(2)摆谱儿：put on airs; keep up appearances
(3)白手起家: start from scratch
(4)拜年：pay New Year call ; wish sb a Happy New Year
(5)班门弄斧：teach one's grandma to suck eggs
(5)保质期：quality guarantee period; sell-by date
(6)报销 ：apply for reimbursement
(7)爆冷门：produce an unexpected answer
(8)曝光：make public
(9)奔小康：strive for a relatively comfortable life
(10)闭门羹：given cold-shoulder
(11)比上不足，比下有余：fall short of the best, but be better than the worst ;
(12)逼上梁山：be driven to drastic alternatives
(13)变相涨价：disguised inflation
(14)边远贫困地区：outlying poverty-stricken areas
(15)边缘知识人：Marginal intellectuals
(16)表面文章：Lip service;surface formality
(17)博导：Ph.D supervisor
(18)补发拖欠的养老金：Clear up pension payments in arrears
(19)不眠之夜：white night
(20)菜鸟：green hand
(21)产品科技含量 technoligical element of a product
(22)长江三角洲：Yangtze River delta
(23)长江中下游：the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River
(24)超前消费: pre-mature consumption / deficit spending
(25)城镇居民最低生活保障：a minimum standard of living for residents
(26)城镇职工医疗保险制度：the system of medical insurance for urban workers
(27)重复建设：buiding redundant project; duplication of similar projects
(28)充值卡：rechargeable card
(29)春运：passenger transport around the Chinese lunar new year ; Spring Festival travel peak ; transport during the Spring Festival
(30)打破僵局：break the deadlock/ break the stalemate/ break the ice
(31)电脑盲：computer illiterate
(32)点球：penalty kick
(33)电视会议：video conference
(34)电视直销：TV home shopping
(35)定向培训：training for specific posts ; job-oriented training
(36)动感电影：multidimensional movie
(37)豆腐渣工程：jerry-built projects
(38)对...毫无顾忌：make no bones about
(39)夺冠：take the crown ; champion ; win
(40)政治多元化：political pluralism
(41)服务行业：service industry
(42)复合型人才：inter-disciplinary talent
(43)岗位培训：on-the-job training ; job training
(44)高等教育自学考试：self-study higher education examination ; higher education self-study examinations
(45)高新技术产业开发区：high and new technological industrial development zone ; High-Tech Industry Development Zone
(46)各大菜系：major cuisine ; major styles of cooking
(47)各行各业：every walk of life
(48)功夫不负有心人：Everything comes to him who waits ; hard work pays off
(49)各尽其能：let each person do his best
(50)公益活动：public welfare activities ; pro-bono activities
(51)工薪阶层：salaried person ; working class ; wage-earning class
(52)过犹不及：going too far ia as bad as not going far enough ; too much is as bad astoo little
(53)函授大学：correspondence university
(54)好莱坞大片：Hollywood blockbuster
(55)核心竞争力：core competitiveness
(56)虎父无犬子：A wise goose never lays a tame leg ;
Like father, like son.(有其父必有其子)
(57)基本国情：fundamental realities of the country
(58)激烈竞争：cut-throat competition ; fierce/intense competition
(59)极限运动：maximal exercise/X-games
(60)集中精力把经济建设搞上去：go all out for economic development ; focus on the economic developement
(61)加班：work overtime
(62)嘉宾: distinguished/honored guest
(63)加快市场步伐：quicken the pace of marketization
(64)假冒伪劣产品：counterfeit and shoddy products ; fake and poor quality commodities
(65)减负：alleviate burdens on sb
(66)江南水乡：the south of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River
(67)教书育人：impart knowledge and educate people ; teach
(68)脚踏实地：be down-to-earth
(69)解除劳动关系：sever labor relations
(70)扩大内需：expand domestic demand
(71)拉拉队：cheering squad
(72)论文答辩：(thesis) oral defence à on one’s thesis defence; defend one’s thesis (v.)
(73)马到成功：achieve immediate victory ; succeed immediately
(74)三维电影/动画片：3-dimensional movie/animation
(75)森林覆盖率：forest coverage
(76)社会保险机构：social security institutions
(77)社会热点问题：hot spots of society ; hot social issues
(78)社会治安情况: public security situation
(79)申办城市：the bidding cities
(80)身体素质：physical constitution ; physique
(81)生计问题：bread-and-butter issue
(82)生意兴隆 ：Business flourishes. / Business is booming. / Business prospers.
(82)市场疲软：a sluggish market ; a weak market
(83)市政工程：municipal projects
(84)事业单位：public institution
(85)试用期：probationary period ; trial period
(86)首创精神：pioneering spirit
(87)手机充值：cell phone replenishing/recharging
(88)台湾同胞：Taiwan compatriots
(89)脱贫致富：cast off poverty and set out on a road to prosperity ; get rid of poverty and become better off/rich
(90)西部大开发：Development of the West Regions ; the Great Development of Western China
(91)新秀：up-and-coming star ; rising star
(92)学生处：students' affairs division
(93)舆论导向：direction of public opinion
(94)招生就业指导办公事：enrolment and vocation guidance office
(95)支柱产业：pillar cornerstone industry
(96)中专生：secondary specialized or technical school student
(97)专题报道：special coverage/report ; feature story
(98)《阿Q正传》:The True Story of Ah Q
(99)《春秋》:Spring and Autumn Annals
(100)知识产权：intellectual property rights
