Hawking was one of the most respected scientists in the modern history of physics.

霍金是现代物理学史上最受尊敬的科学家之一。

Generation Z is the most disruptive generation in modern history.

Z一代是现代历史上最具突破性的一代。

Tom: Yes, till modern history, modern vernacular Chinese is popular.

是啊，到了近现代就是白话文了。

The influence of music on society can be clearly seen from modern history.

音乐对社会的影响在现代社会显而易见。

The modern history of oil started in the middle of the eighteen hundreds.

石油的现代史开始于18世纪中叶。

He says the modern history of the state helps explain the strong reaction.

他表示，该州的现代史有助于解释这种强烈反应。

My favorite comes from Jeanne Calment, the longest-lived person in modern history.

我最喜欢的来自于让娜卡尔芒，在现代社会活的最长的人。

It has achieved the biggest disclosure of classified information in modern history.

它已经成功的公布了近代史上的最大量的机密信息。

Australia has endured its worst drought in modern history in the past ten years.

澳大利亚在过去十年，经历了在现代历史上最干旱的十年。

All was well for a time - indeed, for one of the most prosperous times in modern history.

一切一度顺风顺水——事实上，其后一段时间是近代史上最繁荣的时期之一。

The coming year will be the most perilous in modern history for the American economy.

明年将是美国经济近代最危险的一年。

INTELLIGENCE, says Christopher Andrew, is "the missing dimension" of modern history-writing.

正如克里斯托弗·安德鲁所说，情报部门是现代历史中“缺失的部分”。

For starters, the United States has been one of the most expansionist powers in modern history.

从一开始，美国就是现代历史上最具扩张主义色彩的大国之一。

This is the first and most serious example of medical negligence in the island's modern history.

这是台湾现代历史上首例也是最严重的一例医疗疏忽。

Mr Christie is using his bully pulpit in a way no other New Jersey governor has done in modern history.

克里斯蒂先生对于州长权力的运用是新泽西现代历史上其它州长所不能比拟的。

Throughout modern history, technological breakthroughs regularly surpass the people who invent them.

纵观整个现代史，技术突破时常超过发明技术的人类。

But since it has been largely covered with year-round ice throughout modern history, it is the least mapped ocean.

但是由于在人类现代史上北冰洋大部分地区始终是终年冰雪覆盖，因而它也是各大洋中最疏于勘查的。

So thanks to the honesty of Spain, they are now marred forever by the title of the worst flu epidemic in modern history.

所以由于西班牙的坦诚，他们现在永远背上了现代历史上最严重流感病的发源地的恶名。

At the same time, higher taxes led to lower output, as small businesses shut down at the highest pace in modern history.

与此同时，税收增加导致产出下降，小企业倒闭的频率创下了现代历史之最。

The Battle of Poltava was one of the major turning points of modern history and we are still living with its consequences.

波尔塔瓦之战是现代历史的主要转折点之一，而我们至今还仍然生活在它的后续影响之中。

This is the first and most serious example of medical negligence not only at the hospital but also in the island's modern history.

这不仅是该医院，也是台湾现代历史上首例医疗疏忽，同时也是最严重的一例医疗疏忽。

Without it, none of us would be here. It has been the source of pleasure and pain since time began and controversy in modern history.

自从万物伊始，它就是快乐与痛苦的源泉，而现代社会对其也争论不休。

No other passenger jet in modern history had disappeared so completely — without a Mayday call or a witness or even a trace on radar.

因为，现代历史上还没有哪架客机像法航447航班一样消失如此彻底----没有求救信号，没有目击者，甚至没有在雷达上留下任何痕迹。

Yeats's sense of modern history, of the crisis of his moment this is something we can describe and explore next time in "Easter 1916."

叶芝对现代历史，和他所生活时代的危机的感触，我们可从下节课要读的诗，1916年的复活节，还描述和探究。