面积: area (of a floor, piece of land etc), surface area, tract of land...
万古长青: remain fresh, last forever, eternal...
反对: to fight against, to oppose, to be opposed to, opposition...
主动: passive, drive (of gears and shafts etc)...
水库: reservoir...
殿堂: palace, hall, temple buildings...
情不自禁: unable to restrain emotions, cannot help...
开天辟地: to split heaven and earth apart (idiom); refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古Pan2 gu3 creation myth...
二手: indirectly acquired, second-hand (information, equipment etc), assistant...
以至于: down to, up to, to the extent that......
