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 China''s reform and opening-up policy,...has witnessed great economic and social progress in the past two decades.

 

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...

 

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 millenium 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.

  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.

 

11.as...develops

   随着....的发展

 

12.along with the development of ..., more and more.....

   随着.....的发展,越来越多......

 

13.In the past few years,there has been a sharp growth boom/decline in....

   在过去几年内,....有显著增长/激增/明显滑坡.....

 

14,with the steady growth in the country's economy as well as the people' living standard,

 随着国家经济和人民生活水平的稳步增长,

 

15.as living tempo/pace quickens,

   随着生活节奏的不断加快,

 

16.While the rhythm/pace /tempo of people's living is speeding up,a lot of changes have taken place in....

   人民生活节奏加快的同时,....也发生了很多变化.

 

17.with the fantastic spur both in industry and its economy in China,the number of... is on the fire.

   随着中国工业经济的迅猛发展,....的数目不断上升.

 

18.It is commonly believed that the rise in .... is the inevitable result of economic development.

  人们普遍认为,......的增长是经济发展的必然结果.

 

19.In recet years,China has experienced an alarming increase in....

   最近几年来,中国.....有了惊人的增长.

 

20.Nowadays more and more people begin to realize/be aware of/motice the importance of the problem of education/pollution/unemployment.

   现在越来越多的人开始认识到教育,污染,失业问题的重要性.