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Le Journal - La vie dans les tranchées

Difficulty: Beginner

France

What was life like for the poilus, the French soldiers of World War I? In sum, much, much harder than our lives. Subjected to bullets, bombs, death, and all the atrocities of war, these soldiers fought bitterly to protect their homeland, and one another.

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Caption 30 [fr]: Difficile d'imaginer tout cela, en effet. Pour le visiteur pressé du musée,
Caption 30 [en]: Hard to imagine all that, actually. For the rushed museum visitor,

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Les Nubians - Présentation

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Les Nubians, two singer-songwriter sisters who grew up in both Paris and Chad and whose music has been nominated for several awards, including a Grammy (and not just in the World Music category, thank you very much). We know we’re big fans!

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Caption 32 [fr]: on a gagné un Lady of Soul Train Award, et tout ça,
Caption 32 [en]: we won a Lady of Soul Train Award, and all that,

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Lionel L - Dans l'herbe

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us that sometimes there are better things to do than stay all day in an office building to pay rent for an apartment we can’t even spend time in. (And yes, the word “travail” really is related to the word “torture.”) Remember, the revolution starts with you!

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Caption 9 [fr]: Tout ça pour gagner de l'argent. Pour gagner de l'argent pour, euh...
Caption 9 [en]: All that to earn money. To earn money to, uh...

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Neighbors, friends, and the people of France remember Lazare Ponticelli, the last Poilu, who saw one hundred and ten springtimes and two world wars before passing away in March of 2008.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Il m'a... il m'a tout raconté, oui bien sûr, je sais par cœur, mais...
Caption 7 [en]: He... he told me everything, yes of course, I know by heart, but...

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Pascale - Propos sur la musique - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

French-Canadian singer-songwriter Pascale—who prefers to introduce herself in verse rather than give the usual “hello my name is”—tells us of the importance of maintaining optimism and lightness in the face of hardship.

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Caption 6 [fr]: Au lieu de me présenter de façon traditionnelle comme... comme tout le monde fait souvent,
Caption 6 [en]: In lieu of presenting myself in the traditional fashion... like everyone often does,

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Lionel L - Les genres

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Tired of stuffy old grammar exercises in text books? Come along with Lionel and learn something about the use of gender in French. This one’s fun, we promise — and no boring rules to memorize!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Là, la lumière que nous avons re'... regardé tout de suite.
Caption 12 [en]: There, the light that we just lo'... looked at.

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Bertrand Pierre - Victor Hugo

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Bertrand Pierre was inspired by Victor Hugo, and Victor Hugo was inspired by his very active love life. As it turns out, Hugo’s little love poems make for great song lyrics.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Et voilà. Tout... tout l'album tourne autour du sentiment,
Caption 37 [en]: And there you go. The entire... entire album revolves around feelings,

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Le Journal - Le dernier ancien combattant/14-18

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lazare Ponticelli was the last of the “Poilus” — French infantry soldiers who served in World War I. Ponticelli, who was actually an Italian immigrant to France, first served in the French Foreign Legion and then eventually, the Italian army. He died in 2008 at the age of 110.

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Caption 23 [fr]: Qui avait le képi? C'est tout.
Caption 23 [en]: Who had the hat? That's all.

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Bertrand Pierre - Autre Chose

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Bertrand Pierre is back to tell us more about his album: Autre Chose, a tribute to the lesser-known love poems of Victor Hugo.

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Caption 33 [fr]: Euh... peut-être à bientôt, en tout cas je l'espère.
Caption 33 [en]: Uh... see you soon maybe, I hope so anyway.

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Allons en France - Pourquoi apprendre le français?

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In this video brought to us by Allons en France, a French government program that encourages students to learn the language and culture of France, young people from all over the world tell us about what learning French means to them.

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Caption 12 [fr]: Tout d'abord parce qu'on la parle partout dans le monde.
Caption 12 [en]: First of all, because it's spoken all over the world.

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Paris Tour - Visite guidée de Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Come along with Héloïse on a tour of Paris. See the Eiffel Tower, the Bastille, and more! Who needs a bateau-mouche when you can drive with Yabla?

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Caption 2 [fr]: Donc nous voici tout d'abord au Grand Rex. Le Grand Rex, qu'est-ce que c'est?
Caption 2 [en]: So here we are, first of all, at the Grand Rex. What is the Grand Rex?

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Le Journal - Dilemme des restaurants

Difficulty: Beginner

France

How should a restaurant owner go about finding the right recipe for passing on the increasing cost of basic ingredients to the customer? By math or by witchcraft?

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Caption 2 [fr]: mais pour ces clients, ce n'est plus tout à fait comme avant.
Caption 2 [en]: but for these customers, it's not quite as it was before.

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Bertrand Pierre - Sa formation

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Remember Bertrand Pierre, the smooth crooner of “Si vous n’avez rien à me dire”? He’s back to tell us about his background as a musician, and how he stumbled across the Victor Hugo idea…

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Caption 20 [fr]: Donc finalement je l'ai produit tout seul. Je l'ai... j'ai tout contrôlé.
Caption 20 [en]: So in the end I produced it alone. I... I controlled everything.

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Fanny et Corrine - Le Sud

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Corrine shares some more with us about the rich culture of the South of France, and she even puts on her best southern accent for us!

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Caption 21 [fr]: et tout ça en fait nous apporte, euh... différentes cultures qui se regroupent dans le Sud
Caption 21 [en]: and all that actually brings us, uh... different cultures that come together in the South

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Le Journal - À la retraite en France

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The young and the old are always the most severely affected by crises – a fact illustrated by this demonstration, in which the elderly clamor for emergency measures so they can make ends meet.

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Caption 6 [fr]: de... sur nos retraites, faut être deux. Tout seul on peut pas vivre.
Caption 6 [en]: of... on your pension, you need two people. You can't survive all by yourself.

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