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Watt’s In - Kendji Girac : Color Gitano Interview Exclu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

On "Watt's In," Kendji tells us how he became the star of the TV show The Voice in France. You will discover how he molded his talent by mixing his family's Gypsy origins with his love for new music. You'll also notice Kendji's southern French accent!

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Caption 12 [fr]: en regardant toujours mon père jouer à la guitare, chanter, les anciens, les oncles, tout ça,
Caption 12 [en]: in always watching my father playing the guitar, singing, the elders, the uncles, all that,

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Voyage en France - Saint-Germain-en-Laye

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol is in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, where France's King Louis XIV was born. The Parisian suburb is also the site of the summer art exhibition Nouvelles folies à la française (New French Follies). This year's exhibition includes, among other things, a giant four-poster bed floating in the middle of a fountain!

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Caption 8 [fr]: qui l'a tout simplement offert [sic] à la ville de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Caption 8 [en]: who quite simply offered it to the town of Saint-Germain-en-Laye

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Indila - Love Story

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila sings "Love Story" from her debut album Mini World. In her song, Indila celebrates enduring love through the eyes of an old man reliving his past.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Il y croit, c'est tout
Caption 5 [en]: He believes in it, that's all

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Cap 24 - Alessandro Di Sarno à la Foire d'Automne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Alessandro goes to the Autumn Fair, a craft show that takes place every October at Porte de Versailles, near Paris. He is not afraid to voice his opinion and pokes gentle fun at the artistic attempts with his clever word play and good-humored insults, which elicit a few chuckles.

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Caption 22 [fr]: elles feront des petits tout autour. -Des petites touffes tout autour...
Caption 22 [en]: they will make little ones all around. -Little tufts all around...

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Micro-Trottoirs - Qu’est ce qui vous fait vous lever le matin?

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

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What gets you up in the morning? That's the question asked of these Parisians in this video. Some answers may surprise you, amuse you, even shock you a little. Apart from basic biological reasons or urges, there are plenty of incentives for getting out of bed... some of them touching and even inspiring.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Non, j'ai des projets tout le temps dans la tête donc, euh... le matin, je me lève...
Caption 3 [en]: No, I always have projects in my head so, uh... in the morning, I get up...

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Télé Lyon Métropole - L'opéra Carmen dans un... boulodrome!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Why not bring the orchestra to the people instead of the people going to the orchestra? That's exactly what the Lyon Villeurbanne Symphony Orchestra did. They brought the opera Carmen to the bowling alley in the town of Mornant so that people would not have to travel hundreds of miles to enjoy the show.

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Caption 21 [fr]: Et je pense que c'est tout à fait normal.
Caption 21 [en]: And I think it's absolutely normal.

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TV Vendée - Idée sortie: le labyrinthe de maïs de Pressin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The corn maze (maize maze?) in Saint-Genis-Laval is a fun vacation activity for kids and adults alike, with puzzles and games to solve as you make your way through. This year's theme is "Robots and Humans."

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Caption 13 [fr]: et apprendre des choses tout en s'amusant.
Caption 13 [en]: and learn things while having fun.

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Grand Corps Malade - Education nationale

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In "Éducation Nationale," the slam poet Grand Corps Malade gives us his opinion on the shortcomings of the French national education system through the eyes of Moussa, a fifth grader in Épinay. It's a touching song and a call for change in the name of equal opportunity.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Mon école elle est mignonne même si les murs sont pas tout neufs
Caption 3 [en]: My school is cute even if the walls aren't brand new

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Pierre Esparre - Une interview avec l'artiste

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this episode, Pierre Esparre, a fine mosaic artist, explains how he discovered his talent and how he gets his inspiration from everyday life, whether it's a street scene, a YouTube video, or an Internet page. Watch this video to see how Pierre translates his ideas into quirky, humorous, and eye-catching creations.

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Caption 9 [fr]: je... traduis tout ce qui se passe... dans ma tête en mosaïque.
Caption 9 [en]: I... translate all that passes through... my head into mosaic work.

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Voyage en France - Carrières-sur-Seine

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the quiet village of Carrières-sur-Seine, a mere twenty kilometers from Paris. He points out a fun bench called Le banc des menteurs (The Liars' Bench), where one can sit and presumably tell lies until closing time at 7 p.m. Then the liars can take cover in one of the nearby cave dwellings carved straight out of the cliffs.

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Caption 12 [fr]: ça veut dire tout simplement, logés et taillés dans la falaise.
Caption 12 [en]: very simply means encased and carved into the cliff.

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Indila - S.O.S.

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

"S.O.S." is the third single by French R&B singer-songwriter Indila from her album Mini World. The music video was shot in Greece and the song was released in 2014. Indila's sweet, melancholy voice seems perfect for this song, a cry for help from within her "kingdom of pain."

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Caption 4 [fr]: J'ai tout quitté mais ne m'en veux pas
Caption 4 [en]: I've left everything but don't be mad at me

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Patricia - La plage - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this last video on the Côte d'Azur, you'll learn the French expressions for all the essential items for a perfect beach day. If you visit the beautiful Côte d'Azur, make sure to bring an extra comfortable towel—its beaches are filled with pebbles instead of sand!

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Caption 34 [fr]: En tout cas, moi j'ai choisi l'option livre.
Caption 34 [en]: In any case, I chose the book option.

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Télé Lyon Métropole - Sheldon, un robot pour vous servir!

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Sheldon, the friendly robot with friendly eyes that flash little hearts when it interacts with people. Sheldon is a huge attraction at tech fairs, where it is used to entertain and delight the crowds. It certainly lives up to the task.

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Caption 6 [fr]: forcément, ça fonctionne. Tout de suite, dès qu'on va mettre un robot sur leur stand,
Caption 6 [en]: inevitably, it works. Right away, as soon as you are going to put a robot on their stand,

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Grand Lille TV - Clap de fin pour la maison dite hantée

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Making the news in Grand Lille is the end of an urban legend in the town of Villeneuve D'Ascq. A house that is supposedly haunted is being torn down, along with the stories and the rumors surrounding it. The demolition of the house is fairly uneventful, but will the legend live on?

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Caption 31 [fr]: On procédera au tri demain une fois que tout sera par terre.
Caption 31 [en]: We'll proceed with the sorting tomorrow once everything is on the ground.

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Voyage en France - La ville de Provins - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In Part 2 of his tour of Provins, Daniel Benchimol takes us to a unique show called "The Eagles of the Ramparts." In this very exciting show, we can see the different kinds of birds of prey and how they are trained to hunt in flight in the heart of the medieval city of Provins.

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Caption 11 [fr]: l'oiseau de proie est tout cela à la fois.
Caption 11 [en]: the bird of prey is all of this at once.

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