报名: to sign up, to enter one's name, to apply, to register, to enroll, to enlist...
桃树: peach tree...
说情: to intercede, to plead for sb else...
形影不离: inseparable (as form and shadow)...
不免: inevitably...
乡镇: village, township...
朦胧: hazy...
吹捧: to flatter, to laud sb's accomplishments, adulation...
雇佣: to employ, to hire...
上岗: to take up one's post, to be given a job...