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Lionel L - L'art éphémère à Paris

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel shows us some ephemeral art in Paris, including an anamorphic installation on the Louvre Pyramid and a large steel sculpture with a cardboard "cave" inside. Check them out before they're gone!

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Caption 21 [fr]: en fait de tout simplement se réapproprier, euh... les espaces urbains au détriment des...
Caption 21 [en]: in fact to quite simply reappropriate, uh... urban spaces from the detriment of...

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Mathilde - Le cimetière du Père Lachaise

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Mathilde takes us to Père-Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where some very famous people are buried. You'll find the graves of Jim Morrison, Guillaume Apollinaire, Honoré de Balzac, Beaumarchais, and Frédéric Chopin, to name a few. The cemetery attracts many visitors from around the world.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Voilà. Tout ce genre d'histoires, euh... de sabbat
Caption 31 [en]: There you have it. All these sorts of tales, uh... of sabbaths

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Réfugiés de Calais - L’accueil des migrants en Finistère

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

After the closing of the Calais Jungle, the Massé Trévidy Foundation has stepped in to take care of refugees in the Finistère region. The foundation works with a group of volunteers to provide administrative, social, and medical assistance to the refugees.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Le tout aujourd'hui est de trouver précisément un lieu.
Caption 31 [en]: The main thing today is finding specifically a location.

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Lionel L - Loi travail: Suite et fin

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

A very unpopular labor law caused Parisians to protest near the Bastille before it was passed in 2015. President François Hollande invoked Article 49-3 of the Constitution to force this law through. The protests continued after the law was successfully enacted in 2016. For more information, you can visit the Nuit Debout and Convergence des Luttes websites.

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Caption 31 [fr]: Donc voilà. Donc ils... ils tournaient tout simplement en rond.
Caption 31 [en]: So there you have it. So they... they simply went around in circles.

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Contes de fées - La petite sirène - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Enjoy Yabla's rendition of "The Little Mermaid" (or "La petite sirène"), originally written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. In part one, the little mermaid swims ashore to a handsome prince. But will she see him again?

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Caption 22 [fr]: La petite sirène aspirait très fortement à voir tout cela elle-même.
Caption 22 [en]: The little mermaid greatly longed to see it all herself.

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Voyage en France - Conflans-Sainte-Honorine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel takes us to the town of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, located around thirty kilometers from Paris, which is known as the capital of canal transportation. You'll see some beautiful barges and cruise boats, as well as a public toilet that Daniel calls an "aesthetic success"!

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Caption 29 [fr]: En tout cas, elle est très belle, très pratique,
Caption 29 [en]: In any case, it's very beautiful, very practical,

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Mathilde - Le métro parisien

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Parisians can thank Fulgence Bienvenüe for their metro system, which is so efficient that many people use the names of the metro stations in favor of street names when giving directions. Some of the most interesting stations are Bir-Hakeim, overlooking the Eiffel Tower, and Arts et Métiers, with its old-fashioned industrial design. Some metro stations are a destination in themselves!

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Caption 28 [fr]: Et euh... donc le métro à Paris s'est modernisé tout au long du vingtième siècle.
Caption 28 [en]: And uh... so the Parisian metro modernized throughout the twentieth century.

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Patricia - Pas de crédit dans le monde des clones - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the last segment of "No Credit in the World of Clones," Patricia and her dog discover that it's not that easy to live without a credit card.

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Caption 22 [fr]: Tout le monde peut dire ça.
Caption 22 [en]: Anyone can say that.

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Questions à la con - Tarabuster

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Viewer Discretion Advised

In this episode of "Questions à la con" (Stupid Questions), people on the street give some strange and hilarious responses to questions about obscure French vocabulary. Have a laugh, and learn some new words to impress your friends!

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Caption 17 [fr]: "Pa", ouais? -Pa'... -"Toner". -"Toner". -"Toner". -Tout à fait.
Caption 17 [en]: "Pa," yeah? -Pa'... -"Toner." -"Toner." -"Toner." -Precisely.

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Lionel L - Les Jeux olympiques de Rio

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

While the Rio Olympic Games were taking place, the Paris Mayor's Office installed a beach volleyball court complete with real sand in front of the city hall building. Parisians relished the opportunity to practice a sport that is not readily available in the heart of the city.

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Caption 8 [fr]: Et en fait ça permet aux Parisiens de tout simplement de pratiquer du sport, chose qui est...
Caption 8 [en]: And in fact that allows Parisians to simply practice sports, which is...

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Patricia - Pas de crédit dans le monde des clones - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the second part of "Pas de crédit dans le monde des clones" (No Credit in the World of Clones), Patricia is careful not to fall into the trap set up by the silly hotline agent requesting her PIN number. It's a test to catch the unwary!

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Caption 10 [fr]: avec tout le professionnalisme qu'on lui connaît.
Caption 10 [en]: with all the professionalism for which she is known.

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Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine Live @ France Inter

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Christine and The Queens, aka Héloïse Létissier, sings a haunting live version of "Chaleur Humaine" (Human Warmth). The song's poetic lyrics explore questions of sexual identity and beauty.

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Caption 9 [fr]: Ce gamin-là me montre tout
Caption 9 [en]: That kid shows me everything

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Ostréiculture - Rencontre avec Gildas Mourier (Morbihan)

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Meet Gildas, who works on an oyster farm in Brittany. He'll tell you all about collecting oysters. It's a tough job, but well worth the effort, since you're always rewarded with a delicious treat in the end!

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Caption 6 [fr]: À tout de suite!
Caption 6 [en]: See you soon!

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Patricia - Pas de crédit dans le monde des clones - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this sci-fi video, you'll see animals speaking with clones and using credit cards. Enjoy this tongue-in-cheek vision of the future!

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Caption 16 [fr]: dont le nom est si long qu'on a tout simplement décidé de s'en passer.
Caption 16 [en]: whose name is so long that we just decided to go without it.

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Zaz - Si

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In "Si" (If), Zaz sings about building a better world "bit by bit, crumb by crumb, drop by drop, and heart by heart," where she would "invent an Eden" for the downtrodden. Enjoy this hope-filled, inspirational song.

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Caption 4 [fr]: Le don d'effacer et de tout refaire
Caption 4 [en]: The gift of erasing and doing everything over again

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