前不久: not long ago, not long before...
听说: to hear (sth said), one hears (that), hearsay, listening and speaking...
教育部: Ministry of Education...
落后: to fall behind, to lag (in technology etc), backward, to retrogress...
暑假: summer vacation...
出游: to go on a tour, to have an outing...
不再: no more, no longer...
型: mold, type, style, model...
调皮: naughty, mischievous, unruly...
起步: to set out, to set in motion, the start (of some activity)...
