筐: basket...
推进: to impel, to carry forward, to push on, to advance, to drive forward...
时: o'clock, time, when, hour, season, period...
面试: to be interviewed (as a candidate), interview...
设法: to try, to make an attempt, to think of a way (to accomplish sth)...
海峡: channel, strait...
善: good (virtuous), benevolent, well-disposed, good at sth, to improve or perfect...
有两下子: to have real skill, to know one's stuff...
佳节: festive day, holiday...
津贴: allowance...