答辩: to reply (to an accusation), to defend one's dissertation...
风餐露宿: brave the wind and dew, stand exposure, deprivation and hunger, go through the rigors of living in the wilderness, exposed to cold and wet on a journey...
怀着: harbour, cherish, be filled with...
结实: rugged, sturdy, strong, durable, buff (physique)...
零: zero, nought, zero sign, fractional, fragmentary, odd (of numbers), (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one), fraction, (in mathematics) remainder (after...
聋: deaf...
胃口: appetite, liking...
城市: city, town...
老乡: fellow townsman, fellow villager, sb from the same hometown...
