收视率: ratings (of a TV show)...
任命: to appoint, (job) appointment...
沙漠: desert...
空气: air, atmosphere...
可行: feasible...
无理取闹: to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative...
堡垒: fort...
症结: hard lump in the abdomen (in Chinese medicine), crux of an issue, main point in an argument, sticking point, deadlock in negotiations...
养老: to provide for the elderly (family members), to enjoy a life in retirement...
念: to read, to study (a subject), to attend (a school), to read aloud, to give (sb) a tongue-lashing (CL:)...
