1. A more recent study in America produced a somewhat better result, but the fathers in question were still talking to their children for less than a minute a day.
    新近在美国作的研究显示了稍好的结果，但这些父亲每天与孩子的交谈时间仍不到一分钟。

2. Plastic surgery has developed rapidly in recent years.
    近年来整形外科手术进展很快。

3. More than half of the home computers sold in the United States in recent years will become essential to home life in the West. Future tasks computers already do at home include:
    近年来在美国售出的家庭电脑有半数以上将成为西方家庭生活的必需品。电脑已经在家庭中发挥的未来功能有：

4. My enthusiasm for arranged marriages is that of a recent convert.
    我对包办婚姻的热忱是最近才发生的转变。

5. Can you quote me a recent instance?
    你能举出来一个最近的例子吗？

6. Considering how recent these developments are,
    想一想这些发展的时间多么短，

7. U.S. growers got a break this Valentine's Day; a recent frost killed 25% of Colombia's rose crop.
    今年的情人节，美国的玫瑰种植商碰上了好运气：一场霜冻摧毁了哥伦比亚25%的玫瑰。

8. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.
    近来的科学证据，似乎表明此假设有错。

9. Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.
    但近期科学研究发现，好像这种假设是不正确的。

10. Recent developments in astronomy have made it possible to detect planets in our won Milky Way and in other galaxies.
    天文学方面最新发展使得我们能够在银河系和其他星系发现行星。