现在: now, at present, at the moment, modern, current, nowadays...
时事: current trends, the present situation, how things are going...
样: kind, type...
凌晨: very early in the morning, in the wee hours...
难听: unpleasant to hear, coarse, vulgar, offensive, shameful...
容颜: mien, complexion...
追究: to investigate, to look into...
利息: interest (on a loan)...
清楚: clear, distinct, to understand thoroughly, to be clear about...
拱: to cup one's hands in salute, to surround, to arch, to dig earth with the snout, arched...
