今年: this year...
背诵: to recite, to repeat from memory...
全球: entire, total, global, the (whole) world, worldwide...
外公: (coll.) mother's father, maternal grandfather...
平均: average, on average, evenly, in equal proportions...
敦厚: genuine, honest and sincere...
上限: upper bound...
丛林: jungle, thicket, forest, Buddhist monastery...
有着: to have, to possess...
惊诧: to be surprised, to be amazed, to be stunned...
