【正文】 興奮，越來越多的學(xué)生正得到這樣的機(jī)會(huì)。中國目前是美國人留學(xué)的第五大熱門目的地。今天的美國，來自中國的交換生數(shù)量最多。But still, too many students never have this chance, and some that do are hesitant to take may feel like studying abroad is only for wealthy students or students from certain kinds of they may think to themselves, well, that sounds fun but how will it be useful in my life? And believe me, I understand where these young people are ing from because I felt the same way back when I was in ，太多的學(xué)生從來沒有這樣的機(jī)會(huì)，而一些有機(jī)會(huì)的學(xué)生則猶豫是否要抓住它。他們可能覺得留學(xué)只是有錢的學(xué)生或來自某類大學(xué)的學(xué)生的事?；蛘?，他們可能心里想，―嗯，這聽起來很有趣，但它在我的生活中真正有多大用處？‖ 我理解這些年輕人，因?yàn)槲以谏洗髮W(xué)時(shí)也有同樣的感受。See, I came from a workingclass family, and it never occurred to me to study parents didn’t get a chance to attend college, so I was focused on getting into a university, earning my degree so that I could get a good job to support myself and help my I know for a lot of young people like me who are struggling to afford a regular semester of school, paying for plane tickets or living expenses halfway around the world just isn’t that’s not acceptable, because study abroad shouldn’t just be for students from certain ，我來自一個(gè)工薪階層家庭，我甚至從來沒想過留學(xué)。我的父母沒有上過大學(xué)，我將精力集中在進(jìn)入大學(xué)并獲得學(xué)位，這樣我就可以得到一份工作并養(yǎng)活自己、幫助家人。對(duì)于很多像我一樣靠奮斗才能讀得起一個(gè)常規(guī)學(xué)期的年輕人來說，支付世界另一邊的機(jī)票或生活費(fèi)實(shí)在是不可能的。這是不可接受的，因?yàn)榱魧W(xué)不應(yīng)僅屬于有一些背景的學(xué)生。Our hope is to build connections between people of all races and socioeconomic backgrounds, because it is that diversity that truly will change the face of our we believe that diversity makes our country vibrant and our study abroad programs should reflect the true spirit of America to the ，因?yàn)檎沁@樣的多樣性讓我們的國家如此充滿活力和強(qiáng)大……我們的海外留學(xué)項(xiàng)目應(yīng)向世界反映美國的真正精神。And that’s why when my husband visited China back in 2009, he announced the 100,000 Strong initiative to increase the number and diversity of American students studying in this year, as we mark the 35th anniversary of the normalization of relationships between our two countries, the actually supports more American students in China than in any other country in the ，宣布了我們的10萬項(xiàng)倡議，該倡議旨在增加留學(xué)中國的美國學(xué)生的數(shù)量和多樣性。而今年，在我們紀(jì)念中美兩國關(guān)系正?；逯苣曛H，美國政府實(shí)際上支持更多的美國學(xué)生在中國學(xué)習(xí)。We are sending high school, college and graduate students here to study ’re inviting teachers from China to teach Mandarin in American ’re providing free online advising for students in China who want to study in the the Fulbright program is still going strong with more than 3,000 、大學(xué)生和研究生送到這里來學(xué)習(xí)中文，我們正邀請中國老師到美國的高校教授普通話，我們?yōu)橄Ｍ魧W(xué)美國的中國學(xué)生提供免費(fèi)的在線咨詢。美中富布賴特項(xiàng)目仍在加強(qiáng)，現(xiàn)有3000多名學(xué)友。And the private sector is stepping up as example, Steve Schwarzman, who is the head of an American pany called Blackstone, is funding a new program at Tsinghua University modeled on the Rhodes today, students from all kinds of backgrounds are studying here in 。例如，美國黑石公司的主管斯蒂夫?施瓦茨曼正在資助清華大學(xué)模仿羅德獎(jiǎng)學(xué)全的一個(gè)新項(xiàng)目。今天，來自不同背景的學(xué)生正在中國學(xué)習(xí)。Take the example of Royale Nicholson, who’s from Cleveland, attends New York University’s program in , like me, Royale is a firstgeneration college her mother worked two fulltime jobs while her father worked nights to support their of her experience in Shanghai, Royale saidand this is her quoteshe said, ―This city oozes persistence and inspires me to acplish all that I can.