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Alsace 20 - Laurent Chandemerle, l'homme aux 100 voix

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The Drôles de Zèbres (Funny Zebras) humor festival in Strasbourg has been hosting top French artists, comedians, and a few newcomers for the past twelve years. Among the acts at this year's festival is Laurent Chandemerle, the man with a thousand voices, who can impersonate celebrities to perfection. This video will give you a taste of French humor and, no doubt, a few chuckles!

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Caption 59 [fr]: On a eu tout à l'heure Natacha Andréani qui est l'Alsacienne
Caption 59 [en]: A moment ago we had Natacha Andréani, who is the Alsatian

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Oldelaf - interprète "Bérénice"

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Oldelaf's "Bérénice" is a beautiful love song with a somewhat tragic (but very comical!) ending. You'll both laugh at and be moved by Oldelaf's poetic language and soulful crooning.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Tout au bout de l'avenue des Champs
Caption 17 [en]: At the very end of the Avenue des Champs [Avenue of the Fields]

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Lionel - à la ferme

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us around a family farm that spans three generations. This traditional dairy and cattle farm takes good care of its animals, which enjoy a special "cow wash." Nursing cows are allowed a break from milk production prior to calving, and nothing is left to chance as the sex of the newborn calf is predetermined thanks to artificial insemination.

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Caption 3 [fr]: Tout d'abord, euh... combien de... de vaches avez-vous ici?
Caption 3 [en]: First of all, uh... how many... cows do you have here?

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Watt’s In - Indila : Dernière Danse Interview Exlu

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Indila, a French singer whose first single "Dernière Danse" (Last Dance) topped the chart in 2013, talks about her debut as a singer. She felt more comfortable as a writer and composer of melodies and only recently started singing onstage.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Donc, euh... après il est vrai que, secrètement en tout cas,
Caption 8 [en]: So uh... then again, it's true that, secretly anyway,

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Cap 24 - Alessandro di Sarno se met au point de croix

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

If you're a crafty person, consider attending the "Salon des métiers et activités de la création" (Jobs and Creative Activities Trade Show), which features a large number of hands-on workshops related to fine arts, framing, needlework, and more. In this video, Alessandro interviews a workshop instructor who explains an interesting sewing technique called the counted cross-stitch.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Tout à fait, on va faire une petite saucisse qui va s'allonger que l'on va...
Caption 11 [en]: Absolutely, we are going to make a little sausage that will stretch out that we are going to...

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Joanna - La course à pied: Conseils

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

You'll learn some very useful information about running in this video—from what to wear to how to plan a run according to your own physical abilities. It's all about maintaining a "cardiopulmonary balance" and gradually working up to faster speeds and longer distances without over-exerting yourself. Take a break from your French studies and go for a nice jog!

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Caption 18 [fr]: Inversement en hiver, on va mettre des vêtements beaucoup plus chauds mais tout aussi respirants.
Caption 18 [en]: Conversely in the winter, we will put on clothes that are much warmer but just as breathable.

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

George Stephenson tries out his invention, a steam locomotive. He allows his son, Robert, to ride on it as long as he stays on the edge of the carriage and gets ready to jump off if the rails buckle under the weight of the locomotive... which they do. Luckily his son followed his instructions!

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Caption 31 [fr]: De la folie, de la folie. Tout cet or gaspillé pour rien.
Caption 31 [en]: Madness, madness. All that gold wasted for nothing.

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Maître Gims - Zombie

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In his song "Zombie," Maître Gims wants to wake up from his Zombie state and take charge of his destiny by removing the chains that hold him back: warding off the darkness, confusion, and paranoia surrounding his life.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Là, tu réalises que tout n'est pas si rose
Caption 37 [en]: Here you realize that everything isn't so rosy

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Actu Vingtième - Fête du quartier Python-Duvernois

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France, West Africa

The Python-Duvernois neighborhood, on the outskirts of Paris, is having its annual neighborhood fair (you can also find coverage of last year's fair here on Yabla). The locals look forward to getting together, meeting new neighbors, having fun, and eating yummy food prepared by some of the residents.

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Caption 9 [fr]: dans ce micro-quartier Py'... Python-Duvernois, prend vraiment tout son sens
Caption 9 [en]: in this micro-neighborhood of Py'... Python-Duvernois, really takes on its full meaning

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Micro-Trottoirs - La vie après la mort…

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

The Micro-Trottoirs team tackles a big question in this episode: "Do you believe in life after death?" People share their beliefs on the matter. One person remarked, "As the famous French humorist Pierre Desproges would say, 'if God existed, we'd have to file a lawsuit against him!'"

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Caption 5 [fr]: Y a des bons moments, donc il faut en profiter; puis c'est tout.
Caption 5 [en]: There are good times, so we have to make the most of them; then that's all.

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Le Québec parle - aux Français - Part 10

Difficulty: Advanced

Canada, France

Quebec's current relationship with France is complex. French politicians tend to tread carefully regarding Quebec's sovereignty. For many years France adopted a policy of "neither indifference nor interference," a more neutral stance somewhere between a hands-off policy (which could be seen as complete abandonment) and an overly intrusive relationship. Sarkozy moved away from that policy, but his successor Hollande revived it.

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Caption 32 [fr]: car c'est tout de même un problème qui a une dimension francophone forte,
Caption 32 [en]: because it's still an issue that has a strong francophone dimension,

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Voyage dans Paris - Le 10ème Arrondissement - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol concludes his tour of Paris's tenth arrondissement by taking us through the "Nouvelle Athènes" (New Athens) neighborhood, home of some of the great figures of nineteenth-century romanticism. The tenth is also home to the smallest house in Paris, at less than five meters (sixteen feet) high!

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Caption 18 [fr]: Nouvelle Athènes tout simplement car il s'agit d'un hommage
Caption 18 [en]: "Nouvelle Athènes" simply because it's an homage

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Il était une fois: Les découvreurs - 13. Stephenson - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Years of research and trial and error culminated in the invention of the first locomotive on rails. Not bad for a father-and-son experiment. That's what Murdoch and his son George achieved in 1797.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Hein? -Ça avancerait tout seul.
Caption 15 [en]: Huh? -It would go forward by itself.

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Lionel et Chantal - à Frémestroff

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel introduces us to the tiny village of Frémestroff, which has three hundred seven inhabitants and is located twenty-five kilometers from the German border. It boasts one farm, one bakery, a woodworker, and a shepherd. Some of the older residents have a distinctive accent and still speak a dialect from the Lorraine that resembles German.

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Caption 26 [fr]: Un dialecte lorrain, tout à fait. -qui... qui est... qui ressemble, euh...
Caption 26 [en]: A Lorraine dialect, exactly. -which... which is... which resembles, uh...

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TV Vendée - Galettes des rois: une trentaine de boulangers en concours

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Over thirty French bakeries from the Vendée region show off their skills in a galette des rois (Kings' cake) contest. The lucky judges, whose onerous task is to taste those delicious galettes, go to great lengths to explain their choices and make our mouths water. The galette des rois is traditionally served at Epiphany and is notoriously difficult to make. It comes in two varieties, flaky or brioche, and is available at French bakeries throughout the month of January.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Aspect, texture et goût... tout est passé à la loupe.
Caption 18 [en]: Texture and taste aspects... everything is passed through a magnifying glass.

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