1. My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.
    我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近来情况变得越发糟糕，以致他决定节食。

2. More recently, automobiles and planes have made travel both faster and more convenient.
    在最近些时候，汽车和飞机使旅行变得既快又方便。

3. Until recently, many hospitals would have resisted steps that moved patients out of intensive care and into a room that costs $800 a day.
    直到最近，许多医院还在一直拒绝采取行动，把病人从特护区移至日花费800美元的病房。

4. Recently they have discovered a comet.
    最近他们发现了一颗彗星。

5. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it!
    最近它被一位客人弄坏了.她用它弹爵士乐！

6. Recently the New York Animal Medical Centre made a study of 132 cats over a period of five months.
    最近，纽约动物医疗中心对132只猫进行了为期5个月的综合研究。

7. Recently it was damaged by a visitor.
    可它最近被一个客人弄坏了，

8. Recently, one of Jeremy´s closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception.
    最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。

9. Recently, the network began helping hair stylists throughout the Southeast set up similar programs in their shops.
    最近，这一教育网络已开始帮助整个美国东南部的发型设计师们在他们的美发店里实施类似计划。

10. Recently, one research institute found that nearly 4.4 million students were enrolled in some 50,000 to 60,000 jukus. That represents 18.6 percent of elementary school children and 52.2 percent of students in seventh through ninth grades.
    最近，有一家研究机构发现，大约有440万名学生就读于5至6万所课外学校。他们占了所有小学生的18.6%，七至九年级学生的52.2%。