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Cali - C'est quand le bonheur - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Born and raised in the Pyrenees region of southern France, Cali was an aspiring rugby player before attending a U2 concert at the age of 17.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Je suis pendu au téléphone, mais qu'y a-t-il de plus moche
Caption 3 [en]: I keep hanging by the phone, but what is there that's uglier

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Le Journal - Les microcrédits

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Microcredit can make a big difference to people on welfare or those without good credit history. Case in point: this fifty-five-year-old man who succeeded in opening up his own pizzeria thanks to the help he received.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Ici, on prête aux plus modestes de petites sommes pour créer leur entreprise.
Caption 17 [en]: Here they lend small sums to the poorest to start their business.

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Le Journal - Manifestations des lycéens - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

All over France, students are protesting the loi Fillon, which they feel does not best represent the interests of students and their schools.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Trois mille à Lyon, ils étaient deux fois plus la semaine dernière.
Caption 7 [en]: Three thousand in Lyon, they were twice as many last week.

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Le Journal - Les effets bénéfiques du rire!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sure, everyone likes to laugh, even the French, but can it really be good for your heart? Scientists seem to believe mais oui!

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Caption 10 [fr]: Et en plus, il est désormais prouvé scientifiquement que le rire nous fait du bien au cœur.
Caption 10 [en]: And what's more, it has now been scientifically proven that laughter is good for the heart.

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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 3 [fr]: Un peu plus "people", à l'effigie de Michèle Morgan, Brigitte Bardot,
Caption 3 [en]: A little more populist, in the image of Michèle Morgan, Brigitte Bardot,

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Le Journal - Le baccalauréat - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Like the SATs for Americans, or A level in the UK, the baccalauréat exam, or le bac, creates more than its fair share of stress in students, especially on the day when they find out the results, the culmination of an entire school career. Students meet outside the school where exam results are posted, and share the emotion of knowing whether they and their friends succeeded or not.

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Caption 6 [fr]: À Bordeaux ou à Paris, on ne sait plus si l'on pleure d'échec ou de victoire.
Caption 6 [en]: In Bordeaux or in Paris, you can't tell whether they're crying from failure or from victory.

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Mario Canonge - Ses propos - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Martinique

Viewer Discretion Advised

Mario has been influenced by Martinique, and he discusses what it means to represent and build upon French Caribbean rhythms on the world stage.

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Caption 5 [fr]: je... j'sais pas, que je fasse la même chose, mais... mais beaucoup plus jazzy". Pourquoi?
Caption 5 [en]: I... I dunno, I have to do the same thing, but... but much more jazzy." Why?

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Le Journal - Un automne bien chaud

Difficulty: Beginner

France

On the French Riviera when it’s twenty-three degrees Celsius in the middle of November, some of us are tempted to head for the beach and take one final dip.

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Caption 8 [fr]: on sait plus quoi mettre, ma pauvre dame...
Caption 8 [en]: we don't know what to wear anymore, poor lady...

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Le Journal - Le Festival international du mime

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Today’s mime is a far cry from Marcel Marceau, whose clones accost you in the park.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Le mime n'explique plus la parole.
Caption 12 [en]: The mime no longer explains words.

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Le Journal - La sécheresse

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The summer months have been very dry in many parts of France for the past several years.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Selon Météo France, la sécheresse en Isère est plus importante que l'an dernier à la même époque.
Caption 6 [en]: According to Météo France, the drought in Isère is more severe than this time last year.

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Le Journal - Voter: un droit ou un choix?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In France, one is registered to vote automatically upon reaching voting age.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Pour les retardataires, plus que quelques heures pour s'inscrire sur les listes électorales,
Caption 5 [en]: For the latecomers, only a few more hours to register to vote,

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Le Journal - Trop de pub dans la boîte à lettres

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Many French people claim they don’t like receiving junk mail, but marketers have done studies which indicate the opposite.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Toutes les études montrent que plus de quatre-vingt-dix pour cent des Français
Caption 23 [en]: All the studies show that more than ninety percent of French people

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Le Journal - Les Malgré-nous/Massacre d'Oradour - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Malgré-nous (Despite Ourselves) are the roughly 130,000 young Alsatians from Lorraine, many of them recruited by force, who served under the Nazis during World War II.

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Caption 12 [fr]: et plus de cent cinquante chars, le double d'une unité classique.
Caption 12 [en]: and over one hundred fifty tanks, twice the number of a conventional unit.

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Le Journal - Les Restos du Cœur

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In 1985, ten million meals were served by Restos du Cœur. By 2004, that number had skyrocketed to sixty million.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Aujourd'hui, on n'a plus le droit ni d'avoir faim ni d'avoir froid...
Caption 1 [en]: Today, we don't have the right to be hungry nor to be cold anymore...

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Le Journal - Un sportif handicapé

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Tanguy de la Forest is ready to fly off to the Paralympic Games.

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Caption 12 [fr]: qui travaillent le plus au niveau de mon corps.
Caption 12 [en]: that work the hardest in my body.

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