【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 d on the Rhodes today, students from all kinds of backgrounds are studying here in 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.)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.”“A 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 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.)我今天來(lái)到這里，是因?yàn)槲抑?，我們的未?lái)，取決于全世界像你們這樣的年輕人之間的聯(lián)系。這也是為什么我們夫婦在國(guó)外訪(fǎng)問(wèn)時(shí)，不只參觀(guān)宮殿和會(huì)晤國(guó)家元首。我們也來(lái)到學(xué)校，與像你們一樣的學(xué)生見(jiàn)面。因?yàn)槲覀兿嘈?，?guó)與國(guó)之間的關(guān)系不只是政府或領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人之間的關(guān)系，它們是人民間―特別是年輕人之間的關(guān)系。因此，我們認(rèn)為海外留學(xué)項(xiàng)目不只是為學(xué)生提供的教育機(jī)會(huì)，還是美國(guó)外交政策至關(guān)重要的組成部分。“讀萬(wàn)卷書(shū)，不如行萬(wàn)里路”你們看，通過(guò)現(xiàn)代技術(shù)奇跡，我們的世界比以往任何時(shí)候都更多地聯(lián)系在一起。思想可以通過(guò)點(diǎn)擊按鈕跨越海洋。全球各地的公司可以進(jìn)行業(yè)務(wù)往來(lái)和相互竟?fàn)?。我們可以與各大洲的人們通過(guò)短信、電子郵件和Skype進(jìn)行溝通。因此，出國(guó)留學(xué)不只是以開(kāi)心的方式度過(guò)一個(gè)學(xué)期―它正迅速成為全球化經(jīng)濟(jì)中取得成功的關(guān)鍵。因?yàn)橐咴诋?dāng)今職場(chǎng)的前沿，只在學(xué)校里取得好成績(jī)是不夠的，還應(yīng)擁有國(guó)境外的真實(shí)體驗(yàn)：對(duì)完全不同的語(yǔ)言、文化和社會(huì)的體驗(yàn)。正如中國(guó)的一句古話(huà)所說(shuō)：讀萬(wàn)卷書(shū)，不如行萬(wàn)里路。我想要說(shuō)的是，出國(guó)留學(xué)絕不僅是改善你們自己的未來(lái)，它也關(guān)乎塑造你們的國(guó)家、關(guān)乎我們共有的世界的未來(lái)。因?yàn)槲覀冞@個(gè)時(shí)代的決定性挑戰(zhàn)一一無(wú)論是氣侯變化、經(jīng)濟(jì)機(jī)遇，還是核武器擴(kuò)散一一這些都是我們共同的挑戰(zhàn)。沒(méi)有任何一個(gè)國(guó)家能夠單獨(dú)應(yīng)對(duì)它們??唯一的出路就是共同攜手。來(lái)自北京大學(xué)的?？山淌谑侨ツ甑拿绹?guó)富布賴(lài)特學(xué)者。我引述下他的話(huà)，“最難忘的經(jīng)歷是和我的美國(guó)朋友們?cè)谝黄?。”這些長(zhǎng)久的紐帶代表留學(xué)的真正價(jià)值，我很興奮，越來(lái)越多的學(xué)生正得到這樣的機(jī)會(huì)。米歇爾現(xiàn)身說(shuō)法談留學(xué)中國(guó)目前是美國(guó)人留學(xué)的第五大熱門(mén)目的地。今天的美國(guó)，來(lái)自中國(guó)的交換生數(shù)量最多。盡管如此，太多的學(xué)生從來(lái)沒(méi)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(jué)得留學(xué)只是有錢(qián)的學(xué)生或來(lái)自某類(lèi)大學(xué)的學(xué)生的事?；蛘?，他們可能心里想，“嗯，這聽(tīng)起來(lái)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。你們知道，我來(lái)自一個(gè)工薪階層家庭，我甚至從來(lái)沒(méi)想過(guò)留學(xué)。我的父母沒(méi)有上過(guò)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。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(lái)說(shuō)，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。我們希望在所有種族和社會(huì)經(jīng)濟(jì)背景的人之間建立聯(lián)系，因?yàn)檎沁@樣的多樣性讓我們的國(guó)家如此充滿(mǎn)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(guó)的真正精神。這就是為什么在2009年我的丈夫訪(fǎng)問(wèn)中國(guó)時(shí)，宣布了我們的100，000項(xiàng)倡議，該倡議旨在增加留學(xué)中國(guó)的美國(guó)學(xué)生的數(shù)量和多樣性。而今年，在我們紀(jì)念中美兩國(guó)關(guān)系正常化三十五周年之際??美國(guó)政府實(shí)際上支持更多的美國(guó)學(xué)生在中國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)。我們正將高中生、大學(xué)生和研究生送到這里來(lái)學(xué)習(xí)中文，我們正邀請(qǐng)中國(guó)老師到美國(guó)的嘗較教授普通話(huà)，我們?yōu)橄Ｍ魧W(xué)美國(guó)的中國(guó)學(xué)生提供免費(fèi)的在線(xiàn)咨詢(xún)。美中富布賴(lài)特項(xiàng)目仍在加強(qiáng)，現(xiàn)有3000多名學(xué)友。私人部門(mén)也在加緊工作。例如，美國(guó)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（Rhode、Scholarship）的一個(gè)新項(xiàng)目?！澳悴恍枰巧巷w機(jī)才能成為公民外交官”今天，來(lái)自不同背景的學(xué)生正在中國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)。以來(lái)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(shuō)：“這座城市充滿(mǎn)韌性，它激勵(lì)我完成所有我能做的事?！边€有來(lái)自華盛頓大學(xué)的腓力門(mén)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(lái)到了美國(guó)。談到他在中國(guó)學(xué)習(xí)的經(jīng)歷時(shí)，他說(shuō)：“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?！薄耙粋€(gè)公民外交的新時(shí)代”一一我想不出比這更好的說(shuō)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(guó)年輕認(rèn)說(shuō)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(shū)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(jiàn)來(lái)自每個(gè)大陸的人。這就是為什么我每天都要發(fā)一篇旅行博文，里面有我這次中國(guó)之行的視頻和照片―因?yàn)槲蚁Ｍ绹?guó)的年輕人能成為這次訪(fǎng)問(wèn)的一部分。這確實(shí)是技術(shù)的力量―它打開(kāi)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。這也是為什么信息和思想在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上、并通過(guò)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(guó)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(guān)和思想是最好的―通過(guò)有力地對(duì)它們提出疑問(wèn)，進(jìn)行辯論，傾聽(tīng)各方觀(guān)點(diǎn)，并做出自己的判斷。相信我，我知道這是一個(gè)令人困惑而沮喪的