on her health. She claims that she looks younger, feels healthier, and is free of cravings, but she cautions that everyone reacts differently. You can read another interview with her here.

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Caption 156 [fr]: ce que... ce que vous nous racontez.
Caption 156 [en]: what... what you're telling us.

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France 24 - Réchauffement climatique : un danger pour le vin français - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this video, Jean-Marc Touzard explains the effects of global warming on wine growing and the quality of the wine in France.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Jean-Marc Touzard, merci, euh... de nous rejoindre.
Caption 3 [en]: Jean-Marc Touzard, thank you, uh... for joining us.

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Cœur de pirate - Mistral Gagnant

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Cœur de Pirate (Pirate's Heart) sings a cover of Renaud's "Mistral Gagnant." Written for his daughter Lolita, the song revisits Renaud's childhood through the lens of old-time French candies such as Carambars, Car-en-Sacs, Roudoudous, and the titular Mistral Gagnants.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Et les vrais roudoudous qui nous coupaient les lèvres
Caption 23 [en]: And the real roudoudous [shell-shaped candy] that used to cut our lips

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, a journalist working for Elle magazine, decided to eliminate sugar from her diet for a year. She related her experience in her book Zéro Sucre, explaining that sugar is indeed an addiction, similar to a drug addiction. Are you ready to give up your sweet tooth?

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Caption 115 [fr]: Tu ne nous alimentes plus".
Caption 115 [en]: You're not feeding us anymore."

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au passé simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia teaches us how to conjugate second-group (-ir) verbs in the passé simple, or historical past. Unlike the more common passé composé, this tense is mainly used in literary works and in historical accounts.

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Caption 6 [fr]: nous avons vu comment conjuguer
Caption 6 [en]: we saw how to conjugate

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Sarah goes to work at the frozen food factory as usual, but her day is anything but ordinary. Temptation gets the best of her as her son's unethical suggestion echoes in her mind and drives her to do something she would never have imagined possible.

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Caption 19 [fr]: et nous, on aurait enfin eu un repas correct.
Caption 19 [en]: and we... we would have finally had a decent meal.

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Le Jour où tout a basculé - J'ai volé pour nourrir mon fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

After her divorce, Sarah is raising her son Nino alone and is having trouble coping with his hostile behavior. Her financial situation doesn't allow for meat on the table more than twice a week. Nino proposes a dishonest solution, but his mother won't hear of it.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Cette nuit, nous avons été cambriolés.
Caption 16 [en]: We were robbed last night.

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