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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 20 [fr]: et trois enfants dont un petit dernier de neuf mois, Tokiroa.
Caption 20 [en]: and three children, including a little youngest one of nine months, Tokiroa.

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Le Journal - École de pilotage

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Ten months of training go into learning to fly a helicopter, but less time is being spent aloft. More and more flight hours are logged in a hyper-realistic simulator that allows young pilots to hone their skills without ever leaving the earth.

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Caption 27 [fr]: des... des vols dans des conditions un petit peu périlleuses, euh... donc tout est possible.
Caption 27 [en]: flights in somewhat perilous conditions, uh... so everything is possible.

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Le Journal - Sans domicile fixe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Homelessness is difficult for anyone, but for women the dangers can be more acute and the experience even more alienating than for men.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Au fond, le seul petit bonheur de la journée, c'est retrouver sa copine, rêver un peu,
Caption 20 [en]: Basically, the only small happiness of the day is meeting up with her friend again, dreaming a little,

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Le Journal - Marianne

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Marianne is the symbol of the French Republic and has roots in the revolution of 1789. But are French mayors ready to represent the France of today with a Marianne of color?

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Caption 19 [fr]: Je pense que dans mon petit pays, ça ferait jaser.
Caption 19 [en]: I think that in my little town, it would make people talk.

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Le Journal - L'Institut du goût

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Students at the Institute of Taste must carefully imbibe the finest of champagnes, delicacies, and other gourmet specialties.

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Caption 25 [fr]: euh... de célébrer avec un petit peu de champagne.
Caption 25 [en]: uh... to celebrate with a little champagne.

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Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sailing around the world in a boat by yourself might seem like the ultimate in machismo, but the Vendée Globe is not only a man’s game.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Petit prodige, euh... de la technique, Anne Liardet...
Caption 1 [en]: A small feat, uh... of technology, Anne Liardet...

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Le Journal - Saint-Exupéry - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sixty years after the disappearance of literary great Saint-Exupéry, a commemoration is held on the Mediterranean Sea at the spot where his airplane fell.

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Caption 18 [fr]: et puis, évidemment, "Le petit prince".
Caption 18 [en]: and then, of course, "The Little Prince."

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Verane Pick - Promotion - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

France

Verane explains Yabla’s world to you, and all in under two minutes! Don’t worry if you don’t speak French. It’s all subtitled, with plenty of features to help you soak up any new language tout de suite! What are you waiting for? Fire up the video!

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Caption 17 [fr]: Il suffit d'appuyer sur le petit clic et ça disparaît!
Caption 17 [en]: All you need to do is click on the little button and it disappears!

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Le Journal - Milady

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Three Musketeers is one of the greatest tales of brotherhoood in the Western canon, but this new movie from José Daillant shifts the focus to a female character, Milady, the story’s femme fatale. Look for the lovely and inimitable Arielle Dombasle in the starring role.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Et l'œuvre d'Alexandre Dumas prend un petit air décalé
Caption 17 [en]: And Alexandre Dumas' work seems a bit "off"

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Le Journal - Préjugés chez les employeurs

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

“What’s in a name?” asks Shakespeare’s Juliet. Apparently quite a lot for the French, who consistently pass over job candidates whose names aren’t “ethnically French” – particularly those of African origin.

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Caption 20 [fr]: Petit test.
Caption 20 [en]: A little test.

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Le Journal - Retour sur scène de Julio Iglesias

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Julio Iglesias tours France for the first time in 27 years and is very warmly received, especially by the ladies. Julio not only sings a few songs in French, but can speak it as well, and proves as much during an on-camera interview.

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Caption 27 [fr]: Toujours le même petit sourire
Caption 27 [en]: Still the same little smile

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Le Journal - Le Queen Mary 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

While no one denies that the Queen Mary 2 rightfully flies the Union Jack, she was built in France and this is where she sails when feeling homesick. As she comes to drop anchor on French shores, proud spectators come out to welcome her ashore.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Au pied du Queen Mary Deux, on se sent souvent tout petit.
Caption 5 [en]: At the foot of the Queen Mary Two, one often feels very small.

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Le Journal - Saint-Exupéry - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A Lockheed P-38 Lightning, last piloted by noted writer Saint-Exupéry, who presumably went down with it on July 31, 1944, has been found and identified off the coast of Marseille. This gives credence to a local fisherman who, six years ago, claimed to have netted the author’s ID bracelet.

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Caption 9 [fr]: On me traite de petit pêcheur de bouillabaisse, de petit pêcheur de sardines,
Caption 9 [en]: They tease me, calling me "little bouillabaisse fisherman," "little sardine fisherman,"

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Le Journal - Le costume bœuf

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Costume rental shops in Paris start their season before Christmas. For New Year’s Eve, who wants to dress like Austrian Princess Sisi or wear a Scottish kilt?

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Caption 5 [fr]: je vais faire un petit show, avec ma famille.
Caption 5 [en]: I'm going to do a little show, with my family.

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