废话: nonsense, rubbish, superfluous words, You don't say!, No kidding! (gently sarcastic)...
通过: by means of, through, via, to pass through, to get through, to adopt, to pass (a bill or inspection etc), to switch over...
发生: to happen, to occur, to take place, to break out...
静: still, calm, quiet, not moving...
莫名其妙: (idiom) baffling, inexplicable...
北部: northern part...
答复: (in email header)...
渐渐: gradually...
