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。

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

在美国本土，人们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引精子的是那种化学物质。

We will revisit famous figures from recent history.

我们将重新探访近代历史的著名人物。

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。

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

近代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物和恐龙混为一谈。

Morocco's worst earthquake in modern times happened in 1960.

洛哥近代最严重的地震发生在 1960 年。

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。

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。

J.B. Priestley's “Angel Pavement” (1930) offers a latter-day Dickensian tale of cheats, bankruptcy and failed firms.

J.B.普里斯特利的《天使街》（1930）则是近代的狄更斯翻版，讲述欺骗，破产和倒闭的公司。

The Chinese people have bitter and deep memories of the turmoils and sufferings inflicted upon them in modern times.

中国人民对近代以后自身的动荡和苦难刻骨铭心。

Today, Shirley Griffith and Ray Freeman tell about the first western woman in modern times to become a doctor.

今天雪莉·格里菲斯和雷·弗里曼将为大家讲述，在近代，成为医生的第一位西方女性。

I mean, this was drenched in history. But of course, it's South Carolina's recent history that's transformed this debate.

我的意思是说，这是根深蒂固的问题。但是当然了，是南卡罗来纳州的近代史造就了这场辩论。

The WHO has called the outbreak " the most severe and acute health emergency seen in modern times" .

“近代见过的最严重、最紧急的卫生突发事件。”

But there's more recent history, in Iraq and Afghanistan.

但在伊拉克和阿富汗还有更近代的历史。