取笑: to tease, to make fun of...
报考: to enter oneself for an examination...
节衣缩食: to save on food and clothing (idiom); to live frugally...
举世闻名: world-famous (idiom)...
常温: room temperature, ordinary temperatures...
自学: self-study, to study on one's own...
拽: to pull, to tug at (sth)...
倒塌: to collapse (of building), to topple over...
秋天: autumn...
学科: subject, branch of learning, course, academic discipline...
