一成不变: nothing much changes (idiom); always the same, stuck in a rut...
进展: to make headway, to make progress...
寻求: to seek, to look for...
念书: to read, to study...
领悟: to understand, to comprehend...
失去: to lose...
饮食: food and drink, diet...
照例: as a rule, as usual, usually...
