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1.at present, currently, lately, recently, nowadays, these years, in the past several decades, over the last several years 2.at the turn of the century 3.thanks to chinas reform and opening-up policy,...has witnessed great economic and social progress in the past two decades. 4.with the development/progress/growth/advance/improvement of economy/society/industry/living standard, great changes have taken place in... 5.at the mercy of the ever-accelerated updating of science and technology, there are rapid changes in all aspects of our everyday life. 6.with the arrival/advent of the invention of.../the information age/the 21st century/the economy age 7.we are now entering a brand new era. the 21st century is a time of advanced scientific and technological knowledge. 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 curtain of the new millennium is slowly rising. 人类已进入了历史上的一个全新阶段.我们刚刚跨入21世纪的门槛,新千年的帷幕正在徐徐升起. 9.We are blessed with new opportunities and faced with new challenges. 我们被赋予新的机会,并且面临着新的挑战. 10.With the increasingly more rapidly economic globalization and urbanization, more problems are brought to our attention. | 
