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y 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 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 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 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 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 this believe that all people deserve the opportunity to fulfill their highest potential as I was able to do in the United as you learn about new cultures and form new friendships during your time here in China and in the United States, all of you are the living, breathing embodiment of those I guarantee you that in studying abroad, you’re not just changing your own life, you are changing the lives of everyone you as the great American President John once said about foreign students studying in the ., he said “I think they teach more than they learn.” And that is just as true of young Americans who study of you are America’s best face, and China’s best face, to the worldyou truly day, you show the world your countries’ energy and creativity and optimism and unwavering belief in the every day, you remind usand me in particularof just how much we can achieve if we reach across borders, and learn to see ourselves in each other, and confront our shared challenges with shared I hope you all will keep seeking these kinds of I hope you’ll keep teaching each other, and learning from each other, and building bonds of friendship that will enrich your lives and enrich our world for decades to all have so much to offer, and I cannot wait to see all that you achieve together in the years you so .(Applause.)第二篇:米歇爾的演講Transcript: Michelle Obama39。ve met, and the stories I39。s notice, diving into harm39。re going to run, and they39。s vision for this country...and I was certain he would make an extraordinary President...like any mother, I was worried about what it would mean for our girls if he got that would we keep them grounded under the glare of the national spotlight? PBS NewsHour/YouTubeFirst lady Michelle Obama addresses the DNC after being introduced by military mom Elaine Brye, from PBS would they feel being uprooted from their school, their friends, and the only home they39。t want that to change if he became loved Barack just the way he see, even though back then Barack was a Senator and a presidential candidate...to me, he was still the guy who39。t have much in the way of money or material possessions but who had given us something far more valuable – their unconditional love, their unflinching sacrifice, and the chance to go places they had never imagined for father was a pump operator at the city water plant, and he was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis when my brother and I were even as a kid, I knew there were plenty of days when he was in pain...I knew there were plenty of mornings when it was a struggle for him to simply get out of every morning, I watched my father wake up with a smile, grab his walker, prop himself up against the bathroom sink, and slowly shave and button his when he returned home after a long day39。d been brought up just like was raised by a single mother who struggled to pay the bills, and by grandparents who stepped in when she needed 39。t asking for didn39。re supposed to do, then you should be able to build a decent life for yourself and an even better life for your kids and 39。t count unless you earn it fair and learned about gratitude and humility – that so many people had a hand in our success, from the teachers who inspired us to the janitors who kept our school clean...and we were taught to value everyone39。t change who you are – it reveals who you see, I39。s thinking about the pride that es from a hard day39。s how he brought our economy from the brink of collapse to creating jobs again – jobs you can raise a family on, good jobs right here in the United States of it es to the health of our families, Barack refused to listen to all those folks who told him to leave health reform for another day, another didn39。s what my husband stands it es to giving our kids the education they deserve, Barack knows that like me and like so many of you, he never could39。re Barack knows what it means when a family knows what it means to want something more for your kids and knows the American Dream because he39。s the same man who started his career by turning down high paying jobs and instead working in struggling neighborhoods where a steel plant had shut down, fighting to rebuild those munities and get folks back to work...because for Barack, success isn39。s the same man who, when our girls we