【正文】 年徑美國(guó)人來(lái)說(shuō)也是一樣的。正像偉大的美國(guó)總統(tǒng)約翰同時(shí)，當(dāng)你在中國(guó)這里以及在美國(guó)了解新的文化、結(jié)交新的朋友之時(shí)，你整個(gè)人就是那些價(jià)值觀的鮮活代表。然而，就自由的表達(dá)自我、選擇自己所崇拜的東西，以及享有信息公開(kāi)而言―我們相信那是地球上每個(gè)人與生俱來(lái)的權(quán)利。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(tīng)之時(shí)，國(guó)家會(huì)變得更加強(qiáng)大和繁榮。有大量來(lái)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。那也是我們何以決定哪些價(jià)值觀和思想是最好的―通過(guò)有力地對(duì)它們提出疑問(wèn)，進(jìn)行辯論，傾聽(tīng)各方觀點(diǎn)，并做出自己的判斷。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。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。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。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?！边€有來(lái)自華盛頓大學(xué)的腓力門(mén)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。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。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。私人部門(mén)也在加緊工作。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)。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。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?；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。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。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。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?。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。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)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)。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。思想可以通過(guò)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(guó)外交政策至關(guān)重要的組成部分。我們也來(lái)到學(xué)校，與像你們一樣的學(xué)生見(jiàn)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 a