国民: nationals, citizens, people of a nation...
讥笑: to sneer...
从不: never...
学业: studies, schoolwork...
传媒: media...
就是: (emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated), precisely, exactly, even, if, just like, in the same way as...
竞相: competitive, eagerly, to vie...
举重: to lift weights, weight-lifting (sports)...
叶子: foliage, leaf, (slang) marijuana, weed...
代号: code name...