安抚: to placate, to pacify, to appease...
申办: to apply for, to bid for...
用处: usefulness...
自动: automatic, voluntarily...
下旬: last third of the month...
岩石: rock...
背叛: to betray...
出人意料: unexpected (idiom), surprising...
天然气: natural gas...
空闲: idle, free time, leisure, unused (place)...