【正文】 ds.‖ 來自北京大學的牛可（Niu Ke）教授是去年的美國富布賴特學者。我引述下他的話，―最難忘的經歷是和我的美國朋友們在一起?！琓hese lasting bonds represent the true value of studying abroad, and I am thrilled that more and more students are getting this ，我很興奮，越來越多的學生正得到這樣的機會。China is currently the fifth most popular destination for Americans studying today, the highest number of exchange students in the from 。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 ，太多的學生從來沒有這樣的機會，而一些有機會的學生則猶豫是否要抓住它。They 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?‖ 他們可能覺得留學只是有錢的學生或來自某類大學的學生的事。或者，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？‖And believe me I understand where these young people are ing from, because I felt the same way back when I was in see, I came from a working class family, and it never occurred to me to study parents didn’t get a chance to attend I was focused on getting into a university and earning my degree, so that I could get a good job and support myself and help my ，因為我在上大學時也有同樣的感受。你們知道，我來自一個工薪階層家庭，我甚至從來沒想過留學。我的父母沒有上過大學，所以我努力想要進入大學并獲得學位，這樣我就可以得到一份工作來養(yǎng)活自己，幫助我的家庭。And I know for a lot of young people like me who are struggling to afford a regularsemester of school, paying for plane tickets or living expenses halfway around the world just isn’t ，支付世界另一邊的機票或生活費實在是不可能的。And that’s not acceptable, because study abroad shouldn’t be just for students from certain ，因為留學不應僅屬于有一些背景的學生。Our hope is to build connections between people of all races and socioeconomicbackgrounds because it is that diversity that truly will change the face of our we believe that diversity makes our country vibrant and strong, and our study abroad programs should reflect the true spirit of America to the ，因為正是這樣的多樣性，在改變著我們之間的關系。讓我們的國家如此充滿活力和強大，我們的海外留學項目應向世界反映美國的真正精神That’s why, when my husband visited China back in 2009, he announced our 100,000 Strong Initiative to increase the number and diversity of American students studying in，宣布了我們的10萬項倡議，該倡議旨在增加留學中國的美國學生的數(shù)量和多樣性。And this year, as we mark the thirtyfifth anniversary of the normalization of relationsbetween our countries, the actually supports more American students in China than in any other country in the ，在我們紀念中美兩國關系正常化三十五周年之際，美國政府實際上支持更多的美國學生在中國學習。We’re 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 , and the Fulbright program is still going strong with more than 3,000 、大學生和研究生送到這里來學習中文，我們正邀請中國老師到美國的教授普通話，我們?yōu)橄Ｍ魧W美國的中國學生提供免費的在線咨詢。美中富布賴特項目仍在加強，現(xiàn)有3000多名學友。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 。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模仿羅德獎學全（Rhode Scholarship）的一個新項目。And today, students from all kinds of backgrounds are studying here in the example of Royale Nicholson who’s from Cleveland, attends New YorkUniversity’s program in me, Royale is a first generation college student, and her mother worked two fulltime jobs while her father worked nights to support their of her experience in Shanghai, Royale said, and this is her said ―This city oozes persistence and inspires me to acplish all that I can.‖ And happybirthday, was her birthday ，來自不同背景的學生正在中國學習。以來自俄亥俄州克利夫蘭的羅亞爾尼克爾森（Royale Nicholson）為例，她參加了紐約大學在上海的項目。像我一樣，羅亞爾是家里的第一代大學生。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。談到她在上海的經歷時，她說：―這座城市充滿韌性，它激勵我完成所有我能做的事?！?羅亞爾，昨天是她的生日。And then there’s Philmon Haile from the University of Washington whose family came to the refugees from Eritrea when he was a 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的費爾蒙黑爾（Philmon Haile），他還是孩子的時候，他的家人作為厄立特里亞難民來到了美國。談到他在中國學習的經歷時，他說：―在我們進入公民外交的新時代之際，留學是人民間交流的一種強大工具?！DA new era of citizen diplomacy‖I couldn’t have said it better myself, because that’s really what I’m talking ’m talking about ordinary citizens reaching out to the world.―一個公民外交的新時代‖一一我想不出比這更好的說法了，因為這正是我正在談的，那就是普通公民走向世界。And as I always tell young people back in America, you don’t need to get on a plane to be a citizen ，你不需要登上飛機才能成為公民外交官。I 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，如果你在家里、學?；蛘邎D書館能上網，只要幾秒鐘，你就可以被帶到世界任何地方，遇見來自每個大陸的人。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 ，里面有我這次中國之行的視頻和照片―因為我希望美國的年輕人能成為這次訪問的一部分。That’s really the power of technologyby 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 ―通過有力地對它們提出疑問，進行辯論，傾聽各方觀點，并做出自己的判斷。相信我，我知道這是一個令人困惑而沮喪的過程。My husband and I are on the receiving end of plenty of questioning and criticism from our media and our fellow citizens, and it’s not always easy, but we wouldn’t trade it foranything in the ，而我丈夫和我位于接收端。這并非易事，但我們認為它的重要無可取代。Because time and again, we have seen that countries are stronger and more prosperous when the voices and opinions of all their citizens can be ，當所有公民的聲音和觀點都能得到傾聽之時，國家會變得更加強大和繁榮。And as my husband said, we respect the uniqueness of other cultures and when it es to expressing yourself freely, and worshipping as you choose, and having open access to information – we believe those are universal rights that are the birthright of every person on this ，我們尊重其他文化和社會的獨特性。然而，就自由的表達自我、選擇自己所崇拜的東西，以及享有信息公開而言―我們相信那是地球上每個人與生俱來的權利。We 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 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