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Alsace 20 - Pourquoi le bio est-il plus cher?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

As in the United States, the price of organic products is relatively high in France. But hopefully this will not be the case for too much longer, as the French Minister of Agriculture has just pledged an investment of six million euros in the organic sector. Learn more about the state of organic farming in France in this video.

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Caption 7 [fr]: avec toujours ce petit souci, cette réflexion constante de se dire:
Caption 7 [en]: always with this little concern, this constant reflection of saying to yourself,

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Le Journal - Musée des voitures

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The first electric car? 1899! La Jamais contente. This car and other rare self-propelled antique vehicles can now be seen in car museums.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Petit à petit, la mécanique prend de l'importance.
Caption 8 [en]: Little by little, machinery became more important.

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Alsace 20 - Mangez bien, mangez alsacien!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Armande has turned an old farm near Strasbourg into a mouth-watering country store complete with live rabbits and ducks. According to Armande, it’s also one of the few places to get food in her village, so chances are business is booming!

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Caption 19 [fr]: qui... qui décline un petit peu l'Alsace, euh... sur du tissu,
Caption 19 [en]: who... who kind of depicts the various faces of Alsace, uh... on fabric,

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Parigot - La cuisine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Michel, co-owner and head chef at Parigot, shows us how to make his very own tuna tartare. We can see why it’s so popular!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Et je vais vous montrer un petit plat tout simple à faire qui s'appelle le thon tartare, mais à ma façon.
Caption 3 [en]: And I am going to show you a little dish that's very simple to make called tuna tartare, but my version of it.

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Strasbourg - Les passants

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Ask the Strasbourgeois what they love about their hometown, and most of them can sum it up for you in one word: tout! But don’t just take our word for it. See for yourself!

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Caption 23 [fr]: Euh... aller chez Gilles Spannagel qui tient Le Cruchon, qui est le petit restaurant,
Caption 23 [en]: Uh... to go visit Gilles Spannagel who owns Le Cruchon [The Little Jug], which is the little restaurant,

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Parigot - Le bistrot

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Come meet the owner of the bistro Parigot (French slang for “Parisian”). This charming restaurant is a French oasis at the intersection of Manhattan’s Chinatown/Little Italy and Soho districts.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Ici sur la fenêtre il y a un logo: c'est un petit chef.
Caption 20 [en]: Here on the window, there's a logo: it's a little chef.

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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 37 [fr]: après être venu pour, euh, y faire un petit séjour de deux mois,
Caption 37 [en]: after having come there, uh, to do a short two-month stint,

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Alex Terrier - Le saxophone - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex explains the differences between the soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones. This is one of those situations where size definitely matters.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Je vais vous montrer un petit peu le... le soprano. Ça c'est le soprano.
Caption 1 [en]: I am going to show you a little bit the... the soprano. This is the soprano.

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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 14 [fr]: j'suis un petit peu obligé de me tenir un peu au courant de... de ce qui se passe, quoi.
Caption 14 [en]: I'm a little bit obligated to keep somewhat abreast of... of what's going on, you know.

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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 1 [fr]: Je vais donc essayer de vous, euh... montrer un petit peu, euh...
Caption 1 [en]: So I'm going to try to, uh... show you a little bit, uh...

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À la plage avec Lionel - La plage

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Remember Lionel, who warned us about the dangers of the working world, and asked the important questions about French grammatical gender? He’s back with a very important lesson for us about how best to get water out of your ears.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Semble que l'eau soit un petit peu fraîche,
Caption 6 [en]: Seems like the water is a little bit cool,

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Voyage dans Paris - Mouzaïa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol guides us through the Quartier de la Mouzaïa, a quaint Parisian neighborhood filled with brightly-colored houses, patriotic street names, and old signs. You might forget you’re in a major city in the midst of this beautiful country landscape.

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Caption 11 [fr]: des grandes constructions, et ici vous êtes dans un vrai petit village, tout protégé.
Caption 11 [en]: tall buildings, and here you are in a true little village, totally protected.

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Alex Terrier - "Roundtrip" et ses inspirations

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Alex Terrier’s second project as a bandleader, Roundtrip, is a critically-acclaimed album in the vein of John Coltrane. Listen to it in full (and for free!) here.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Les principales influences de... de... de cet album, euh... ont été un petit peu des... des... euh... les...
Caption 6 [en]: The main influences for... for... for this album, uh... were to some extent, uh... the...

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Gay Pride - La fierté

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Paris's Gay Pride march (La Marche des Fiertés) takes place every June, beginning in the Montparnasse district and ending in the Bastille district. This video of the march was recorded a few years before France legalized same-sex marriage in 2013.

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Caption 1 [fr]: C'est une façon de s'exprimer, de pouvoir revendiquer un petit peu ce que l'on est,
Caption 1 [en]: It's a way to express ourselves, to be able to proclaim somewhat who we are,

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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 10 [fr]: La butte Bergeyre, c'est un tout petit quartier.
Caption 10 [en]: The Butte Bergeyre, it's a tiny neighborhood.

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