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Voyage dans Paris - Cour de l'Industrie - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol visits Aline Putot, a renowned sculptor whose studio is located in the Cour de l'Industrie (Industry Courtyard), a revived artisan district in the eleventh arrondissement of Paris. Her craft requires very old tools, some dating from the nineteenth century, as well as more modern ones. Enjoy her beautiful creations!

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Caption 9 [fr]: Tout ce qui concerne l'ornement.
Caption 9 [en]: Everything that involves ornament.

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Le saviez-vous? - Nice rit

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In the wake of the recent tragedy on the Promenade des Anglais, Nice remains a beautiful and diverse city. In this video, Patricia talks about what makes the city such a great place to live and visit.

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Caption 5 [fr]: il est bon de rappeler tout ce que Nice représente
Caption 5 [en]: it is good to recall all that Nice represents

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Louane - Nos Secrets

Difficulty: Beginner

France

In her song "Nos secrets" (Our Secrets), pop singer Louane Emera laments a relationship that is fading like "a bouquet of maybes." It's a melancholy and philosophical song about coming to terms with a broken relationship.

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Caption 7 [fr]: Malgré tout voyager
Caption 7 [en]: Despite all the traveling

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Paix et partage - Journée Internationale du yoga

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A large group of yogis met near the Eiffel Tower to celebrate Paris's International Day of Yoga. For the second year in a row, people gathered in the same spirit of unity to relax, stretch, and bring a little peace to the world.

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Caption 38 [fr]: Ça fait vibrer tous les... tout l'int'... tout [sic] la poitrine et donc du coup, y a...
Caption 38 [en]: It makes all the... the whole... the whole chest vibrate and so as result, there's...

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Voyage dans Paris - Cour de l'Industrie - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to Paris's eleventh arrondissement, which has a strong artisan tradition. There, you'll meet Laurence Raverdeau, voted the "best craftsperson of France" in 2011, who explains the complex art of upholstering. She shows us some of her amazing creations, which include scented macaroon-shaped cushions.

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Caption 17 [fr]: Et donc là notre rôle c'est de... de... de vérifier... tout ce métrage de tissu:
Caption 17 [en]: And so here, our role is to... to... to check... all this yardage of fabric:

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Le saviez-vous? - Nice pleure

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

A terrible tragedy struck Nice on what should have been a celebration of Bastille Day, France's national holiday. A driver crashed his truck into a crowd of people who came to watch the fireworks on the famous Promenade des Anglais. The city is in mourning, but the people of Nice are determined not to be defeated by this tragedy.

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Caption 16 [fr]: Bref, tout le monde pouvait se trouver sur la Promenade des Anglais ce soir-là.
Caption 16 [en]: In short, anyone could have been on the Promenade des Anglais that night.

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Lionel - Verdun - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel stays in Verdun for part two of this series. You will see the remains of the famous Battle of Verdun, which took place in 1916 and lasted ten months. The French soldiers were called poilus or "hairy men" because of their unshaven faces. Verdun also has a magnificent cathedral with stained glass windows.

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Caption 5 [fr]: Et ce qu'il faut rappeler ici, c'est que les mots-clés de cette bataille sont tout simplement:
Caption 5 [en]: And what we should remember here is that the keywords of this battle are quite simply:

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Vianney et Anne Sila - L'encre de tes yeux

Difficulty: Beginner

France

Vianney and Anne Sila sing a beautiful cover of Francis Cabrel's "L'encre de tes yeux" (The Ink of Your Eyes) on Le Grand Studio RTL (Radio Télé Luxembourg).

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Caption 6 [fr]: Que tout ce que j'ai pu écrire
Caption 6 [en]: That everything that I've been able to write

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Voyage dans Paris - Cour de l'Industrie - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Daniel Benchimol takes us to the Cour de l'Industrie (Industry Courtyard) in Paris. It used to be the site of a wallpaper factory that was destroyed in a fire and more or less abandoned. An artisan association decided to renovate the premises, which now house over forty artists and craftsmen. Be sure to visit the area on your next trip to Paris!

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Caption 26 [fr]: Fin du chantier prévue en deux mille seize si tout va bien.
Caption 26 [en]: End of construction planned for two thousand sixteen if everything goes well.

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Micro-Trottoirs - Brexit

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

In this episode of Micro-Trottoirs, people are asked what they think of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union. Their opinions run the gamut: some of them agree with the UK's decision, while others believe it will have catastrophic consequences.

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Caption 3 [fr]: La sortie du Royaume-Uni? Ben, j'en sais rien du tout!
Caption 3 [en]: The United Kingdom's exit? Well, I know nothing about it!

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Lionel - Verdun - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Lionel Brigeot takes us to the northeast of France to the town of Verdun, where the famous Battle of Verdun took place during World War I. Follow Lionel up the Victory Steps, commemorating the battle in which more than one hundred sixty-three thousand soldiers lost their lives.

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Caption 32 [fr]: la capitale de la paix, même, avec juste derrière moi tout en haut deux canons
Caption 32 [en]: the capital of peace even, with right behind me, way up there, two cannons

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Le saviez-vous? - Les homonymes

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In this lesson, you will learn the difference between homonyms, homophones, and homographs illustrated with amusing examples. Challenge yourself by repeating the words that sound the same and see if you can spell them correctly. Good luck!

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Caption 23 [fr]: Il gisait là, la tête pendante, et tout ce sang!
Caption 23 [en]: It was lying there, head hanging, and all that blood!

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Black M - Sur ma route

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

France

Rapper Black M sings "Sur ma route" ("On My Way" or "On My Road"). As a former member of the band Sexion D'Assaut, Black M sang with Maître Gims, but he has since released singles of his own. Enjoy this on-the-road adventure song!

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Caption 48 [fr]: Ils me parlaient du lendemain et que tout allait si vite
Caption 48 [en]: They talked to me about the future and how everything went so fast

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Le saviez-vous? - La Marseillaise - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

Patricia discusses the history of the the French national anthem, "La Marseillaise," explaining how the song traveled from the Rhine region to Marseille, where it earned its final name. She even sings a few lines of the song for us!

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Caption 12 [fr]: Tout d'abord la Marseillaise fut créée en mille sept cent quatre-vingt-douze
Caption 12 [en]: First of all, "La Marseillaise" was created in seventeen ninety-two

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Voyage en France - Maisons-Laffitte - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

France

In part three of our visit to Maisons-Laffitte, Daniel Benchimol reveals even more interesting facts about this city. The Maisons Castle, which epitomizes seventeenth-century French architecture, has been used for the filming of many famous movies, such as Love and Death, Dangerous Liaisons, Queen Margot, and many more.

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Caption 38 [fr]: mais tout est brûlé autour de nous. Les herbes sont brûlées.
Caption 38 [en]: but everything is scorched around us. The grass is scorched.

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