慈祥: kindly, benevolent (often of older person)...
附: to add, to attach, to be close to, to be attached...
嫁: (of a woman) to marry, to marry off a daughter, to shift (blame etc)...
走过场: to go through the motions...
觉悟: cittotpāda)...
招待会: reception...
化解: to dissolve, to resolve (contradictions), to dispel (doubts), to iron out (difficulties), to defuse (conflicts), to neutralize (fears)...
遗憾: regret, to regret, to be sorry that...
飘: to float...
天性: nature, innate tendency...