Mr.Obama's approval ratings average just below 50 percent in recent polls, down sharply from this time last year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.09

I don't know whether they had intelligence of recent the car bomb in Time Square.

我不知道他们最近有没有搜集,时代广场的汽车炸弹的情报。

普林斯顿公开课 - 国际座谈会课程节选

In more recent times, I have seen... it's a long time ago, but I've seen concerts there.

最近，我看了……那是挺久前的事情了，我在那儿看了演唱会。

精彩音乐会 - SpeakingMax英语口语达人

He returned to the U.S. in time to perform on the recent "American Idol" finale.

VOA: standard.2009.06.24

It's happened over the course of millions of years of human evolution, but it's happened also in a relatively recent time frame when we think about the American diet and what people are eating, but also the world diet of course.

它们发生在人类数百万年的演化历程中,在近现代,当我们考虑美国人的食谱,当然也包括全世界的食谱,同样在发生着这些变革

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

Restrepo,who has family ties to Colombia, also answered questions in Spanish from regional reporters, marking the first time in recent memory that a dual language press briefing was held at the White House.

VOA: standard.2009.04.13