山区: mountain area...
提高: to raise, to increase, to improve...
半途而废: to give up halfway (idiom); leave sth unfinished...
咋: dialectal equivalent of 怎麼|怎么(zěn mo)...
吸取: to absorb, to draw (a lesson, insight etc), to assimilate...
帽子: hat, cap, label, bad name...
坏事: bad thing, misdeed, to ruin things...
前头: in front, at the head, ahead, above...
客人: visitor, guest, customer, client...
轻易: easily, lightly, rashly...