Unit 25: Against the odds
Linking devices of contrast
Select a unit
- 1 Pop-ups
- 2 Hidden talents
- 3 Can't buy me love
- 4 Travellers' tales
- 5 The colleague from hell
- 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7 Career changes
- 8 Art
- 9 Project management
- 10 The dog ate my homework!
- 11 The diary of a double agent
- 12 Fashion forward
- 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14 Extreme sports
- 15 Food fads
- 16 Me, my selfie and I
- 17 Endangered animals
- 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19 I'm really sorry...
- 20 Telling stories
- 21 Fakes and phrasals
- 22 Looking to the future
- 23 Becoming familiar with things
- 24 From rags to riches
- 25 Against the odds
- 26 Our future on Mars?
- 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28 Dodgy dating
- 29 Annoying advice
- 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
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Session 1
3 ActivitiesBig numbers
19 Oct 2015What's the biggest number you know in your language? Do you have a word that isn't an actual number but means a really really big number? In this session we have some fun facts and figures about big numbers and also advice on how to pronounce and write them.
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Session 2
3 ActivitiesLinking words for contrasting
20 Oct 2015We use words and phrases such as although, despite and in spite of to contrast different ideas. But what are the differences between them? Learn about these linking devices in this session.
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Session 3
1 ActivityWhen it seems you don't stand a chance...
21 Oct 2015In cultures which celebrate success, what is it about the weak, ugly and powerless that people find so interesting? Do we root for them in spite of their weaknesses - or is it because of them? Learn about the use of linking devices of contrast through this article.
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Session 4
1 ActivityHow to... disagree
22 Oct 2015You don't agree, but you don't want a big argument... Here are our tips on how to disagree politely and firmly!
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Session 5
1 ActivityDrama: Gulliver's Travels
23 Oct 2015Our hero Gulliver is in the land of the giants, Brobdingnag. He becomes the guest in a palace of giants