公开信: open letter...
壮大: to expand, to strengthen...
踹: to kick, to trample, to tread on...
评委: evaluation committee, judging panel, judging panel member, adjudicator, abbr. for...
起初: originally, at first, at the outset...
一样: same, like, equal to, the same as, just like...
比如: for example, for instance, such as...
乘: to ride, to mount, to make use of, to avail oneself of, to take advantage of, to multiply (math.), Buddhist sect or creed...
晴朗: sunny and cloudless...
秘书: secretary...