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I would like to share with you a new model of higher education,a model that, once expanded,can enhance the collective intelligence of millions of creative and motivated individuals that otherwise would be left behind.
我想和你們分享一種全新的高等教育模式,這一模式一旦發展起來,能提升數以百萬計的有創造力和上進心的個人的集體智慧，而沒有這一模式的話這些人可能會被甩在后面。
Look at the world.
看看這個世界。
Pick up a place and focus on it.
任選一個地方并聚焦于此。
You will find humans chasing higher education.
你會發現人們正在追尋高等教育。
Let's meet some of them.
讓我們來認識其中的一些人。
Patrick.
帕特里克。
Patrick was born in Liberia to a family of 20 children.
帕特里克出生于利比里亞一個有20個孩子的家庭。
During the civil war, he and his family were forced to flee to Nigeria.
在內戰期間，他和他的家庭被迫逃離去尼日利亞。
There, in spite of his situation,he graduated high school with nearly perfect grades.
在那里，盡管處境惡劣，他依然以近乎滿分的成績高中畢業。
He wanted to continue to higher education,
他想要繼續接受高等教育，
but due to his family living on the poverty line,he was soon sent to South Africa to work and send back money to feed his family.
但是由于他的家庭生活在貧困線上，他不久后被送至南非工作，寄錢回家供養他的家人。
Patrick never gave up his dream of higher education.
帕特里克從未放棄他的高等教育之夢。
Late at night, after work,he surfed the Net looking for ways to study.
結束工作后的深夜里，他在網上尋找各種途徑來學習。
Meet Debbie.
來認識一下黛比，
Debbie is from Florida.
黛比來自佛羅里達。
Her parents didn't go to college,and neither did any of her siblings.
她的父母沒有上過大學，她的兄弟姐妹也都沒有。
Debbie has worked all her life,pays taxes, supports herself month to month,proud of the American dream,a dream that just won't be complete without higher education.
黛比生活的全部就是工作，繳稅，每月維持自己的生計，以美國夢為榮，但是沒有高等教育的話這個夢并不完整。
But Debbie doesn't have the savings for higher education.
但是黛比沒有足夠的積蓄來負擔高等教育。
She can't pay the tuition.
她付不起學費。
Neither could she leave work.
她也不能拋開工作。
Meet Wael.
來認識一下瓦伊爾。
