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LCM - Concert: La Folia à l'abbaye Saint-Victor

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The teenage violist Valentin Tournet plays an excerpt from Marin Marais' "Folies d'Espagne" (Follies of Spain) in this interview. He talks about the folia, an early music theme from Spain, as well as the passion for music he developed at a very young age.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Alors on va justement parler de ce récital, donc, une petite minute,
Caption 3 [en]: So we'll just talk about this recital, so, a short minute,

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Voyage en France - Reims - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol continues our tour of Reims. You'll not only see the Cathedral, but a lot of intriguing architectural styles, art deco buildings, and a fifties structure merged with a medieval tower.

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Caption 26 [fr]: mélangé et fu'... quasiment fusionné avec une petite tourelle médiévale.
Caption 26 [en]: combined and me'... practically merged with a little medieval turret.

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TV Sud - Fête de la Tortue 2012

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

If you're a turtle lover, you may be interested in the Fête de la tortue (Turtle Festival), which takes place in a different French town every year. This year's festival was in July, so you and your turtles will have to wait for next year's!

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Caption 3 [fr]: Comment elle s'appelle votre petite tortue de... -Alors ça, c'est... -de trois cents grammes?
Caption 3 [en]: What's the name of your little tortoise of... -So this is… -of three hundred grams?

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: Honfleur

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Honfleur is a Norman town whose beauty was immortalized by the Impressionists. Come take a trip with Daniel Benchimol through this historic town that inspired an entire art movement.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Sur cette petite place charmante, la place Sainte-Catherine,
Caption 22 [en]: On this lovely little square, Sainte-Catherine Square,

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Il était une fois: les Explorateurs - 10. Amerigo Vespucci - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It's back to the past, with the Once Upon a Time series. How did America get its name? Take a trip back to Renaissance Italy in this first episode of The Explorers to find out.

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Caption 42 [fr]: Mais alors, la terre serait plus petite qu'on ne le croit?
Caption 42 [en]: But then, the earth would be smaller than we think?

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Oldelaf et Monsieur D - Le Café

Difficulty: Beginner

France

A lot of people claim to be addicted to coffee, but hopefully none of them are as hooked on caffeine as the man in this high-energy music video from Oldelaf and Monsieur D. As long as they're not killing people like he is, they're probably fine!

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Caption 2 [fr]: Ma petite journée
Caption 2 [en]: To my nice day

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Voyage en France - La Normandie: La Côte Fleurie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol continues his tour of the Normandy coast with stops in Tourgéville, Houlgate, and Dives-sur-Mer. Along the way, he shows us some interesting houses built on top of German bunkers from World War II.

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Caption 25 [fr]: la petite maison et en dessous, les fondations, le bunker.
Caption 25 [en]: the small house, and underneath, the foundations, the bunker.

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Claudine Thibout Pivert - 2ème Salon du livre et des vieux papiers Mazamet

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Claudine Thibout Pivert, a prolific poet, musician, and artist, talks about her latest books and the source of her inspiration, her childhood spent in the beautiful Anjou region of France.

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Caption 39 [fr]: Alors c'est une miniature, parce qu'elle est encore plus petite que cette... cette reproduction.
Caption 39 [en]: So it's a miniature, because she's even smaller than this... this reproduction.

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Les zooriginaux - Léa jacta est - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Leon and Lea are a lion couple who are going through a bit of a rough patch. As King of the Jungle, Leon might think he can come home at all hours of the night, but Lea has other plans for him... The Latin phrase says, "Alea jacta est," meaning "the die has been cast." Here, it's Lea who's casting them.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Oh, comme tu es belle ce soir ma petite gazelle!
Caption 2 [en]: Oh, how beautiful you are tonight, my little gazelle!

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 6. La révolte des robots - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the first episode of this series on outer space, the humans are faced with a robot rebellion. Now who will serve them coffee in their hovercrafts?

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Caption 2 [fr]: Mais je te croyais au dodo, ma petite chérie!
Caption 2 [en]: But I thought you were in beddy-bye, my little darling!

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Les zooriginaux - 2 Tel père tel fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Who knew that young animals go to school while their parents are at the psychiatrist's? At least that's what happens in this cartoon, Les Zooriginaux, known in English as "Wild Instinct."

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Caption 24 [fr]: Car la petite pousse de bambou finit toujours par faire de l'ombre au grand chêne.
Caption 24 [en]: For the little bamboo shoot always ends up overshadowing the large oak.

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Le Tapissier - L'artisan et son travail

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

René-Marc Cohen, a very fine artisan, will show us how to upholster a squat armchair, "un fauteuil crapaud" (literally a "toad armchair").

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Caption 22 [fr]: on va tracer avec une petite craie pour bien souligner toutes ces parties-là.
Caption 22 [en]: we'll trace with a little piece of chalk to clearly outline all those parts.

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Il était une fois: L’Espace - 3. La planète verte - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Pierrot wakes up on a beautiful and verdant planet, whose king tells him of the damage done by some evil-minded visitors long ago.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Quant à vous, vous allez me faire une petite reconnaissance en forêt.
Caption 31 [en]: As for you, you're going on a little reconnaissance mission for me in the forest.

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Voyage en France - La Ville de Chartres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Discover the charms of the city of Chartres with our famous guide, Daniel Benchimol! With medieval roads, a famous cathedral, and the International Stained Glass Center, Chartres is a must-see destination for your next trip to France.

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Caption 23 [fr]: La rue de la Petite Cordonnerie.
Caption 23 [en]: The rue de la Petite Cordonnerie [Little Cobbler Street].

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Suzy Le Blanc - Romancière, poète

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Suzy Le Blanc is a poet, novelist, and short story writer who sets much of her work in the French region of Lorraine. In this video, she talks to us about some of her books and her passion for storytelling.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Chaque petite nouvelle, je les ai placées autour de Nancy, euh...
Caption 5 [en]: Each little short story, I set them around Nancy, uh...

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