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It was a cold day in January when my scholar, Vidal Chastanet, met Brandon Stanton, the founder of the popular blog "Humans of New York."
那是一月寒冷的一天，我的學生維達·沙塔遇到了布蘭登·斯坦頓，這位熱門博客“紐約眾生”創始人。
Brandon shared the story of a young man from Brownsville who had witnessed violence firsthand, by witnessing a man being thrown off of a roof.
布蘭登分享了一個來自布朗斯維爾的年輕人的故事，他親眼目睹了一場暴力事件，看到一個人從屋頂被扔下。
Yet he can still be influenced by a principal who had opened up a school that believes in all children.
盡管如此，他依然受到一位校長的感化，一位相信所有的孩子而開辦學校的校長。
Vidal embodies the story of so many of our underprivileged children who are struggling to survive,
維達爾代表了我們眾多貧窮孩子的故事，他們努力頑強地生存著，
which is why we must make education a priority.
這也是我們必須把教育擺在首位的原因。
Brandon's post created a global sensation that touched the lives of millions.
布蘭登的博客吸引力全世界的目光，觸碰到數百萬生命的內心。
This resulted in 1.4 million dollars being raised for our scholars to attend field trips to colleges and universities,
同時帶來了140萬美元的捐款，用于資助我們的優秀學生參加各大學的實地考察旅行，
Summer STEAM programs, as well as college scholarships.
夏季STEAM程序以及提供大學獎學金。
You need to understand that when 200 young people from Brownsville visited Harvard,
你應該明白，當200個來自布朗斯維爾的年輕人參觀了哈佛大學，
they now understood that a college of their choice was a real possibility.
他們會了解，他們選擇大學才是真正的機遇。
And the impossibilities that had been imposed upon them by a disadvantaged community were replaced by hope and purpose.
曾經來自一個落后社區給他們帶來的不便，將被希望與決心所替代。
