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ENERGY DRINKS – GOOD OR BAD?
能量飲料究竟是好是壞？
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A lot of people in our class have been drinking them recently.
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Here we can modify to
A lot of people in our class have been drinking them lately.
When we talk about a single action or event, we should use "recently".
Donna was in the library recently.
"Lately" is used with continuous actions.
Donna has been coming to the library a lot lately.
Recently can referred to a single event or continuous event in a near past.
I haven't seen Donna recently.
I haven't seen Donna lately.
Notice
When you talk about a single event that happened in a near past, you can only use recently.
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