1. But until recently, the academic edge gained by participating in sports was thought to come from the increased self-confidence, the better mood, and the ability to concentrate that comes from burning off steam in exercise.
    但直到最近，人们还认为因参加体育运动而获得的学业优势来自于增强的自信、更好的心态，以及由运动时消耗体力所带来的集中注意力的能力。

2. When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.
    最近一次，我也出国归来，碰上一位特别好管闲事的年轻海关官员，他显然把我当成走私犯。

3. When a student recently saw two workmen using a pneumatic drill outside his university,
    最近有个学生看见两个工人在学校门外用风钻干活，

4. When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car.
    最近，当他正开车在凯特福德街上行驶时，看到有两个小偷从一家商店里冲出来，奔向等在那里的一辆汽车，

5. We recently participated in an environmental fair at the Mall (购物中心) of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, the largest indoor shopping center in America.
    最近，我们参加了一次在明尼苏达州布卢明顿市的美国购物中心举办的环境大会。此中心是全美最大的室内购物中心。

6. This canon has been enacted by the church council very recently.
    教会就在最近通过这条教规。

7. The 100 , 000 tonner was recently launched.
    十万吨轮最近下水了。

8. This book was published recently.
    这本书是最近出版的。

9. The tone of his letters has sharpened recently.
    他最近来信的口气变得刻薄起来.

10. Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer.
    最近有两个人在一座珊瑚岛上呆了5天，他们真希望在那儿再多呆一些日子。