饭碗: rice bowl, livelihood, job, way of making a living...
似乎: apparently, to seem, to appear, as if, seemingly...
头条: lead story (on the news)...
人选: choice of person, candidate...
花样: pattern, way of doing sth, trick, ruse, fancy-style (as in figure skating)...
狼狈: in a difficult situation, to cut a sorry figure, scoundrel! (derog.)...
感受: to sense, perception, to feel (through the senses), to experience, a feeling, an impression, an experience...
沼泽: marsh, swamp, wetlands, glade...
凉水: cool water, unboiled water...
分数: (exam) grade, mark, score, fraction...