「然而」原来可以这样说！？

whereas 

尽管、却、然而、但是

The old system was fairly complicated whereas the new system is really very simple. 

旧系统相当复杂，而新的系统却很简单。

We thought she was arrogant whereas in fact she was just very shy. 

我们以为她傲慢，而实际上她很害羞。

The intro 

(Listening Comprehension)

Howdy folks ! How're you doing today ? This here is Mr.Wong speaking, and today we're gonna talk about a conjunction word. The word for today is "whereas". "whereas" can be used for comparing two things, such as people, situations etc., and showing that there is an important difference between them. Or, it can also be used to say that  although something is true of one thing, it is not true of another. Check it out !

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（这个才是真正的学习过程）