Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
Côte d'Ivoire
Now that Ivory Coast is enjoying its first marine protected area, the seabed and sea creatures like turtles and stingrays have a chance to recover from human onslaught. And what better custodians of the sea than former poachers turned antipoaching rangers?
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Lionel shares a few tips on how to pronounce the an sound in French, which can either be spelled an or en, as in en chantant (singing, while singing) or enchanté (nice to meet you).
Difficulty: Advanced
France
L'Espace à Vendre gallery had an exhibition of works by Lucien Murat, who juxtaposes a wide range of materials on top of salvaged tapestries.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
André lost his wife a long time ago—or so he thought. So imagine his surprise when he sees her on a game show. Curious, he meets Delphine, the game show host, who helps him explore some possible explanations.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Lionel talks about the 2020 Euro Cup, which actually took place in 2021 due to the COVID pandemic. He explains what happened to the French, the Spanish, and the Danish teams, among others.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
The landlady's cousin Clotilde is all over Nico. They've are going out for the fourth time this week.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Delphine reports to André what she found out about Thérèse. Like his wife, Jocelyne, she is an orphan, and there are too many similarities. Is she hiding something?
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The Paris Commune was one of the first extensively photographed revolutionary movements. In its infancy, photography wasn't able to capture motion, but professionals from both sides understood the power of images and used them to convey their own visions of the events.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Do you know what la teuf and zarbi mean? These are two examples of verlan, one of the most common forms of French slang. Some verlan words have become so popular that they've been added to the dictionary.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
The building supervisor's cousin lays down the law with the girls, and they're not happy about it!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
It's Barbara's birthday, and her mom is planning her a surprise party, as she always does. But this time Barbara really is surprised....
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
When Guy's mother is not at the rendezvous at the TV studio, Delphine and Guy decide to go check Andre's place. And they're in for a surprise!
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
The first massively photographed insurrection, the Paris Commune, which began on March 18, 1871, revealed the extraordinary power of images, both close to reality and subtly manipulated.
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Lionel visits the Musée du Sabotier (Clog Museum) in the village of Soucht, where the traditional craft of clog making has been practiced for centuries.
Difficulty: Advanced
France
Mother's Day is the most important holiday for mothers, which is why Barbara should never forget to wish her mother une bonne fête des mères.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Lionel goes over some of the many slang words for "money" in French, including la moula, les bifs, and les waris. He also explains why you shouldn't try to pay with larger bills in a store.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
JB shows us how to make a mirabelle plum tart, a delicious end-of-summer treat. Mirabelles are hard to find in the US, but you can substitute another type of plum.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Nico doesn't seem to be able to shake off clingy Clotilde, and asks for Sam's help. But his excuses are a little outlandish...
Difficulty: Intermediate
France
At its peak, under Napoleon, the French territory was three times as large as it is today thanks to the emperor's very successful military campaigns. What was his secret?
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
In part two on this series on the Clog Museum, we meet the last remaining clog maker in the village. And surprisingly, he isn't wearing clogs!
Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate
France
Guy's mother has some explaining to do. Remorseful, she admits to having led a double life and begs for forgiveness.
Difficulty: Newbie
France
Lionel gives a few pointers on telling time in French, including when to use the twelve-hour clock versus the twenty-four-hour clock.
Difficulty: Advanced
France
The ethnic violence that devastated the central African states of Burundi and Rwanda in the 90s claimed the lives of more than a million people and created many more refugees. One of them was Gaël Faye, a French-Rwandan rapper who expresses his feelings toward his birth country in this beautiful song.
Difficulty: Beginner
France
Annie and Sam get very close while building the shelf together, and Nico is running away from Clotilde, who has been pursuing him for days.
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