Learn to express opposing ideas
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| Do you know how to express opposing ideas in English? |
| Hi, my name is Alisha, and this is Three Step English by EnglishClass101.com. |
| In this lesson, you'll learn "how to express opposing ideas" through a quick conversation. |
| Let's look at the dialogue. |
| I can’t believe this is your first time at the tennis club! What do you think? |
| It’s impressive! |
| Even though it’s not cheap, I love playing tennis here. The facilities are wonderful! |
| Although it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| But don’t you want to give our clients an amazing experience like this? |
| My clients are loyal, despite the fact that I don’t offer free towels or massages. They like my personal training, done my way. |
| Although I hate to say it, maybe we should stop being partners. Our opinions are too different. |
| Maybe you’re right. |
| Let's go over the dialogue again, more slowly this time. |
| I can’t believe this is your first time at the tennis club! What do you think? |
| It’s impressive! |
| Even though it’s not cheap, I love playing tennis here. The facilities are wonderful! |
| Although it’s a nice place, this kind of fancy sports club isn’t for me. |
| But don’t you want to give our clients an amazing experience like this? |
| My clients are loyal, despite the fact that I don’t offer free towels or massages. They like my personal training, done my way. |
| Although I hate to say it, maybe we should stop being partners. Our opinions are too different. |
| Maybe you’re right. |
| Let's focus on the key part of the conversation. |
| Even though it’s not cheap, I love playing tennis here. The facilities are wonderful! |
| In this sentence, the speaker is expressing two ideas that contrast each other - "it's not cheap" and "I love playing tennis here." To connect the two, they start the sentence with a "contrast linker," a word or phrase used when we want to show contrast between two different things, expressed in two clauses in the sentence. |
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