Preserving nature, Ms Marris writes, is a relatively recent preoccupation.

马里斯女士写道，保护自然，相对而言是近代的紧急要务。

One of the most charming books ever written in early modern Europe is called 'In Praise of Folly' by the Dutch scholar and philosopher, Erasmus.

在近代的欧洲初期， 有一本超赞的书，书名叫《愚人颂》，由荷兰学者及哲学家伊拉斯谟所写。

Back at home the u.s. suffered some of thedeadliest mass shootings in his modern history.

在美国本土，人们遭受着近代以来最为致命的大规模枪击事件。

Solar panels as we know them are a much more recent invention.

而众所周知太阳能电池板是近代的发明。

More recent studies have startedfiguring out what kind of chemical attracts a sperm.

很多近代的研究已经开始弄清楚吸的是那种化学质。

We will revisit famous figures from recent history.

我们将重新探访近代历史的著名人。

The Xi'an Incident was a very important turning point in China's modern history.

西安事变是中国近代史上的一个很重要的转折点。

Yeah. And he also recommended a more recent book called Survey Research by Bell, I think.It's in that series published by London University.

是的。我认为他还推荐了一本更近代的书，是Bell写的《调查研究》。它是伦敦大学出版的艺术系列书籍。

Morocco's worst earthquake of modern times was in 1960 when at least 12,000 people died.

近代摩洛哥发生的最严重的地震是在1960年，当时至少有1.2万人死亡。

A lot of people conflate recent creatures, like the woolly mammoth, with dinosaurs.

很多人会把像猛犸象这样的近代生和恐龙混为一谈。

But that's been the case in recent history.

但这是近代历史上的情况。

They are training for what is the city's first horse races in recent history.

他们正在为该市近代史上的第一场赛马进行训练。

All this, before it ever got near a computer.

这一切都是远在近代电脑出现前的做法。

It was designed and built by German engineers and has a typical modern European style.

由德国工程师设计建造，具有典型的近代欧式风格。

Your recent ancestors would further be stunned by the notion of plump poverty.

让你们的近代祖先们更为震惊的是“肥胖的贫穷”这个概念。

But it's actually a pretty recent phenomenon.

但这其实是一个近代才出现的现象。

The village, made up of two rows of homes and a religious center, " can teach us a lot of the modern history of the UAE, " said Ahmad Sukkar of the University of Sharjah.

这个由两排房屋和一个宗教中心组成的村庄“可以教给我们很多阿联酋的近代史，”沙迦大学的艾哈迈德·苏卡尔说。

Step a little further back in time at the Fernburg Museum of Natural History and the adjacent Science Center, which examines history and science from the Big Bang to more contemporary times.

在佛恩堡自然历史博馆和邻近的科学中心里回溯过去，探讨从宇宙大爆炸到较近代的历史与科学知识。

The shock of such devastation to the medieval European social structure was a major factor in the transition from the Middle Ages to the early Modern Period.

这种破坏对中世纪欧洲社会结构的冲击是中世纪向近代早期过渡的一个主要因素。

One of the most striking things about recent European history is how countries wanting to define and strengthen their present identity look to particular moments in the past.

近代欧洲史的一个关键点是，许多国家都希望通过历史上的某一特定时期，定义并加强现代的国家认同。