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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 13 [fr]: On a d'autant plus de fierté à avoir son bac quand on a été un cancre toute l'année.
Caption 13 [en]: One is all the more proud to have passed the "bac" when one has been a dunce all year long.

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Le Journal - Youssou N'Dour

Difficulty: Intermediate

France, Senegal

Youssou N’Dour, one of the world’s most beloved French-speaking musicians, hails not from France, but from Africa.

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Caption 37 [fr]: j'ai pu quand même faire bouger des choses et d'autres aussi, voilà.
Caption 37 [en]: I was still able to make things happen and others as well, yes.

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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 4 [fr]: pourquoi tu dis, "Bon, bah il faut quand même que je... que je...
Caption 4 [en]: why do you say, "OK, well I still have to... have to...

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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 4 [fr]: Sur Paris quand c'est très groupé comme ça, on peut en passer trois mille cinq cents à peu près.
Caption 4 [en]: In Paris when it's tightly packed like this, you can give out about three thousand five hundred.

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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 9 [fr]: pour combler ses pertes quand Hitler estime
Caption 9 [en]: to fill its losses when Hitler felt

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K-Maro - Femme like U

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Cyril Kamar, who later appeared on the music scene as K-Maro, was born in Lebanon. While still a child, he and his family fled to Paris, but finally settled in Quebec.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Quand tu chantes, j'oublie; j'ai plus le moindre souci
Caption 13 [en]: When you sing, I forget; I no longer have the slightest care

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Château Flight featuring Bertrand Burgalat - Les antipodes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

DJ Gilb’R and I:Cube, a unique duo, are the key ingredients of Château Flight. Their innovative electro-fusion beat, with hints of everything from pop to soul, is demonstrated on their album, The Meal.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Quand tu divises mon cœur
Caption 30 [en]: When you divide my heart

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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 25 [fr]: et qui font qu'à leur sortie en général, ils sont quand même un peu mieux,
Caption 25 [en]: and which make it so that, generally, when they leave, they're a little better, anyway,

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Le Journal - Nouveaux artistes pluriculturels

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Newcomers Kader Belarbi and Loumia Hiridjee are bringing fresh blood and talent to the French cultural and commercial landscape.

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Caption 14 [fr]: Quand on prend un problème précis, s'il y a plusieurs solutions,
Caption 14 [en]: When you take a specific problem, if there are several solutions,

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Le Journal - Les ours en voie d'extinction

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Only four bears remain in Haut-Béarn, and all of them are male. Nothing can be done to save the population unless some females are introduced.

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Caption 18 [fr]: mais quand même, il faudrait qu'il ait au moins...
Caption 18 [en]: but still, there should be at least...

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Le Journal - Baisers interdits dans les couloirs!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

As a gift to journalists looking for a tongue-in-cheek story, French schools have banned kissing. Students ask, “Where’s the harm?”

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Caption 4 [fr]: Quand on est en cours, on travaille.
Caption 4 [en]: When we're in class, we work.

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Le Journal - iDTGV - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Paris to Marseille for just 19 euros. Passengers are thrilled, but the ticket agent unions are not. These internet-only sale prices are putting their jobs at stake. Onboard, passengers can get a massage, or rent a DVD player, making for a more relaxing trip. Book your seat today!

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Caption 9 [fr]: Quand j'ai vu dix-neuf euros, j'ai dit: "[C'est] dix-neuf euros, quoi." C'est tout, hein?
Caption 9 [en]: When I saw nineteen euros, I said, "[It's like] nineteen euros. That's it, huh?"

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NoJazz - DJ Mike

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

DJ Mike, from the electronica band NoJazz, tells us about one of his teachers, who suffered from two rather unfortunate problems…

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Caption 9 [fr]: Et quand elle ve'... elle... elle... notre hantise, en fait, c'est quand elle...
Caption 9 [en]: And when she c'... she... she... our dread, actually, was when she...

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Corneille - Comme un fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Canada

After finding early success in his native Rwanda in ’93, Corneille was forced to flee his country. “Comme un fils” (“Like a Son”) is representative of his soul roots and affinity for emotional melodies.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Donne-moi tout, même quand il reste plus rien
Caption 1 [en]: Give it all to me, even when there's nothing left

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Le Journal - Randy, le dauphin français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Randy enjoys swimming in the bay of French coastal town La Rochelle. He enjoys accompanying boats and making friends with other swimmers. Experts, fearing he may get hurt by a propeller or harm someone accidentally, are trying to persuade him to act a little less like Flipper and little more like the wild dolphin that he is.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Quand il y a trop de monde autour de lui,
Caption 16 [en]: When he's surrounded by too many people,

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