Imaginary worlds (fiction, dystopia, fantasy)

Introduction

Dans ce chapitre, nous allons explorer les mondes imaginaires que l'on trouve dans la fiction, la dystopie et la fantasy. Vous apprendrez du vocabulaire utile, des structures grammaticales et des phrases clés pour écrire et discuter de ces genres littéraires.

📚 Key vocabulary

English	French	Example sentence
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character	personnage	The main character is a brave knight.
setting	cadre	The story is set in a dark forest.
fantasy	fantasy	I love reading fantasy books about dragons.
dystopia	dystopie	The movie shows a dystopian future.
adventure	aventure	Their adventure takes them to a magical land.
castle	château	The princess lives in a beautiful castle.
future city	ville future	The future city has flying cars.
afraid	effrayé	She was afraid of the dark.
excited	excité	He was excited to see the new movie.
mysterious	mystérieux	The old book had a mysterious cover.
hero	héros	The hero saves the day.
villain	méchant	The villain plots to take over the world.
magic	magie	The story includes magic spells.
time travel	voyage dans le temps	Time travel is a popular theme in sci-fi.
spaceship	vaisseau spatial	The spaceship flies to distant planets.
prophecy	prophétie	The prophecy foretold great danger.
quest	quête	The quest was to find the lost treasure.
rebellion	rébellion	The rebellion fought against the evil king.
technology	technologie	Advanced technology is often in sci-fi stories.

survival	survie	Survival is important in a dystopian world.
landscape	paysage	The landscape was full of strange creatures.
journey	voyage	Their journey was long and dangerous.
friendship	amitié	Friendship is a key theme in many stories.
fear	peur	Fear can lead to bravery in difficult times.
wonder	émerveillement	The children looked at the stars with wonder.
conflict	conflit	The conflict between good and evil is common.

📐 Grammar focus

Past simple vs. past continuous

En anglais, le past simple est utilisé pour parler d'actions terminées, tandis que le past continuous décrit des actions en cours dans le passé.
Examples:
1. I watched a movie yesterday.
(J'ai regardé un film hier.)
2. While I was watching the movie, my friend called me.
(Pendant que je regardais le film, mon ami m'a appelé.)
3. They played soccer last weekend.