A line-up of prominent speakers has been arranged for a Harvard University-related summer program for Chinese high-school students next month.

The speakers at annual HAUSCR Summit for Young Leaders in China (HSYLC) would include New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, former head of Google’s China operations Kai-Fu Lee, and Chinese TV host Shui Junyi, said program spokesman Du Jing on Sunday.

About 7,000 high-school students had applied for the course, for which the fee is 3,600 yuan (530 U.S. dollars), but only 600 had been accepted, said Du.

The program is operated by the student-run Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR) and will be held simultaneously in Beijing and Shanghai from August 12 to 23.

It would offer seminars, classes and extracurricular activities to promote critical thinking and foster “social entrepreneurship and citizenship,” according to the HSYLC website.

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与哈佛大学相关的一个暑期课程于下个月将向中国的高中生开展，一批优秀的演讲者随行参加。
根据课程发言人于周日的讲话，前来中国参与哈佛大学中美国际交流协助机构（HAUSCR）的学生领袖峰会课程的演讲者包括《纽约时报》的专栏作家托马斯•费里德曼，前谷歌中国总裁李开复，和中国电视主持人水均益。
发言人还称，约7000名高中生申请了这个课程，但是只有600人获得录取。课程的费用为3600元（约530美金）。
这个课程由学生运营的哈佛大学中美国际交流协助机构主办，同时在北京和上海举行，时间是8月12日至23日。
根据哈佛大学AUSCR中美学生领袖峰会（HSYLC）的网站，峰会课程会通过研讨会，授课，和课外活动来提高学生的批判性思维，和加强“社会创业精神和公民意识”。
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Harvard student organization to hold educational program in China.

The 64 Chinese students and 11 teachers in town from Shanghai, China, split up in groups Thursday to perform various forms of community service to local organizations.

One group of students from the foreign exchange program sponsored by the Forte International Exchange Association helped clean up the facilities at the Raemelton Therapeutic Equestrian Center in Mansfeild.

The Chinese students are in Mansfield for 12 days taking English classes at Mansfield Senior High School and learning about American culture.

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来自中国上海的64名学生和11名教师，分成小组参与各种各样的社区服务。
由富尔登国际交流协会资助的一部分交换学生来到曼斯费尔德的拉梅尔顿马术治疗中心，协助打扫场地卫生。
在曼斯费尔德的中国学生是在参加曼斯费尔德高中的12天交换课程，进修英语和美国文化。

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WMFD.com – Exchange Students Perform Community Service Projects.

More than 800 students from 16 senior high schools in Taiwan visited the Taiwan Pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo Tuesday, with their admission tickets presented to them by Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng.

The Taiwanese students are in Shanghai to take part in a summer camp along with students from senior high schools in the Shanghai area.

Huang Yu-I, principal of the Taipei Municipal Zhongshan Girls High School, who is one of the chief organizers of the summer camp, told CNA that the Taiwanese students visited the China Pavilion before going to the Taiwan Pavilion.

Afterward, she said, some of the Taiwanese students went to the World Expo’s Puxi area, where the Taipei Pavilion is located. The students were then allowed to visit various other exhibition sites of their own choice.

According to Huang, the students are being provided with free meals and accommodation during the camp. Each student was also given World Expo coupons worth 200 Chinese yuan (US$29.50) that can be used for buying food and gifts at the Expo.

Huang said the summer camp, which will include a forum scheduled for July 22, will help broaden the Taiwanese students’ visions and knowledge through one-to-one communications with their Shanghai counterparts.

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来自台湾16所高中超过800名的学生带着上海市长韩正赠予的门票，于星期二来到2010上海世博会并参观台湾馆。
台湾学生前往上海是与上海的高中生一起参加一个夏令营活动。
台北市立中山女子高级中学黄郁宜校长参与组织此次夏令营。她向中央社称台湾学生在参观台湾馆之前已经参观了中国馆。
一些台湾学生在参观了中国馆之后，前往浦西区参观台湾馆。之后学生们可以自由选择其它展区。
黄校长称，夏令营给学生提供免费饮食和住宿。每位学生还能得到一张价值200元人民币的代金券，用于在园区购买食品和纪念品。
黄校长说，这个夏令营在7月22日会举行一个论坛，届时台湾学生会跟上海的学生进行一对一的交流。她认为这样有助于拓展台湾学生的视野。

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Taiwanese students visit Shanghai Expo – CNA ENGLISH NEWS.

