is true 尽管如此
[例] It was the cheapest hotel in the town, but even so, it still cost $100 a night. 这是镇上最便宜的旅社。尽管这样，每晚也得花100美元。
[例] I had explained the sentence to him several times. Even so, he didn't understand it. 这个句子我已向他解释好几遍了。即便如此，他还是不理解。
take away
remove something from a particular place 带走；拿走；拆毁（旧物）
[例] Please take away these old records from the shelf. 请把这些老唱片搬离架子。
[例] The old structure was taken away last week. 那个老建筑上周被拆了。
1 There is no room for a drive-thru window, or for seating inside.
Meaning: There is no space where people can buy food without getting out of their car. Nor is
there space for people to sit and eat inside. there is (no) room for: there is (no) the need or possibility for something to happen or be done
有（无）……余地（或需要）
This is the truth and there is no room for doubt.
这是事实，而且是不容置疑的。
My car can only take four people, so there is no room for the five of us.
我的汽车只能坐4个人，所以坐不下我们5个人。
2 ... so that the city of Downey will be able to stop McDonald's from tearing the building down.
stop... from: prevent... from 阻止
The heavy fog stopped planes from taking off. 大雾阻止了飞机起飞。
People called the Wright brothers mad but it did not stop them from becoming the first
men to make and fly a plane.
人们把赖特兄弟称为疯子，但是这并没有阻挡他们成为最先制造和驾驶飞机的人。
3.Even so, people drive by to remember their McDonald's, taking pictures of a moment in history before it gets taken away.
even so: in spite of what has/had happened; though that is true 尽管如此
There are many spelling mistakes; even so it's quite a good essay.
文章中拼写错误不少，尽管如此，它不失为一篇好文章。
I had a terrible headache, but even so I went to the concert.
我头疼得厉害，尽管如此，我还是去听音乐会了。
