听取: to hear (news), to listen to...
激动: to move emotionally, to stir up (emotions), to excite...
聘用: to employ, to hire...
发表: to issue, to publish...
败: to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither...
姿态: attitude, posture, stance...
发扬光大: to develop and promote, to carry forward, to bring to great height of development...
低迷: blurred (landscape etc), low (spirits), in a slump (economy)...
