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These are the reasons I founded University of the People,a nonprofit, tuition-free,degree-granting university to give an alternative,to create an alternative to those who have no other,an alternative that will be affordable and scalable,
由于這些的原因，我創(chuàng)辦了人民大學(xué)，一所非盈利性的、免學(xué)費(fèi)的、授予學(xué)位的大學(xué)它提供了另一種選擇，為那些沒有其它選擇的人創(chuàng)造了一種選擇，一種價格合理的選擇，一種可擴(kuò)展的選擇，
an alternative that will disrupt the current education system,open the gates to higher education for every qualified student regardless of what they earn, where they live,or what society says about them.
一種打破現(xiàn)行的教育體系的選擇，為每一位合格的學(xué)生打開高等教育的大門，不論他們的收入，不論他們身處何處，不論社會如何議論他們
Patrick, Debbie and Wael are only three examples out of the 1,700 accepted students from 143 countries.
帕特里克、黛比和瓦伊爾只是來自143個國家的1700位被錄取的學(xué)生中的三個例子
Thank you.
謝謝。
We didn't need to reinvent the wheel.
我們不需要重新發(fā)明輪子。
We just looked at what wasn't working and used the amazing power of the Internet to get around it.
我們只是看到那些有問題的地方，并使用互聯(lián)網(wǎng)的神奇力量來繞開問題。
We set out to build a model that will cut down almost entirely the cost of higher education,and that's how we did it.
我們著手建立一種模式，它將削減掉高等教育的絕大部分成本，我們是這樣做到的。
First, bricks and mortar cost money.
首先，大樓需要花錢。
Universities have expenses that virtual universities don't.
大學(xué)有很多的開銷是虛擬大學(xué)所沒有的。
We don't need to pass these expenses onto our students.
我們不需要將這些開銷轉(zhuǎn)移到我們的學(xué)生頭上。
They don't exist.
這些開銷不存在。
We also don't need to worry about capacity.
我們也不需要擔(dān)心可容納的人數(shù)。
There are no limits of seats in virtual university.
在虛擬大學(xué)里沒有座位數(shù)的限制。
Actually, nobody needs to stand at the back of the lecture hall.
事實(shí)上，沒人需要站在講堂的后面。
Textbooks is also something our students don't need to buy.
我們的學(xué)生也不需要購買課本。
By using open educational resources and the generosity of professors who are putting their material free and accessible,we don't need to send our students to buy textbooks.
使用開放的教學(xué)資源以及教授們的慷慨饋贈，很多教授把他們的教學(xué)材料免費(fèi)公開，我們不需要讓我們的學(xué)生去購買課本。
All of our materials come free.
我們所有的材料都是免費(fèi)的。
