人事: personnel, human resources, human affairs, ways of the world, (euphemism) sexuality, the facts of life...
兑换: to convert, to exchange...
强硬: tough, unyielding, hard-line...
兴建: to build, to construct...
阅读: to read, reading...
逐年: year after year, with each passing year, over the years...
平和: gentle, mild, moderate, placid...
一起: in the same place, together, with, altogether (in total)...
急于: eager to, in a hurry to...
念书: to read, to study...