Matching game
French inventions: match the invention to the inventor
Braille, pasteurisation, the hot-air balloon, photography, the stethoscope: match ten French inventions to the people behind them, with dates.
- B1
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In short
France gave the world many inventions: Louis Braille's reading system for blind people (1829), Louis Pasteur's pasteurisation (1860s), the Montgolfier brothers' hot-air balloon (1783), Nicéphore Niépce's first photograph (around 1826) and René Laennec's stethoscope (1816).
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| French | English |
|---|---|
| inventer | to invent |
| mettre au point | to develop |
| découvrir | to discover |
| breveter | to patent |
| une invention | an invention |
| un inventeur / une inventrice | an inventor |
French distinguishes inventer (to create something new), découvrir (to discover something that existed, like radium) and mettre au point (to develop and perfect). Many streets, schools and métro stations carry these names: rue Pasteur, lycée Blaise-Pascal.
Louis Braille a perdu la vue à trois ans.
Louis Braille lost his sight at three.
La carte à puce est née en France en 1974.
The smart card was born in France in 1974.
- Enfant
C'est qui, Pasteur ?
Who's Pasteur?
- Guide
Un scientifique : il a mis au point le vaccin contre la rage.
A scientist: he developed the rabies vaccine.
- Enfant
Et la montgolfière ?
And the hot-air balloon?
- Guide
Ce sont les frères Montgolfier, en 1783.
That was the Montgolfier brothers, in 1783.
- Pasteur a inventé les microbes.Pasteur a étudié les microbes.
You can't invent microbes!
- la braillele braille
Braille is masculine.