Dialogue 11/04 : Qu'as-tu envie d'être quand tu seras grand ?

What did you want to grow up to be when you were younger?

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Sophie: Quand tu étais petit, qu'as-tu envie d'être quand tu seras grand ✪?

Pierre: Ah, bonne question. Je voulais être pompier.

Sophie: Vraiment ? Pourquoi ?

Pierre: Parce que j'aimais l'idée d'aider les gens et de sauver des vies. Et puis, les camions de pompiers étaient trop cool ✪!

Sophie: C'est vrai, les camions de pompiers sont impressionnants. Moi, je voulais être vétérinaire.

Pierre: Sérieux ? Tu aimais les animaux ?

Sophie: Oui, j'adorais les animaux. J'avais un chat et un chien quand j'étais petite, et je passais tout mon temps à m'occuper d'eux.

Pierre: C'est super. Et maintenant, qu'est-ce que tu fais ?

Sophie: Actuellement ✪, je suis professeur de français. Et toi ?

Pierre: Je suis ingénieur en informatique. Mais parfois, je me demande si je ne devrais pas devenir pompier après tout ✪!

Sophie: Haha, peut-être que tu devrais ! Mais je suis sûre que tu es un excellent ingénieur.

Pierre: Merci, Sophie. Toi aussi, tu es un très bon prof ✪.

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✪ Notes

Qu'as-tu envie d'être quand tu seras grand ?

In English you use the present tense after "when / as soon as..." but in French, after "quand / dès que..." on emploie le futur. 

Ex: “When I am [present] rich, I will travel all over the world” = Quand je serai [future] riche, je ferai le tour du monde.

don’t say “tellement cool”, say “trop cool”

actuellement = un faux-ami (false-friend) of “actually”. It means “currently”. It is also often better than “maintenant” to talk about ‘a period of time’, “maintenant” evokes the exact moment one is speaking in right now. 

après tout - ou, “en fin de compte”

un très bon prof - “une professeure” reste très peu employé, it is hardly used in France. 

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Translation

S: When you were a child, what do you want to be when you grew up?

P: Ah, good question. I wanted to be a fireman.

S: Really? Why?

P: Because I liked the idea of helping people and saving lives. And the fire trucks were so cool!

S: It's true, fire engines are impressive. I wanted to be a vet.

P: Really? Did you like animals?

S: Yes, I loved animals. I had a cat and a dog when I was little and I spent all my time looking after them.

P: That's great. What do you do now?

S: At the moment I'm a French teacher. What do you do?

P: I am a computer engineer. But sometimes I wonder if I shouldn't become a fireman after all!

S: Haha, maybe you should! But I'm sure you're an excellent engineer.

P: Thanks, S. You are a very good teacher too.

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