What have the French done for us?

French ingenuities have penetrated our lives in more ways than we shall ever know. Some of us owe our lives to them: antibiotics, the baby incubator (1891, courtesy of Alexandre Lion), blood transfusions (1667, by Jean-Baptiste Denys who used sheep’s blood on a boy who, amazingly, recovered), and stethoscopes (1816).

Did the French invent the television?

Thus, the French say both Belin and Barthelemy were the inventors of television; the Japanese believe it was Takayanagi; the Russians say Boris Rosing; the Germans either Nipkow or Karolus; the Hungarians von Mihaly; in the USA most people believe it was either Jenkins or Farnsworth; and in the UK we have the choice of …

What does France contribute to the world?

As one of the 10 largest economies in the world, France is a major player in global health. It invests more than €500 million per year in multilateral funds such as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and is the largest contributor to Unitaid.

Which language is best to learn?

The World’s Top 10 Languages to learn

Mandarin. Mandarin is one of the fastest growing languages in the world.
Spanish. The importance of speaking Spanish continues to grow.
German. German ranks fourth in most used world languages.
Portuguese.
Arabic.
French.
Japanese.
Russian.

Is it easy to learn German if you speak French?

That said, experts largely agree that the more German you learn, the easier it gets, while French gets more complicated the deeper you dive in. And German pronunciation is definitely easier.

Is French or German GCSE easier?

A statistical analysis it carried out showed in 2016 French and German were among the five hardest of the 30 main GCSE subjects. German was found to be two-fifths of a grade harder than the average across all subjects.