(一)

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

目前，當(dāng)前，最近，近來，現(xiàn)今，這些年來，在過去幾十年里，過去幾年來。

2. at the turn of the century。

在世紀(jì)初，在世紀(jì)末，世紀(jì)之交。

3.Thanks to China’s reform and opening―up policy，......has witnessed great ecnomic and social progress in the past two decades.

多虧了中國的改革開放政策，……在過去二十年里見證了巨大的社會經(jīng)濟進(jìn)步。

4.With the(rapid，marked，amazing，eye-catching，remarkable，fantastic) development/progress/growth/advance/improvement of economy/society/industry/living standard, great changes have taken place in...

隨著經(jīng)濟(社會，工業(yè)，生活水平)快速的(顯著的，驚人的，令人矚目的)發(fā)展(進(jìn)步，增長，提高)，……發(fā)生了巨大變化。

5.At the mercy of the ever―accelerated updating of science and technology，there are rapid changes in all aspects of our everyday lives.

受益于迅猛發(fā)展的現(xiàn)代科學(xué)技術(shù)，我們?nèi)粘Ｉ畹姆椒矫婷娑及l(fā)生了巨大的變化。

6.With the arrival/advent of the invention of.../the information age/the 21st cetyry/ the economy age.

隨著……的發(fā)明(信息時代，21世紀(jì)，經(jīng)濟時代)的到來。

7.We are now entering a brand new era.The 21st century is a time of advanced scientific and technological knowledge.

我們正在進(jìn)入一個嶄新的時代，21世紀(jì)是先進(jìn)科技知識的時代。

8.The human race has entered a completely new stage in its history.We have just crossed the threshold of the 21st century and the curtainof the new milleniunl is slowly rising.

人類已進(jìn)入了歷史的一個全新階段。我們剛剛跨人2l世紀(jì)的門檻，新千年的帷幕正在徐徐升起。

9.We are blessed with new opportunities and faced with new challenges.

我們被賦予新的機會和面臨著新的挑戰(zhàn)。

10.With the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization,more problems are brought to our attention.

隨著日益迅速的經(jīng)濟全球化和城市化，更多的問題受到我們的關(guān)注。

(二)

1.As...develops.

隨著……的發(fā)展。

2.Along with the development of...，more and more...

隨著……的發(fā)展，越來越多……

3.In the past few years，there has been a sharp growth/boom/decline in...

在過去幾年里，……有顯著增長(激增，明顯滑坡)。

4.With the steady growth in the country’s economy as well as the people’s living standard.

隨著國家經(jīng)濟和人民生活水平的穩(wěn)步增長。

5.While the rhythm/pace/tempo of people’s living is speedillg up，a lot of changes have taken place in...

人民生活節(jié)奏加快的同時，……也發(fā)生了很多變化。

6.With the fantastic spur both in industry and in economy in China，the number of...is on the rise.

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