Unit 25: Against the odds
Linking devices of contrast
Select a unit
- 1Pop-ups
- 2Hidden talents
- 3Can't buy me love
- 4Travellers' tales
- 5The colleague from hell
- 6Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
- 7Career changes
- 8Art
- 9Project management
- 10The dog ate my homework!
- 11The diary of a double agent
- 12Fashion forward
- 13Flat pack skyscrapers
- 14Extreme sports
- 15Food fads
- 16Me, my selfie and I
- 17Endangered animals
- 18A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
- 19I'm really sorry...
- 20Telling stories
- 21Fakes and phrasals
- 22Looking to the future
- 23Becoming familiar with things
- 24From rags to riches
- 25Against the odds
- 26Our future on Mars?
- 27Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
- 28Dodgy dating
- 29Annoying advice
- 30I'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