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Oldelaf - interprète "Bérénice"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf's "Bérénice" is a beautiful love song with a somewhat tragic (but very comical!) ending. You'll both laugh at and be moved by Oldelaf's poetic language and soulful crooning.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Je ne pense plus qu'à vous
Caption 13 [en]: I've only been thinking about you

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

This next part of the Il était une fois series on George Stephenson deals with the Rainhill Trials, a competition that determined what kind of trains (steam engines or locomotives) would be used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Il ne manque plus que l'argent nécessaire.
Caption 6 [en]: All that's missing is the necessary money.

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Lionel - à la ferme

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us around a family farm that spans three generations. This traditional dairy and cattle farm takes good care of its animals, which enjoy a special "cow wash." Nursing cows are allowed a break from milk production prior to calving, and nothing is left to chance as the sex of the newborn calf is predetermined thanks to artificial insemination.

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Caption 17 [fr]: J'ai plus... j'ai plus vraiment souvenance mais, euh...
Caption 17 [en]: I don't... I don't really have any recollection, but, uh...

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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, a French singer whose first single "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance) topped the chart in 2013, talks about her debut as a singer. She felt more comfortable as a writer and composer of melodies and only recently started singing onstage.

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Caption 66 [fr]: de la manière la plus sincère et cohérente possible, vraiment l'instant présent.
Caption 66 [en]: in the most sincere and coherent manner possible, really the present moment.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The future of the railroad depends on whether George Stephenson's locomotive, 38 cars long, will run or not. The local townspeople debate whether it will go full speed ahead or not budge at all due to its size.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Allez! Allez! Plus vite, plus vite! Il faut les rattraper, les dépasser à l'œil.
Caption 22 [en]: Go! Go! Faster, faster! We must catch them, pass them visibly.

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Joanna - La course à pied: Conseils

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You'll learn some very useful information about running in this video—from what to wear to how to plan a run according to your own physical abilities. It's all about maintaining a "cardiopulmonary balance" and gradually working up to faster speeds and longer distances without over-exerting yourself. Take a break from your French studies and go for a nice jog!

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Caption 6 [fr]: La chose la plus importante c'est d'abord les chaussures. -Ouais.
Caption 6 [en]: The most important thing is, first of all, the shoes. -Yeah.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

George Stephenson tries out his invention, a steam locomotive. He allows his son, Robert, to ride on it as long as he stays on the edge of the carriage and gets ready to jump off if the rails buckle under the weight of the locomotive... which they do. Luckily his son followed his instructions!

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Caption 16 [fr]: C'était trop lourd. Non, ce qu'il faut c'est une machine plus légère. Tu comprends?
Caption 16 [en]: It was too heavy. No, what we need is a lighter machine. Do you understand?

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Actu Vingtième - Fête du quartier Python-Duvernois

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, West Africa

The Python-Duvernois neighborhood, on the outskirts of Paris, is having its annual neighborhood fair (you can also find coverage of last year's fair here on Yabla). The locals look forward to getting together, meeting new neighbors, having fun, and eating yummy food prepared by some of the residents.

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Caption 39 [fr]: C'est vrai que... au fur et à mesure des années, plus les années passent, plus je me dis,
Caption 39 [en]: It's true that... as the years go by, the more years that go by, the more I tell myself,

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Micro-Trottoirs - La vie après la mort…

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The Micro-Trottoirs team tackles a big question in this episode: "Do you believe in life after death?" People share their beliefs on the matter. One person remarked, "As the famous French humorist Pierre Desproges would say, 'if God existed, we'd have to file a lawsuit against him!'"

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Caption 2 [fr]: Pas de paradis et pas d'enfer non plus.
Caption 2 [en]: No paradise and no hell either.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Quebec's current relationship with France is complex. French politicians tend to tread carefully regarding Quebec's sovereignty. For many years France adopted a policy of "neither indifference nor interference," a more neutral stance somewhere between a hands-off policy (which could be seen as complete abandonment) and an overly intrusive relationship. Sarkozy moved away from that policy, but his successor Hollande revived it.

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Caption 62 [fr]: Au fur et à mesure que le temps est passé, euh... je me suis senti de plus en plus chez moi.
Caption 62 [en]: As time passed, uh... I felt more and more at home.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Years of research and trial and error culminated in the invention of the first locomotive on rails. Not bad for a father-and-son experiment. That's what Murdoch and his son George achieved in 1797.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Quelques années plus tard, en mille sept cent quatre-vingt dix-sept...
Caption 12 [en]: A few years later, in seventeen ninety-seven...

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Grand Corps Malade - Je suis Charlie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In "Je suis Charlie" (I Am Charlie), Fabien Marsaud a.k.a. Grand Corps Malade commemorates the victims of the devastating attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. As the slam poet notes, "I prefer to pick up a pen because tonight I am Charlie."

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Caption 6 [fr]: Pour que leur cartouche d'encre à eux ne soit plus jamais vidée
Caption 6 [en]: So that their ink cartridge will never be emptied

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TV Vendée - Galettes des rois: une trentaine de boulangers en concours

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Over thirty French bakeries from the Vendée region show off their skills in a galette des rois (Kings' cake) contest. The lucky judges, whose onerous task is to taste those delicious galettes, go to great lengths to explain their choices and make our mouths water. The galette des rois is traditionally served at Epiphany and is notoriously difficult to make. It comes in two varieties, flaky or brioche, and is available at French bakeries throughout the month of January.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Alors mieux vaut apporter celles dont on est le plus fier.
Caption 4 [en]: So it's best to bring the ones of which one is the proudest.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of this series, "Once upon a Time... the Discoverers," Maestro talks about Cugnot, the inventor of the steam traction engine.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Mais non! Il faut attendre bien plus longtemps.
Caption 6 [en]: But no! You have to wait a lot longer.

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Watt’s In - Stromae : Papaoutai Interview Exclu - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Belgium

Singer-songwriter Stromae walks us through his personal creative process and the many choices he has to make to create his beautiful songs, such as the one you will hear in the background called "Papaoutai" (Dad, Where Are You?). Knowing what goes into the complex process of making music only deepens our appreciation of his work.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Y a des choses super poétiques comme des choses un peu plus dures
Caption 13 [en]: There are some super poetic things like things that are a bit tougher

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