1. In spite of this, some people----including myself----were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture.
    尽管如此，最近举办的一次现代雕塑展览还是使一些人（包括我在内）大吃了一惊。

2. In recent years, the government has waged a massive ad campaign to encourage birth control, offering inducements such as free trips to Mecca, the birthplace of Islam in Saudi Arabia.
    印尼政府近几年来已发动了一场大规模的广告宣传运动来鼓励节制生育，并提出了鼓励措施，如提供免费去沙特阿拉伯的麦加-伊斯兰教的诞生地-的机会。

3. In a recent survey, two-thirds of parents said competitive examinations were their worst problem in raising children.
    在最近的一次调查中，有三分之二的家长说，竞争性的考试是培养孩子过程中遇到的最糟糕的问题。

4. In his recent book Earth Politics, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker wrote that "perhaps 90 percent of the destruction of animal and plant species, soil erosion, forest destruction and creation of deserts is taking place in developing countries."
    在其新作《地球政治学》一书中，厄恩斯特·乌尔里克·冯·魏茨泽克写道："动植物物种灭绝，土壤受侵蚀，森林被毁，沙漠产生，在这些破坏中，也许有90%正发生在发展中国家。"

5. In a recent cover story, Time magazine sorted through the current thinking on intelligence and reported, "New brain research suggests that emotions, not IQ, may be the true measure of human intelligence."
    《时代周刊》最近的封面故事列举了关于智能的一些流行看法，报道说，"新的人脑研究表明，情感，而不是智商，可能是衡量人的智能的真正尺度。"

6. Fatal accidents have decreased in frequency over recent years.
    近年来死亡事故发生的频率已经下降.