结合: to combine, to link, to integrate, binding...
把: handle...
分歧: divergent, difference (of opinion, position), disagreement, bifurcation (math.)...
骇人听闻: shocking, horrifying, atrocious, terrible...
津津有味: with keen interest (idiom), with great pleasure, with gusto, eagerly...
识字: to learn to read...
便道: pavement, sidewalk, shortcut, makeshift road...
身边: at one's side, on hand...
民办: run by the local people, privately operated...
寸: a unit of length, inch, thumb...