‖ And happy birthday, was her birthday yesterday.(Laughter.)以來自俄亥俄州克利夫蘭的羅亞爾為例，她參加了紐約大學(xué)在上海的項(xiàng)目。像我一樣，羅亞爾是家里的第一代大學(xué)生。她母親做兩份全職工作，而她父親晚上工作以維持他們的家庭。談到她在上海的經(jīng)歷時(shí)，她說：―這座城市充滿韌性，它激勵(lì)我完成所有我能做的事?！?對(duì)了，羅亞爾，我祝你生日快樂。昨天正好是她的生日。And then there’s Philmon Haile from the University of Washington, whose family came to the refugees from Eritrea when he was a of his experience studying in China, he said, ―Study abroad is a powerful vehicle for peopletopeople exchange as we move into a new era of citizen diplomacy.‖還有來自華盛頓大學(xué)的腓力門?海爾，他還是孩子的時(shí)候，他的家人作為厄立特里亞難民來到了美國。談到他在中國學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)歷時(shí)，他說：―在我們進(jìn)入公民外交的新時(shí)代之際，留學(xué)是人民間交流的一種強(qiáng)大工具?！DA new era of citizen diplomacy.‖ I could not have said it better myself, because that’s really what I’m talking am talking about ordinary citizens reaching out to the as I always tell young people back in America, you don’t need to get on a plane to be a citizen tell them that if you have an Internet connection in your home, school, or library, within seconds you can be transported anywhere in the world and meet people on every continent.―一個(gè)公民外交的新時(shí)代‖一一我想不出比這更好的說法了，因?yàn)檫@正是我正在談的，那就是普通公民走向世界。正如我經(jīng)常對(duì)美國年輕認(rèn)說的那樣，你不需要登上飛機(jī)才能成為公民外交官。我告訴他們，如果你在家里、學(xué)?；蛘邎D書館能上網(wǎng)，只要幾秒鐘，你就可以被帶到世界任何地方，遇見來自每個(gè)大陸的人。And that’s why I’m posting a daily travel blog with videos and photos of my experiences here in China, because I want young people in America to be part of this that’s really the power of technology –how it can open up the entire world and expose us to ideas and innovations we never could have ，里面有我這次中國之行的視頻和照片，因?yàn)槲蚁Ｍ绹哪贻p人能成為這次訪問的一部分。這確實(shí)是技術(shù)的力量——它打開整個(gè)世界，讓我們接觸到以前根本難以想象的思想和創(chuàng)新。And that’s why it’s so important for information and ideas to flow freely over the Internet and through the media, because that’s how we discover the ’s how we learn what’s really happening in our munities and our country and our that’s how we decide which values and ideas we think are best –by questioning and debating them vigorously, by listening to all sides of an argument, and by judging for 、并通過媒體自由流動(dòng)是如此重要。因?yàn)槟鞘俏覀儼l(fā)現(xiàn)真理的途徑，那使我們得以了解我們的社群、我們的國家和我們的世界到底在發(fā)生著什么。那也是我們何以決定哪些價(jià)值觀和思想是最好的——通過有力地對(duì)它們提出疑問，進(jìn)行辯論，傾聽各方觀點(diǎn)，并做出自己的判斷。And believe me, I know how this can be a messy and frustrating husband and I are on the receiving end of plenty of questioning and criticism from our media and our fellow it’s not always easy, but we wouldn’t trade it for anything in the time and again, we have seen that countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices of and opinions of all their citizens can be ，我知道這是一個(gè)令人困惑而沮喪的過程。有大量來自我們媒體和公民的質(zhì)疑和批評(píng)，而我丈夫和我位于接收端。這并非易事，但我們認(rèn)為它的重要無可取代。因?yàn)槲覀円淮斡忠淮蔚乜吹?，?dāng)所有公民的聲音和觀點(diǎn)都能得到傾聽之時(shí)，國家會(huì)變得更加強(qiáng)大和繁榮。And as my husband has said, we respect the uniqueness of other cultures and societies, but when it es to expressing yourself freely and worshipping as you choose and having open access to information, we believe those universal rightsthey are universal rights that are the birthright of every person on thi