This starts with opportunities for educational exchanges, the kind of dorm room and classroom diplomacy that NYU is leading on. I want to commend my friend, your president, the trustees of this great university, for understanding and believing in the importance of educational exchanges.

這一切始于教育交流機會，始于紐約大學率先展開的那種宿舍外交和課堂外交。我要贊揚我的朋友、你們的校長，也要贊揚這所杰出高校的校董們，他們理解并相信教育交流的重要性。

You know, study abroad is like spring training for this century. It helps you develop the fundamentals, the teamwork, and the determination to succeed. And we want more American students to have that opportunity. That’s why we are increasing funding for Gilman scholarships by more than 40 percent. More than 400 New Yorkers have used Gilman scholarships to spend a semester abroad, including nine students from NYU last year.

你們知道，出國留學就象是為一場世紀棒球賽作準備的春訓。它有助于你們增強基礎技能、團隊精神和取得成功的決心。我們要讓更多的美國學生獲得這種機會。這正是我們把吉爾曼獎學金（Gilman Scholarships）的數額增加40%以上的原因。已經有400多名紐約人利用吉爾曼獎學金花一個學期的時間去國外留學，其中包括去年在國外留學的紐約大學的9位同學。

Now, of course, study abroad is a two-way street, and we should bring more qualified students from other countries to study here. NYU provides a prime example of what international students can bring to a campus and how they can benefit themselves and their countries. Over 700,000 international students came to the United States last year, and NYU had the second largest number of any school in the country. (Applause.)

當然，出國留學是一條雙行道，我們也應該吸引其他國家更多的優秀學生到美國來學習。外國學生豐富了美國的大學，使他們自己和他們的祖國受益，紐約大學在這方面樹立了一個杰出榜樣。去年有70萬名外國學生來美國求學，紐約大學招收的外國學生人數在全美各高校中名列第二。(掌聲)

Now, the benefits from such exchanges are so great that I am committed to streamline the visa process – (applause) – particularly for science and technology students so that even more qualified students will come to our campuses in the future. We’re also doing more to marry technology with global service. That’s why today I am pleased to announce that over the next year the State Department will be creating Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships to harness the energy of a rising generation of citizen diplomats. Working from college and university campuses, American students will partner with our embassies abroad to conduct digital diplomacy that reflects the realities of the networked world. And you can learn more about this initiative on the State Department’s website.

由于這些交流帶來了巨大的益處，我決心簡化簽證手續──(掌聲)──特別是為理工科的學生，以便未來有更多優秀學生到我們的大學深造。我們也在擴大把高科技與全球性服務相結合的做法。因此，今天我高興地宣布，在今后一年里國務院將建立起“學生網上外交實習項目”(Virtual Student Foreign Service Internships) ，使正在成長的一代公民外交家的能量得到有效利用。美國大學生將與我國駐外使館協作，在自己的校園內開展網上外交活動，反映網絡化世界的現實。你們可以在國務院網站上了解該項目的詳情。

But I know that you don’t have to wait for us to create a new program. When you go home today, go online and find the website called Kiva, K-i-v-a, where you can help someone like San Ma, a mother in Vietnam who is seeking a microcredit loan to buy rice seed and fertilizer for her family farm; or log on to Heifer International’s site, and for less than the cost of a dinner out, you can donate a flock of geese to a hungry family in Asia or Africa; or help Wangari Mathai’s Green Belt movement in planting trees and offsetting carbon emissions and empowering women in Africa.

但我知道，你們不需要等到我們建立起一個新項目之后再行動。今天你們回家后，上網找到一個稱為Kiva——K-i-v-a——的網站，在那里你可以幫助像San Ma這樣一位越南母親，她正在尋找一筆小額貸款，為她的家庭農場購買稻種和肥料；或者你們可以進入海菲國際（Heifer International）的網站，只要花費比在外面吃一頓晚餐還少的錢就可以把一群鵝捐贈給亞洲或非洲一個饑餓的家庭；或幫助文加里·馬塔伊（Wangari Mathai）倡導的"綠帶運動" (Green Belt movement )，種植樹木，中和碳排放，并幫助非洲婦女發揮潛能。

Now, supporting these projects and others like them doesn't require a lot of time or money. But for the people you help and the planet you protect, your participation can be not just a game changer, but a life changer. Global service also means promoting good governance. We need informed citizens, both here at home and around the world, to hold their governments accountable for getting results and finding solutions.

支持這些項目及其他類似項目不需要花費大量時間與金錢，但對于你們幫助的人們和保護的地球來說，你們的參與不僅能夠改變游戲規則，還能夠改變人們的生活。全球性服務還意味著促進良治。我們在國內和世界各地都需要有見地的公民向政府問責，督促政府取得效益和找到解決問題的方案。