Recently I attended the wedding of a Chinese friend. The bride and groom had been classmates at university, and both graduated from the Chinese faculty. They've already been together for five years.
最近我参加了一个中国朋友的婚礼,新郎和新娘是大学同学,都是中文系毕业的,他们已经恋爱五年了。
I've put on weight recently.
我最近胖了。
Prices have dropped recently.
最近物價已經下降。
Did you meet him recently?
你最近看過他嗎?
I've been really busy with my graduation dissertation recently.
我最近真忙于我的毕业论文。
More recently, some hutongs have been designated as protected areas in an attempt to preserve this aspect of Chinese cultural history.