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Kids United - Les lacs du Connemara

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A group of talented French children decide to pay tribute to the famous singer Michel Sardou by singing one of his hits, "Les lacs du Connemara" (The Lakes of Connemara). This iconic song, a tribute to Ireland, still captures the imagination of many French people.

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Caption 17 [fr]: On sait tout le prix du silence
Caption 17 [en]: We know the full price [cost] of silence

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol continues to explore the town of Soissons on an exceptionally hot summer day. There's no better time to explore the magnificent twelfth-century cathedral of Soissons to cool off and admire this gothic architectural masterpiece, including the stained glass wall depicting religious scenes.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Mais malgré tout, depuis ils sont restés dans l'histoire.
Caption 28 [en]: But despite everything, they have since remained part of history.

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this third segment on the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region, we find out more about the history of the famous pastry. Did you know that the first madeleine appeared in the Middle Ages?

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Caption 29 [fr]: tout de suite je pense "madeleine".
Caption 29 [en]: I immediately think "madeleine."

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1789: Les Amants de la Bastille - Tomber dans ses yeux

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

"Tomber dans ses yeux" (To Fall into Her Eyes) is a song from the musical Les Amants de la Bastille (The Lovers of the Bastille), a love story set during the leadup to the storming of the Bastille in 1789. This video gives you a sneak peek of the musical as well as some behind-the-scenes footage.

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Caption 1 [fr]: Je sais bien que tout nous sépare
Caption 1 [en]: I know well that everything separates us

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part two of our discovery of Soissons, a very ancient town indeed (it was founded in the year 20 B.C.), Daniel Benchimol takes us on a sweltering summer day to visit some interesting places, including the Église Saint-Pierre, part of a seventh-century monastery where Charlemagne's daughter lived. He then shows us a baroque-style building on Little Red Riding Hood Street opposite a magnificent century-old fish market.

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Caption 16 [fr]: qui s'appelle tout simplement l'église Saint-Pierre
Caption 16 [en]: that is quite simply called the Église Saint-Pierre [Saint Peter's Church],

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel is still in Liverdun, a small village in the Lorraine, to find out some more about the madeleine. It's a specialty of the region that comes in various delicious flavors, such as mirabelle plum and bergamot orange.

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Caption 18 [fr]: C'est tout des produits lorrains.
Caption 18 [en]: They are all Lorraine products.

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Grand Lille TV - L'huile de friture transformée en carburant

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

This news report explores the possibilities of new biofuels. The company Gecco is testing biofuels made from coffee grounds and cooking oil on service vehicles and a school bus in hopes of converting waste from schools and other institutions.

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Caption 28 [fr]: Des résultats tout à fait prometteurs pour l'entreprise
Caption 28 [en]: Some extremely promising results for the company,

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Lea - La Cinémathèque française

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lea shows us one of the largest film libraries in the world, the Cinémathèque Française, which contains over forty thousand films. After the Cinémathèque's original home in the Palais de Chaillot burned down, it relocated to a brand-new facility in Paris's twelfth arrondissement.

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Caption 37 [fr]: Tout se passait très bien pour le ciné-club
Caption 37 [en]: Everything was going very well for the film society

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TV Tours - Apiculture: Des ruches sur le toit d'un supermarché (Vendée)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A beekeeper in La Roche-sur-Yon has found the perfect place for his apiary: the rooftop of a supermarket. It's a win-win situation: the store manager helps the beekeeper with his production in return for a steady supply of local honey.

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Caption 10 [fr]: mais en échange, tu me garantis tout ton miel,
Caption 10 [en]: but in exchange, you guarantee me all your honey,

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Voyage en France - Soissons - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to Soissons, an ancient city that was the first capital of France. He shows us the memorial commemorating the victims of World War I and depicting the legend of the famous Soissons vase.

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Caption 20 [fr]: qui est travaillé comme une fresque tout autour du monument aux morts.
Caption 20 [en]: which is sculpted like a fresco all around the memorial to the dead.

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Lionel - La boutique de madeleines de Liverdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Jean-Claude and Rachelle, who own a specialty store full of delicious goodies. They talk to Lionel about the madeleine, a specialty of the Lorraine region that was supposedly invented by a cook named (you guessed it!) Madeleine.

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Caption 16 [fr]: et qui se dirige tout doucement vers le Luxembourg et l'Allemagne.
Caption 16 [en]: and that heads gently toward Luxembourg and Germany.

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Le saviez-vous? - "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" de Louis Aragon

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia recites Louis Aragon's heartbreaking poem "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There Is No Happy Love), which has been set to music by a number of famous singers. You can listen to Françoise Hardy's version here.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Et qui pour tes grands yeux tout aussitôt moururent
Caption 22 [en]: And that for your big eyes died right away

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Aldo - L'empoisonneuse du 2e

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Aldo takes us to a very special house on 23 Rue Beauregard in Paris. In that house lived a shady character, Catherine Deshayes, who was responsible for the murder of thousands of infants. She and 36 others were burned at the stake by Louis XIV.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Donc, tout de suite, nous allons aller au vingt-trois.
Caption 7 [en]: So, right away we're going to go to number twenty-three.

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Le saviez-vous? - Conjugaison des verbes du 2ème groupe au futur simple

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Patricia takes a glimpse into the future by showing you how to conjugate verbs of the second group (ending in -ir) in the future tense.

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Caption 40 [fr]: Demain nous avertirons tout le monde sur Yabla
Caption 40 [en]: Tomorrow we will inform everybody on Yabla

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Le Figaro - Elle a banni le sucre pendant un an - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

France

Danièle Gerkens, a journalist working for Elle magazine, decided to eliminate sugar from her diet for a year. She related her experience in her book Zéro Sucre, explaining that sugar is indeed an addiction, similar to a drug addiction. Are you ready to give up your sweet tooth?

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Caption 23 [fr]: tout ce qui touche au bien-être, à la santé... -Oui.
Caption 23 [en]: everything that touches on well-being, on health... -Yes.

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