Three Step English for Intermediate Learners - Learn #26 - Expressing Opposing Ideas - Dialog
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Do you know how to express opposing ideas in English? Hi, my name is Alisha and this is 3-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.