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You can picture although as a small word that puts two facts side by side that don't seem to fit together, and quietly says 'yes, both are true at the same time.' It bends one fact against the other so the listener is ready for a surprise.
可以想成 although 像一個小小的轉折手勢：它把兩件看起來「不該同時成立」的事擺在一起，先低聲提醒你「沒錯，這…更多收起
可以想成 although 像一個小小的轉折手勢：它把兩件看起來「不該同時成立」的事擺在一起，先低聲提醒你「沒錯，這兩件事是同時為真的」。它把前半句的力道往反方向一壓，讓你準備好聽到一個和直覺相反的結果——例如「天在下雨，可是他還是去跑步了」。原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
althoughconj/ɔːlˈðəʊ/
- 1
Though, even though, in spite of or despite the fact that: introducing a clause that expresses a concession.
- Although it was very muddy, the football game went on.
- The patients, (al)though getting stronger, will not come off their medications.
- 2
But, except.
- It was difficult, although not as difficult as we had expected.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。