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Canal 32 - Aube : et vogue le canoë !

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Did you ever think you could drink champagne while kayaking? You can with “Rando Bulles de Champ’ et Canoë” (“Outing, Champagne Bubbles, and Canoeing”), a kayaking service which will take you along the Seine in the Aube department in the region of (where else?) Champagne-Ardenne.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Les plus courageux descendront vingt-deux kilomètres de rivière
Caption 17 [en]: The bravest will go twenty-two kilometers down the river

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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 4 [fr]: Le soprano, donc il est plus petit,
Caption 4 [en]: So the soprano, it's smaller,

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TV Vendée - "Nieul Village de Lumière"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On two summer nights per year, the small town of Nieul-le-Dolant transforms into “Nieul, Village de Lumière” (“Nieul, Village of Light”) and captivates both its residents and its visitors with a dazzling display of illuminated buildings and monuments.

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Caption 3 [fr]: La petite cité de caractère a revêtu hier ses plus beaux habits
Caption 3 [en]: The little town with character put on its most beautiful attire yesterday

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Télé Grenoble - La famille Maudru

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Come discover this feature-length film directed by Serge Papagalli in the Trièves. Humor and affection drive his story, which focuses on the difficulties of peasant life.

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Caption 25 [fr]: ça hélas n'est plus possible.
Caption 25 [en]: alas, that's no longer possible.

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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 4 [fr]: Euh... les trois saxophones les plus utilisés sont... le... les saxophones soprano, celui-là,
Caption 4 [en]: Uh... the three most used saxophones are, uh... the... soprano saxophones, that one,

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Le Journal - Firewood

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The French lumber market sees a long-awaited recovery, after “the storm of the century.” Time to heat up that new log cabin with a crackling fire in the fireplace.

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Caption 2 [fr]: En plus de soixante-dix ans d'existence, cette menuiserie n'a jamais connu une telle activité.
Caption 2 [en]: In its more than seventy years of existence, this lumber mill never has been so busy.

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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 17 [fr]: Nous sommes certainement ici au carrefour le plus républicain de tout Paris,
Caption 17 [en]: Here we are certainly at the most Republican crossroads in all of Paris,

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Jean-Marc - Méribel, station de ski

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Not only does Jean-Marc have a totally sweet ride, he also gets to ski on some of the coolest slopes in France. Lucky guy!

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Caption 7 [fr]: Mais, euh... c'est une des plus, euh... des plus onéreuses aussi, euh... en termes de... d'activités.
Caption 7 [en]: But, uh... it's one of the most, uh... one of the most expensive as well, uh... in terms of... of activities.

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Cap Caen Normandie TV - Danse - Héla Fattoumi se dévoile

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Héla Fattoumi, originally from Tunis, has taken her feelings on the full-body veil to the stage, in her dance performance piece “Manta.”

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Caption 17 [fr]: j'en vois et j'en rencontre de plus en plus et à chaque fois ma réaction est...
Caption 17 [en]: I've seen them and come across them more and more, and each time my reaction is...

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Le Journal - Bateau ensouillé - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Residents of the seaside town Sables d’Olonne have a sizable problem on their hands: a beached ship that they can’t seem to get unstuck. Looks like they’ll have to try again tomorrow.

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Caption 11 [fr]: et il a fallu le dégager pour pouvoir le remettre à l'eau de façon plus positive.
Caption 11 [en]: and we had to dig it out to be able to put it back in the water in a more effective way.

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Le Restaurant "Flam's" - Les tartes

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You say flammekueche, I say tarte flambée! But no matter the moniker, we can certainly agree on one thing: this Alsatian specialty is a gustatory delight!

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Caption 10 [fr]: Mais on a des "flam's" plus élaborées avec des pommes de terre, de la tartiflette,
Caption 10 [en]: But we have more elaborate "flam's" with potatoes, tartiflette [a French dish],

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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 23 [fr]: Euh... donc y avait deux saxophonistes plus la rythmique;
Caption 23 [en]: Uh... so there were two saxophone players plus the rhythm section;

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TV8 Mont Blanc - Le film: "Treize jours en France"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Dive back in to the 1968 winter Olympics, held in Grenoble, France. “Treize jours en France,” a recently restored documentary film made in ‘68 by director Claude Lelouch, captures the spirit of the times, and the “pre-revolutionary” zeitgeist leading up to the events of May.

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Caption 19 [fr]: on avait plus envie de filmer des hommes et des femmes, euh... anonymes,
Caption 19 [en]: we wanted more to film, uh... anonymous men and women

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Alsace 20 - Arlette Grosskost et la burqa

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Arlette Grosskost, UMP (Union for a Popular Movement) representative and member of the Parliamentary task force on the burqa in France, advocates a law aiming to ban the wearing of the full-body veil in public. What’s your take on this controversial issue? Is it a question of women’s rights? Of religious freedom? Are arguments against the burqa perhaps another type of veil—to cover up underlying racism?

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Caption 16 [fr]: Nous, nous voulions une ligne plus dure,
Caption 16 [en]: For us, we wanted a stricter course,

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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 19 [fr]: il y a un escalier, euh... fait de plus de soixante-dix marches,
Caption 19 [en]: there is a stairway, uh... made of over seventy steps,

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