【正文】 我想要說的是，出國留學(xué)絕不僅是改善你們自己的未來，它也關(guān)乎塑造你們的國家、關(guān)乎我們共有的世界的未來。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)擁有國境外的真實(shí)體驗(yàn)：對(duì)完全不同的語言、文化和社會(huì)的體驗(yàn)。我們可以與各大洲的人們通過短信、電子郵件和Skype進(jìn)行溝通。思想可以通過點(diǎn)擊按鈕跨越海洋。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)，還是美國外交政策至關(guān)重要的組成部分。我們也來到學(xué)校，與像你們一樣的學(xué)生見面。it is quickly being the key to success in our global getting ahead in today’s workplaces isn’t just about getting good grades or test scores in school, which are ’s also about having real experience with the world beyond your borders –experience with languages, cultures and societies very different from your , as the Chinese saying goes: “It is better to travel ten thousand miles than to read ten thousand books.”But let’s be clear, studying abroad is about so much more than improving your own ’s also about shaping the future of your countries and of the world we all when it es to the defining challenges of our time– whether it’s climate change or economic opportunity or the spread of nuclear weaponsthese are shared no one country can confront them only way forward is ’s why it is so important for young people like you to live and study in each other’s countries, because that’s how you develop that habit of do it by immersing yourself in one another’s culture, by learning each other’s stories, by getting past the stereotypes and misconceptions that too often divide ’s how you e to understand how much we all ’s how you realize that we all have a stake in each other’s successthat cures discovered here in Beijing could save lives in America, that clean energy technologies from Silicon Valley in California could improve the environment here in China, that the architecture of an ancient temple in Xi’an could inspire the design of new buildings in Dallas or that’s when the connections you make as classmates or labmates can blossom into something ’s what happened when Abigail Coplin became an American Fulbright Scholar here at Peking and her colleagues published papers together in top science journals, and they built research partnerships that lasted long after they returned to their home Professor Niu Ke from Peking University was a Fulbright ScholarshipScholar in the year, and he reportedand this is a quote from himhe said, “The most memorable experiences were with my American friends.”These lasting bonds represent the true value of studying I am thrilled that more and more students are getting this you’ve heard, China is currently the fifth most popular destination for Americans studying abroad, and today, the highest number of exchange students in the from 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 , 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 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 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 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 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 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