无精打采: dispirited and downcast (idiom); listless, in low spirits, washed out...
乘客: passenger...
当选: to be elected, to be selected...
方针: policy, guidelines...
日: sun, day, date, day of the month...
接见: to receive sb, to grant an interview...
烟花爆竹: fireworks (i.e. pyrotechnic devices, not the display they produce)...
着力: to put effort into sth, to try really hard...
两边: either side, both sides...
记忆犹新: to remain fresh in one's memory (idiom)...
