遮盖: to hide, to cover (one's tracks)...
师范: teacher-training, pedagogical, normal (school, e.g. Beijing Normal University)...
雄厚: robust, strong and solid...
慢车: local bus or train, slow train with many stops...
贯彻: to implement, to put into practice, to carry out...
北极: the North Pole, the Arctic Pole, the north magnetic pole...
家乡: hometown, native place...
转折点: turning point, breaking point...
因为: because, owing to, on account of...
扛: lift/raise with both hands; hold up with both hands...
