1、at present

　　(currently, lately, recently, nowadays, these years , in the past several decades, over the last several years)

　　目前

　　(当前，最近，近来，现今，这些年来，在过去几十年里，过去几年来)

　　2、Thanks to China’s reform and opening-up policy，…has witnessed great economic and social progress in the past two decades.

　　由于中国的改革开放政策，……在过去二十年里见证了巨大的社会经济进步。

　　3、We are now entering a brand new era. The 21st century is a time of advanced scientific and technological knowledge.

　　我们正在进入一个崭新的时代，21世纪是先进科技知识的时代。

　　4、With the rapid (marked, amazing, eye-catching,remarkable,fantastic) development (progress, growth, advance, improvement) of economy (society, industry, living standard) ,great changes have taken place in...

　　随着经济(社会，工业，生活水平)快速的(显著的，惊人的，令人瞩目的)发展(进 步，增长，提高)，……发生了巨大变化。

　　5、　With the arrival of the information age (the 21st century, the economy age ),…

　　随着信息时代(21世纪，经济时代) 的到来……

　　6、In recent years, China has experienced an alarming increase in...

　　最近几年来，中国在……方面有了惊人的增长。

　　7、With the increasingly rapid economic globalization and urbanization,more problems are brought to our attention.

　　随着日益迅速的经济全球化和城市化，更多的问题受到我们的关注。

　　8、Along with the development of…，more and more...

　　随着……的发展，越来越多……

　　9、We are blessed with new opportunities and faced with new challenges.

　　我们被赋予新的机会和面临着新的挑战。

　　10、10. With the steady growth in the country’s economy as well as the people’ s living standard，……

　　随着国家经济和人民生活水平的稳步增长，……