While libraries still loan out books, you’ll find it easier
to get a copy of whatever you’re looking for, thanks to a cooperative network
of area libraries.
while表示让步(虽然、尽管)这种用法非常正式,法律文件里常见,阅读《经济学人》时偶尔见到。表示“尽管”还有一个更正式的词,whereas:Whereas “we Latins have but a few
small streams, a few muddy pools,” he wrote, “the Greeks possess crystal-clear
springs and rivers that run with gold.”