缩小: to reduce, to decrease, to shrink...
过于: too much, excessively...
吨: ton (loanword)...
爆竹: firecracker...
显著: outstanding, notable, remarkable, statistically significant...
炒: to sauté, to stir-fry, to speculate, to hype, to fire (sb)...
衔接: to join together, to combine...
并列: to stand side by side, to be juxtaposed...
招揽: to attract (customers), to drum up (trade)...
学院: college, educational institute, school, faculty...