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Le Journal - Le libre-service en pharmacie?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Those of us who live in the United States are used to being able to buy some medications right off the shelves. But in France, until very recently, you weren’t able to purchase painkillers without first speaking to a pharmacist. Now certain painkillers are available on a self-serve basis, but are pharmacists ready for this change?

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Caption 3 [fr]: En libre-service, c'est-à-dire placé devant le comptoir du pharmacien et non plus derrière,
Caption 3 [en]: Self-serve, meaning placed in front of the pharmacist's counter and no longer behind,

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Interviews à Central Park - Les 24 Heures du Mans

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

How long would you like to spend driving a race car around a track? An hour? Two? How about twenty-four? In the third in our series of Central Park interviews, we hear from a Le Mans native about the famous 24 heures du Mans.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Les plus grands pilotes de Formule Un du monde viennent,
Caption 7 [en]: The most famous Formula One drivers in the world come,

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Le Journal - Maison écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

José Bové may be famous for having dismantled a McDonald’s, but it turns out he also knows a thing or two about building houses — all in line with his alterglobalist ideals!

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Caption 8 [fr]: Eh bien donc, il faut que ça soit pour ça plus haut que le bas.
Caption 8 [en]: OK so, for this, it has to be higher than the bottom part.

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Annie Chartrand - Grandir bilingue

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

The lovely singer tells us in franglais about franglais. She discusses her experiences growing up bilingual in Quebec, her international travels, and why it’s not always a good idea to tell someone if you’ve ripped your pants…

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Caption 4 [fr]: Pour revenir dans le passé, euh.... dès ma plus tendre enfance.
Caption 4 [en]: Thinking back on my life, uh... from my earliest childhood.

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Neïmo - Interview de Neïmo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

From Scratch is not only the name of Neïmo’s first album, it also sums up their ethos. Original and full of energy, Neïmo is a distinctive part of a rock and roll trend: made in France but sung in English! According to the band, rock and roll is best done in its original language. Hear about how they mix their inspirations and influences with their innovation.

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Caption 21 [fr]: À trois en fait. Alexis nous a rejoint plus tard.
Caption 21 [en]: The three of us, actually. Alexis joined us later.

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Annie Chartrand - Sa musique

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

From dreams to reality, putting forth “a little bit of energy each day,” Annie Chartrand, a vocalist who debuted singing behind her bathroom door, burst onto the music scene in 2006. Here is an interview with the singer of Ma blonde est une chanteuse [My Girlfriend Is a Singer]—a group that's actually part of a love story…

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Caption 21 [fr]: Et maintenant on me voit sur les ondes de Musique Plus,
Caption 21 [en]: And now I'm seen on the airwaves of Musique Plus

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Les Héritiers - Les bonnes recettes - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

Ever heard of a pleurotte mushroom? Lacking as we are in mushroom expertise, neither had we—until we visited the kitchen of Les Héritiers, that is! What’s better than getting to watch a scrumptious dish of pleurottes, brie, escargots, and garlic, all together in a puffed pastry, be prepared before your eyes? Getting to eat it, of course!

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Caption 21 [fr]: euh, fromage de brie dans le milieu plus un feuilleté de pâte.
Caption 21 [en]: uh, brie cheese in the middle plus a puff pastry.

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Le Journal - La grippe aviaire - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Billions (oui, milliards!) of birds migrate from Africa every year, and with bird flu developing rapidly, their arrival to France is closely monitored at the Marquenterre National Park. Learn how French scientists and engineers there have taken innovative measures to make it difficult for the virus to settle in the mud where the birds like to feed.

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Caption 12 [fr]: D'autres partiront plus au nord, comme cette spatule ou ces canards pilets.
Caption 12 [en]: Others will leave further north, like this spoonbill or these pintail ducks.

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Disiz la Peste - Dans tes rêves - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Celebrated French rapper Disiz La Peste (Dis Is The Plague) began his acting career in Dans tes rêves (In Your Dreams), a film that relates the story of a young rapper trying to make his way in the music industry.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Alors mon petit, tu veux faire quoi plus tard?
Caption 1 [en]: So my little one, what do you want to do when you grow up?

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Dahlia - Contre-courant - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Dahlia formed in 1999 in the province of Brittany in northwest France as a collaboration between guitarist Guillaume Fresneau and cellist Armel Talarmain.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Je le sais, je le pense et aussi j'y crois un peu plus que toi
Caption 16 [en]: I know it, I think it and I also believe in it a little bit more than you

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Le Journal - Manifestations des lycéens - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Peaceful student demonstrations were marred by the intrusion of young rioters, non-students who joined in and caused mayhem and violence. Now the student organizers have accepted the aid of union members and are working together to keep the march safe.

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Caption 4 [fr]: plus de quatre-vingt interpellations en marge du défilé.
Caption 4 [en]: more than eighty people were questioned on the sides of the march.

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Le Journal - Dentisterie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Will French dentists soon have their patients grow new teeth, instead of filling in the old ones? New techniques using restorative molecules and even stem cells (which can be found in the baby teeth of children) will go a long way toward helping people smile filling-free.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Plus besoin de plombage, mais on ne sera pas pour autant débarrassé de la roulette.
Caption 8 [en]: No more need for fillings, but for all that we still won't be rid of the drill.

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Le Journal - Indices révélateurs des glaciers

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

French scientists study 740,000-year-old Antarctic ice samples and find clues that point to a relationship between greenhouse gases and global warming. It is feared that the record high carbon and methane levels of today will cause severe climatic change in coming years.

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Caption 34 [fr]: D'après les scientifiques, les bouleversements climatiques les plus profonds seraient à venir.
Caption 34 [en]: According to scientists, the most drastic climatic changes are still to come.

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Le Journal - Le Polaroid

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Hipsters all over the world are surely mourning the loss of their favorite instant-nostalgia art medium: the Polaroid. With the recent closing of the last two remaining Polaroid factories in the U.S., it looks like that familiar and much-loved “ch-click-whrrr” sound will soon become a thing of the past. Polaroid has plans to soon launch products suited to the digital era. But can anything ever compare to the one and only original? Only time will tell.

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Caption 12 [fr]: À l'époque on a eu le plus grand modèle,
Caption 12 [en]: In those days, we had the biggest model,

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The magic of Nicolas Ghesquière? Innovating, without betraying the heritage of the venerable fashion house of Balenciaga.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Faire du neuf avec du vieux, la démarche est assez courante; plus rare est la réussite.
Caption 7 [en]: Making new things out of old ones is a fairly common move; it's rarer to succeed.

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