面包: bread...
起伏: to move up and down, to undulate, ups and downs...
要么: or, either one or the other...
看得见: can see, visible...
不耻下问: not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates...
舔: to lick, to lap...
合作社: cooperative, workers' or agricultural producers' cooperative etc...
一度: for a time, at one time, one time, once...
谁知道: God knows..., Who would have imagined......
灵感: inspiration, insight, a burst of creativity in scientific or artistic endeavor...
