> 1. at present/currently/lately/recently/nowadays/these
years/in the past several decades/over the last
several years

> 目前，当前，最近，近来，现今，这些年来，在过去几十年里，过去几年来
> 2 at the turn of the century
> 在世纪初，在世纪末，世纪之交
> 3．Thanks to China's reform and opening-up
policy,........has witnessed great economic and social
progress in the past two decades,
> 多亏了中国的改革开放政策，...........在过去二十年里见证了巨大的社会经济进步
> 4.With the (rapid, marked, amaking, eye-catching,
remarkable, fantastic) development/
progress/growth/advance/improvement of economy/
society/ industry/ living stan-dard, great changes
have taken place in.......
> 随着经济（社会，工业，生活，水平）快速的（显著的，惊人的，令人瞩目的）发展
（进步，增长，提高），........发生了巨大的变化.
> 5.At the mercy of the ever-accelerated updating of
science and technology, there are rapid changes in all
aspects of our everyday lives.
> 受益于迅速发展的现代的科学技术,我们日常生活的方方面面都发生了巨大的变化.
> 6.With the arrival/ advent of the invention of...../ the
information age/ the 21st century/ the economy age,
> 随着.........的发明(信息时代,21世纪,经济时代)的到来.
> 7.We are now entering a brand new era. The 21st
century is a time of advanced scientific and
technological knowledge
> 我们正在进入一个崭新的时代,21世纪是先进科技知识的时代.
> 8.The human race has entered a completely new stage in
its history, We have just crossed the threshold of the
21st and the curtain of the new millennium is slowly
rising.
> 人类已进入了历史的一个全新阶段.我们刚刚跨入21世纪的门槛,新千年的帷幕正
在徐 徐升起.
> 9.We are blessed with new opportunities and faced with
new challenges
> 我们被赋予新的机会和面临着新的挑战.
> 10.With the increasingly rapid economic globalization
and urbanization, more problems ate brought to our
attention.
> 随着日益迅速的经济全球化和城市化，更多的问题受到我们的关注



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