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Le Journal - Maison écologique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

José Bové may be famous for having dismantled a McDonald’s, but it turns out he also knows a thing or two about building houses — all in line with his alterglobalist ideals!

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Caption 2 [fr]: mais elle est tout simplement unique en son genre.
Caption 2 [en]: but it is simply one of a kind.

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Annie Chartrand - Grandir bilingue

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

The lovely singer tells us in franglais about franglais. She discusses her experiences growing up bilingual in Quebec, her international travels, and why it’s not always a good idea to tell someone if you’ve ripped your pants…

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Caption 5 [fr]: Tout juste de l'autre côté de la rue, parce que j'ai grandi en campagne,
Caption 5 [en]: Just on the other side of the road, because I grew up in the country,

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Annie Chartrand - Sa musique

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Canada

From dreams to reality, putting forth “a little bit of energy each day,” Annie Chartrand, a vocalist who debuted singing behind her bathroom door, burst onto the music scene in 2006. Here is an interview with the singer of Ma blonde est une chanteuse [My Girlfriend Is a Singer]—a group that's actually part of a love story…

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Caption 27 [fr]: Et puis, donc, j'ai grandi au son de la musique, avoir des musiciens toujours performés, tout ça.
Caption 27 [en]: And so, then, I was raised on the sound of music, having musicians always performing, all that.

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Ma blonde est une chanteuse - Annie

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Annie shows off her skills as a chanteuse, her sharp wit, and her penchant for penning clever lyrics in this rockin’ number from her band Ma blonde est une chanteuse. See if you can count how many of Annie’s personae you catch a glimpse of, and how many of her Annie-mated wordplays you follow in this fun video. Beware: the song is seriously catchy and may leave you wanting more!

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Caption 69 [fr]: Annie t'as tout,
Caption 69 [en]: Annie you have it all,

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French Punk - Frustration

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Rock and roll, garage, hard-core, street punk — from Black Flag to Agnostic Front to Crisis, Frustration isn’t just a sentiment, it’s a way of life! With Frustration, “Your life will be sadder, but it’ll be more lucid.”

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Caption 13 [fr]: On écoute... musicalement, on écoute de tout,
Caption 13 [en]: We listen... musically, we listen to everything,

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Dahlia - Contre-courant - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Dahlia formed in 1999 in the province of Brittany in northwest France as a collaboration between guitarist Guillaume Fresneau and cellist Armel Talarmain.

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Caption 2 [fr]: À t'entendre, tout se vaut, se ressemble, alors pourquoi tous ces doutes?
Caption 2 [en]: Hearing you talk, everything is the same, looks alike, so why all these doubts?

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Canadian Chocolate Seller - Chocolats

Difficulty: Intermediate

Canada

Montreal is famous for hockey, but who cares about hockey when you can have chocolat? Edith Gagnon, owner of La Maison Cakao, shows us the magic behind her charmants chocolates.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Ça fait en fait tout le charme d'une production artisanale.
Caption 22 [en]: This really is what makes handcrafted goods so charming.

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Le Journal - Défilé de mode - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The magic of Nicolas Ghesquière? Innovating, without betraying the heritage of the venerable fashion house of Balenciaga.

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Caption 17 [fr]: voilà tout le génie de Nicolas Ghesquière.
Caption 17 [en]: here lies the genius of Nicolas Ghesquière.

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Babylon Circus - J'aurais bien voulu

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Babylon Circus, a ska band from Lyon, sings in this song about romantic regrets, missed cues, and lost opportunities. “J’aurais bien voulu” could well be translated as “Woulda, coulda, shoulda.”

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Caption 26 [fr]: C'est pas juste, tout court, et je me sens comme condamné
Caption 26 [en]: It's just not fair, period, and I feel like I'm condemned

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Le Journal - Nuits artistiques

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Nuits Blanches, French ambiance, old movies and nouvel art make Paris by night even more exciting.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Prendre son temps: un luxe, tout un art de vivre alors.
Caption 1 [en]: Taking one's time is a luxury, an art of living.

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Le Journal - Espèces en voie de disparition

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Beautiful snow Leopards and Madagascar tortoises! The European Program protects rare species such as these in zoos, with the goal to eventually release them (or their children) back into the wild.

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Caption 30 [fr]: En tout, près de cinq cents espèces font l'objet d'une telle attention.
Caption 30 [en]: In all, nearly five hundred species are the object of such attention.

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Le Journal - L'île de Pâques

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Twenty-eight years ago, Frenchman Michel Garcia fell in love with Easter Island, home of clear blue water and the breathtaking moai. Since then he’s kept busy as a diving instructor and doting father, and he even found time to discover a new species of shellfish!

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Caption 21 [fr]: Ça m'a plu tout de suite.
Caption 21 [en]: I loved it right away.

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Le Journal - L'enseignement du chinois au lycée

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The number of French students interested in studying Chinese has soared in French high schools in the last ten years. Though it is currently offered mostly by elite schools, the French government hopes to make it more accessible to all schools in years to come.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Simple le chinois? En tout cas, pour combiner les idéogrammes, il faut faire travailler sa logique,
Caption 8 [en]: Chinese? Easy? In any case, to combine ideograms, one must work one's logic,

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Le Journal - Le poulet dans les cantines

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

One school is no longer serving chicken, claiming that children aren’t eating it when served due to fears of avian flu. The mayor is behind this decision – despite the protests of parents and chicken farmers – citing the “principle of precaution.”

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Caption 8 [fr]: Donc je suis tout à fait contre le fait de ne plus, euh, mettre de poulet au menu des enfants.
Caption 8 [en]: Therefore I am totally against the fact of not, uh, having chicken on the children's menu any more.

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Le Journal - Le chalet

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Like old cheese and old wine, old wood is in high demand when it comes to building new chalets. A modern cabin built of ancient wood provides the perfect balance of the old and the new.

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Caption 8 [fr]: parce qu'il a été vieilli avec le temps, avec les intempéries, le vent, l'eau, un peu de tout,
Caption 8 [en]: because it's been aged with time, with bad weather, wind, water, a little of everything,

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