It's sad, but unempolyment is unlikely to go down this year.

`->`Answer : Sad as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.

`=>`Form : S + V, but + S + V : ...Nhưng...

$\neq$ Although + S + V, S + V : Mặc dù...

- Chuyển sang Although : Although it's sad, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year.

`*`Ta có các dạng viết lại với "Although" như sau :

Although + S + V, S + V : Mặc dù...

`=`Despite/In spite of + N/Ving, S + V 

`=`Despite/In spite of + the fact that + S + V, S + V

`=`Adj/Adv as + S + be/V, S + V

`=`Much as + S + V, S + V

`=`No matter how + Adj/Adv + S + be/V, S + V

`=`However + Adj/Adv + S + be/V, S + V

Sad as it is, unemployment is unlikely to go down this year

cấu trúc Adj as + S + be/sounds/seems/looks..., ....