下降: to decline, to drop, to fall, to go down, to decrease...
中年: middle age...
丑闻: scandal...
刺耳: ear-piercing...
笨拙: clumsy, awkward, stupid...
转交: to pass on to sb, to carry and give to sb else...
多年来: for the past many years...
产: to give birth, to reproduce, to produce, product, resource, estate, property...
生机: opportunity to live, to reprieve from death, life force, vitality...
家: home, family, (polite) my (sister, uncle etc)...
