升: ascend; go up; hoist; rise...
彬彬有礼: refined and courteous, urbane...
此事: this matter...
事实上: in fact, in reality, actually, as a matter of fact, de facto, ipso facto...
观摩: to observe and emulate, to study (esp. following sb's example)...
等: class, rank, grade, equal to, same as, wait for, await, et cetera, and so on...
村庄: village, hamlet...
曾: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)...
大意: careless...
笑话: joke, jest, to laugh at, to mock...