魂: soul, spirit, immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body...
事务: (political, economic etc) affairs, work, transaction (as in a computer database)...
如同: like, as...
长江: Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang...
灯笼: lantern...
敷衍: to elaborate (on a theme), to expound (the classics), perfunctory, to skimp, to botch, to do sth half-heartedly or just for show, barely enough to get by...
惭愧: ashamed...
一无所有: not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking, without two sticks to rub together...
模特: (fashion) model (loanword)...
兜售: to hawk, to peddle...
