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Le Mans TV - Mon Village - Malicorne - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The little town of Malicorne has so much to offer for all ages and all preferences. You can take a dip in the pool, visit the Earthenware Space for a little shopping, take a boat ride on the Sarthe river, or go to the night market. After all this, you may want to chill at the local open-air café for a while...

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Caption 4 [fr]: Tout à fait, oui. -Et là, nous faisons du tourisme, justement.
Caption 4 [en]: Indeed, yes. -And here, we are being tourists, precisely.

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Le saviez-vous? - Le carnaval en France

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The Carnival of Nice is famous around the world for its colorful parade of floats covered in flowers. You can even participate in a "battle" of flowers that are grown in abundance in the region.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Tout ou presque est permis.
Caption 22 [en]: Everything, or just about, is permitted.

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Le Mans TV - Mon Village - Malicorne - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Olivier takes us inside Malicorne's "Espace Faïence" (Earthenware Space), where permanent exhibits can be found as well as temporary ones like the current animal display. Set up like a treasure hunt, this exhibit is very popular with children.

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Caption 17 [fr]: vous pouvez découvrir tout ce passé céramique.
Caption 17 [en]: you can discover all this ceramic past.

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Dissolve - Vidéo de Marque Générique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this satirical take on generic brand commercials, Lionel reflects on how we can create a better world thanks to science, technology, honesty, and other buzzwords.

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Caption 28 [fr]: ou un cerf-volant tout en souriant, expliquant quelque chose à son enfant.
Caption 28 [en]: or a kite while smiling, explaining something to his child.

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Le Mans TV - Mon Village - Malicorne - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the first episode of "Mon Village" (My Village), Olivier takes us to Malicorne, a small town of two thousand inhabitants where exciting and innovative events happen all the time. You'll meet the enthusiastic mayor extraordinaire of Malicorne who can tread on water! Be sure to catch the very last caption to find out how it's done.

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Caption 14 [fr]: [École en Démarche de Développement Durable]. C'est-à-dire, c'est tout ce qui est le...
Caption 14 [en]: [School Committed to Sustainable Development]. That is, it's everything that has to do with the...

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Watt’s In - Yseult : La Vague Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this interview for "Watt's In," electro-pop star Yseult explains the conception of her first album, which she co-wrote with Da Silva in 2014. After coming close to winning the "Nouvelle Star" (New Star) talent quest, Yseult is ready to dazzle her fans once again. You'll learn some interesting musical buzzwords in this video.

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Caption 44 [fr]: Et U2 aussi en ce moment, je sais pas pourquoi, mais, euh... j'é'... j'écoute de tout.
Caption 44 [en]: And U2 also at the moment, I don't know why, but, uh... I lis'... I listen to everything.

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Lionel - Strasbourg - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Lionel gives us a tour of Strasbourg, the largest city in France's northeast region. He shows us its beautiful canals, bridges, half-timbered houses, and squares, as well as its famous cathedral.

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Caption 7 [fr]: qui fait frontière avec l'Allemagne, le pont de l'Europe qui est tout un symbole,
Caption 7 [en]: that borders Germany, the Europe Bridge, which is quite a symbol,

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Yseult - La Vague

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Yseult makes her debut after being discovered on the talent quest "Nouvelles Stars" (New Stars). Later that year, she released her first single, "La Vague" (The Wave). A song about hope and overcoming trials and disappointment, it's an invitation to ride a new wave of hope and optimism.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Tout ce que l'on pensait perdu
Caption 6 [en]: All that you thought was lost

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Télévision Bretagne Ouest - Abbaye du Relec : Immersion dans un potager du Moyen Âge

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Have you ever eaten an orache or a cardoon? Though popular in the Middle Ages, these vegetables are rarely harvested nowadays. But you'll find them in the garden of the Abbaye du Relec (Relec Abbey) in Brittany, which contains vegetables from many different time periods and countries.

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Caption 26 [fr]: D'accord. -Voilà. -OK, on cuisine tout ça donc.
Caption 26 [en]: -OK. -That's it. -OK, so we cook all that.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel reads part two of the Ugly Duckling story, which has, as you may already know, a very happy ending.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Après tout, ce n'était pas une oie. Ça rendit la vieille dame extrêmement furieuse.
Caption 9 [en]: After all, he was not a goose. That made the old lady extremely furious.

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Voyage dans Paris - Le parc André-Citroën

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol shows us around the André-Citroën Park in the fifteenth arrondissement of Paris. The park contains a series of beautiful gardens organized by color as well as the largest hot-air balloon in the world!

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Caption 8 [fr]: tout simplement parce qu'elle héberge une série de serres.
Caption 8 [en]: simply because it harbors a series of greenhouses.

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Contes de fées - Le vilain petit canard - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

If you're familiar with the story of the Ugly Duckling, you may enjoy revisiting this classic fairy tale in French, as read by Lionel and Patricia.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Tout à coup, un gros bec transperça la coquille.
Caption 12 [en]: Suddenly, a big beak pierced the shell.

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Le saviez-vous? - L'art culinaire français

Difficulty: Beginner

France

This episode of "Le saviez-vous?" (Did You Know?) is about French gastronomy. You will learn a lot of useful vocabulary relating to food, and you can look forward to sampling delicious dishes.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Les Français adorent tout ce qui concerne la cuisine,
Caption 5 [en]: The French love everything that concerns cooking,

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Lionel L - Le Canard enchaîné

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

According to Lionel, we hear far too much about Charlie Hebdo and not enough about Le Canard Enchaîné, which is about to celebrate its centenary in 2016. This quality satirical newspaper is in a similar vein to Charlie Hebdo. Both papers even shared the same cartoonist, Cabu, who sadly did not survive the January attack on Charlie Hebdo. Le Canard Enchaîné was no stranger to extremist threats either.

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Caption 5 [fr]: quand l'actualité prend le dessus sur, euh... un petit peu tout ce que nous vivons au quotidien
Caption 5 [en]: when the news gets the upper hand over, uh... everything that we live through every day a little bit,

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Sally Folk - Heureux infidèles

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Sally Folk is a young Québécois singer who released her first album "Heureux Infidèles" (Happy Unfaithful) in 2013. In the title song, she sings about an affair she is having. Although she feels a twinge of conscience, being unfaithful holds too much excitement for her to stop and confess.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Je lui cache tout depuis longtemps, trop longtemps
Caption 2 [en]: I've been hiding everything from him for a long time, for too long

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