第一: first, number one, primary...
左顾右盼: glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around...
自豪: proud (of one's achievements etc)...
疾病: disease, sickness, ailment...
死心塌地: to be hell-bent on, dead set on sth, unswerving...
明亮: bright, shining, glittering, to become clear...
朗诵: to read aloud with expression, to recite, to declaim...
公开信: open letter...
四面八方: in all directions, all around, far and near...
缸: jar, vat, classifier for loads of laundry...