1. Make up a story (any story, use your imagination!) using the following words:

• guilty
• perception
• to make a mistake
• distance
• to achieve
• proposal
• expectation
• cultural clash
• to be involved in
• despite
• used to/would
• to make someone do something

2. Listen to the following podcast:

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/listening/b1-listening/an-introduction-to-a-lecture

 

3. Read the article about why bridges collapse

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/reading/b2-reading/why-bridges-collapse

 

4. Revise grammar

Despite, in spite of

https://speakspeak.com/english-grammar-exercises/upper-intermediate/upper-intermediate-grammar-exercise-despite-in-spite-of-although-even-though