通告: to announce, to give notice...
伸: to stretch, to extend...
寥寥无几: just a very few (idiom); tiny number, not many at all, You count them on your fingers....
病: illness, disease, to fall ill, defect...
热气球: hot air balloon...
意志: will, willpower, determination...
独自: alone, by oneself...
预期: to expect, to anticipate...
出众: to stand out, outstanding...
抛弃: to abandon, to discard, to renounce, to dump (sb)...
