Teaching & Learning English
In the universe of Big Chungus, Richard gets trapped in a city like Venice. The waterways, the buildings, looks exactly like the city of Venice, but it was the shops that don’t seem Italian. There was Chinese on it. He quickly realized he was in The Venetian, in Macao. He went back to his hotel, … Read more
In the year 21472113, people had traveled far beyond Earth, building homes on distant planets. One of the most exciting projects was the settlement of Harker-452b, a beautiful world. The colony, called New Shint, was a hope for a civilization. But the dream quickly turned into a nightmare. Captain Mira stood on the bridge of … Read more
Interstellar Rifts Vivian On that day, people finally recalled the world ruled by aliens. In the distant future, Earth was once ruled by a civilization called “Cyrus”. The Cyrus people possess extraordinary technology, their gaze seems to be able to perceive everything, and their fingertips can emit deadly X-rays. Faced with such a powerful enemy, … Read more
Staway will never forget that day when the meteorite descended. Saturday night, three teenagers skipped down the street. They just departed from this gaudy party because it’s The Descendance Day today at the planet of SwanStein, which is one of the few existing international holidays. It was the same day 2177 years ago that … Read more
Editor’s note: This Journal was written by a Rossian and was translated into English to increase the friendship between the two civilizations. Due to this, many traditions, aspects, or ethics might be different. There they are, again. The Galphata(“Humans” in their language) have an intelligence of around 39-52 GWR1 and an average lifespan of 2700 … Read more
I am a human. You probably aren’t. However, one thing is for certain. You and I are both intellectual species who live within space. Considering this, you may have traveled through the incomprehensively vast vacuum of space before. If this is evident, then I want to ask you a question. Have any of your expeditions … Read more
It was a peaceful afternoon afterschool, I was on the couch, sipping the ice coffee I nicely made for myself with no sugar, half milk, and full of ice, watching Deal Or No Deal. I love my life, my life is perfect. I have a fabulous family of 3, a great school, … Read more
Once upon a time, there was a small town called Gapon. It wasn’t just a normal town, it was a special one. Everyone in that town had a robot friend. Everything was in harmony and robots and humans protected and helped each other. Robots helped humans in their daily lives and humans helped robot to … Read more
When I woke up, everything changed. The skyline of the city was no longer the familiar silhouette I remembered. Instead, it was a landscape of scorched earth and shattered debris. Flames raged in the distance, smoke blanketing the horizon, and dust danced in the air, casting a dim pall over the sunlight. Just when I thought this … Read more
May 19, 2024 It’s been two weeks since I boarded the colony ship bound for Centi-526c, a newly discovered exoplanet 555 light-years from Earth. As I gaze out the observation deck window, watching the familiar blue and green marble of my home planet disappear into the distance, and I can hardly believe this is real. … Read more
Do you want to know about the mysterious man who organises children into a time-travelling team? Why does he ask children to do this work? Who are the bad guys in the story? Would you like to know about the machine that enables the children to move through time? You can hear about these things … Read more
The content on this page is part of an academic project intended to help students explore how visions of the future have been presented in art. The links are mostly articles about various mainstream works of science-fiction literature and films as well as introductions to specific sub-genres. The list is not intended to be exhaustive. … Read more