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Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Racing around the world by yourself often means a Christmas at sea. We drop in to the cabin of race leader Jean Le Cam, which has been decorated for the occasion, right down to a little tree.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Tout y est ou presque: les guirlandes, le mini-sapin.
Caption 2 [en]: Everything is there, or almost everything: the garlands, the miniature tree.

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NoJazz - DJ Mike

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

DJ Mike, from the electronica band NoJazz, tells us about one of his teachers, who suffered from two rather unfortunate problems…

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Caption 19 [fr]: Tout l'monde s'est marré.
Caption 19 [en]: Everyone cracked up.

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Corneille - Comme un fils - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Canada

After finding early success in his native Rwanda in ’93, Corneille was forced to flee his country. “Comme un fils” (“Like a Son”) is representative of his soul roots and affinity for emotional melodies.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Donne-moi tout, même quand il reste plus rien
Caption 1 [en]: Give it all to me, even when there's nothing left

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Le Journal - Le mur de Berlin s'écroule

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

On the 9th of November, 1989, the wall that divided the German city of Berlin began to fall along with the East German state that built it. Claudia Rusch, a young Francophile, was one of the first to scramble over what remained of the divide, meeting up with a French friend on the western side. She’s recently recounted her story in a book, which is a best-seller in her native Germany.

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Caption 13 [fr]: Tout le monde est venu ici, et c'était la folie.
Caption 13 [en]: Everyone came here, and it was a madhouse.

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Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Sailing around the world in a boat by yourself might seem like the ultimate in machismo, but the Vendée Globe is not only a man’s game.

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Caption 15 [fr]: Tout le reste du temps, je dors, euh... là sur mon... là où je suis assise,
Caption 15 [en]: The rest of the time, I sleep, uh... here on my... right where I'm sitting,

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Le Journal - Réchauffement de l'Arctique

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

It’s been suggested by some that global warming is a myth, but a large scientific study suggests otherwise. The first to suffer will be the animals that call the northern icecap home, such as polar bears and seals.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Si, tout d'un coup, cette surface de banquise diminue,
Caption 7 [en]: If, suddently, this ice shelf surface shrinks,

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Le Journal - Les navigateurs du Vendée Globe - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

France

The Vendée Globe single-handed around-the-world race is one of the most grueling tests of man’s endurance against nature, with a little help from technology. The race starts, and ends, in the Bay of Sables d’Olonne.

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Caption 11 [fr]: Vincent, on l'a laissé tout à l'heure, il avait un grand sourire.
Caption 11 [en]: Vincent, we just left him, he had a big smile on his face.

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Le Journal - Les Français de Côte d'Ivoire

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Long-time French residents of Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) have been forced to flee the country due to political and racial unrest. Returning to France, they often feel like strangers in a strange land. Many of them, not so young, find that they have to start their lives again from scratch.

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Caption 32 [fr]: mais aussi, tout simplement, une patrie.
Caption 32 [en]: but also, quite simply, a homeland.

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Le Journal - Opéra et musique pop

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Buoyed by the wild success of Les Choristes, these young performers are having the time of their lives. Musicians, music directors, and music halls are all hoping their show will be appreciated by this audience.

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Caption 6 [fr]: ça arrive sûrement pas à tout le monde,
Caption 6 [en]: it sure don't happen to everyone,

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Le Journal - Marée verte en Bretagne

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Excessive algae blooms are causing what is known as “green tides” off the coast of Brittany, affecting ten percent of its coastline. Agriculture is the culprit, due to its extensive use of fertilizers and production of animal wastes, both of which make their way to the ocean and feed the algae.

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Caption 10 [fr]: sous forme de tout petits fragments au fond
Caption 10 [en]: in the form of small fragments at the bottom

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Le Journal - Le football - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Fans are boycotting Olympique de Marseille (OM), whose record hasn’t been stellar of late. Organizers say the team doesn’t deserve support and that the owners shouldn’t expect fans to continue filling the stands if something isn’t done to improve the level of play.

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Caption 2 [fr]: Ceux qui ont envie d'y aller malgré tout,
Caption 2 [en]: Those of you that want to go in despite everything,

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Le Journal - Randy, le dauphin français

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Randy enjoys swimming in the bay of French coastal town La Rochelle. He enjoys accompanying boats and making friends with other swimmers. Experts, fearing he may get hurt by a propeller or harm someone accidentally, are trying to persuade him to act a little less like Flipper and little more like the wild dolphin that he is.

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Caption 18 [fr]: Durant tout l'après-midi, les pompiers ont tenté en vain
Caption 18 [en]: Firemen spent the entire afternoon trying in vain

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Le Journal - La Martinique

Difficulty: Intermediate

Martinique

Hurricanes are of course some of the most powerful and dangerous storms known to man, but they are also an occasion to enjoy the thrill of nature. As Hurricane Ivan approached Martinique, surfers took to the reefs and people gathered at the water’s edge to witness the approaching fury.

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Caption 6 [fr]: avant la tempête, mais maintenant on rentre tout d'suite.
Caption 6 [en]: before the storm, but now we're heading straight home.

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Le Journal - Milady

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

The Three Musketeers is one of the greatest tales of brotherhoood in the Western canon, but this new movie from José Daillant shifts the focus to a female character, Milady, the story’s femme fatale. Look for the lovely and inimitable Arielle Dombasle in the starring role.

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Caption 20 [fr]: où tout est violent, excessif; elle nous y entraîne.
Caption 20 [en]: where everything is violent, excessive; she is dragging us into it.

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Le Journal - Joëlle Aubron libérée

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Joëlle Aubron, who died in 2006, was freed in 2004 after more than sixteen years in prison. She was a member of Action Directe, a movement which was responsible for a variety of violent events in the 1980s, most notably the assassination of the head of Renault in 1987.

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Caption 29 [fr]: Et... en tout cas, ils ne veulent pas en exprimer, euh...
Caption 29 [en]: And... in any case, they do not want to express any, uh...

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