After two year of interviews and research we have compiled our lists of top business schools and Executive MBA (E-MBA) programs for Chinese students looking for study opportunities in America, Australia, Canada, UK, Singapore and New Zealand.

We will be listing the top five schools in each country in no particular order. The criteria used to evaluate schools differs greatly from that used by US News and World Report and others. We queried parents and prospective students during our travels about those issues that most concerned them and most affected their choices before and after admission. The rankings displayed are unbiased and were not affected by our affinity for any program despite one of the schools being a strong supporter of the Blog of Dreams.

Criteria:

• Openness Toward Foreign Students/Ethnic Diversity
• Financial Assistance
• Post Graduation Placement Assistance
• Faculty to Student Ratio
• Overall Reputation of Graduate School
• Campus Safety
• Ease of Application/Admission Office Attitude
• Affordability: Living Costs, Tuition
• Curriculum
• Student Life
• Internship Options
• Salary After Graduation
• Alumni Network

Top Five Business Schools in no particular order for the second year in a row:

• Purdue: Scored highest in Ethic diversity (Chinese students make up 2nd largest population), Alumni Network, Graduate School Reputation, and Curriculum. Downside: “Too many foreign students”

• Ohio State: Scored highest in Student Life, Ease of Application and Financial Assistance. Downside:”Community off-campus lacks resources”

• Cal Poly: Scored highest in Affordability, Campus Safety, Faculty to Student Ratio, Graduate School Reputation (Top Overall Masters Degree Granting Institution in the West) and Post Graduate Placement and salary (for state run schools). Downside: “Application procedure daunting and deadlines are not in line with desirable schools”

• Harvard: Scored Highest in Reputation, Alumni Network, Salary After Graduation, Faculty to Student Ratio, Ethnic Diversity, and Internship Options. Downside: “Impersonal admissions personnel and application procedures”

• University of Minnesota: Scored highest in Ethnic Diversity, Curriculum, Campus Safety, Ease of Application. Downside: “Off-campus life lacks diversity and weather is difficult for some”

Other schools close to making the cut: University of Arizona, Columbia University, UCLA, University of California at Berkeley, University of Pennsylvania and the University of Iowa…

The Blog of Dreams began innocently and with a very small scope: Yanzhi and I were teaching in Macau, and as part of a class project in Global Internet Marketing we organized a blog project. Both of us and our students were frustrated by the stereotypically negative and uninformed commentary found on so many blogs about China–no this week is not new in perceptions if western media coverage. In the spirit of creating a positive voice for China and raising some money to help with charitable causes, we created The China Dreamblogue,. It was to be a site that focused on creating 100% positive China content and a mission to create educational opportunities for Chinese students and a chance for an international audience to find out more about what is right with China.

Soon the “Dream Team” team exploded with ideas for promotions and getting people around the country involved. We worked on a Technorati campaign to get favorited, participated in contests, and held our own photo contests to get people involved. Everyone was excited and happy that we were brainstorming creative ways to engage, not isolate China and its people.

During this same time in China, Yanzhi had become connected to a group of women he began to call, The League of Extraordinary Chinese Women, cancer survivors who had banded together to provide each other with strength, support, and encouragement during a times of deep t crisis. Yanzhi also introduced me to his former student, Coffee, who I later taught. She was and is a remarkable woman who has overcome bone cancer and a leg amputation to train for a professional UN translator certification program in French and has been an intern with the blog for over a year.

Entranced and empowered by the positive force of these women living their lives with freedom and courage, Yanzhi and I decided to take inspiration from these women and other people who were willing to live out their dream. As a part of our pro-China campaign, the two of us had a mission: we as two American teachers would travel around the country for a year on sponsorship from ethically responsible businesses and institutions. Our plan was to visit every province an interview someone from each province and at least one person from each of the fifty-six ethnic minorities in China.

As we began our travels, we also planned to use the Dreamblogue to do good in China. Knowing about the remarkable number of students and new graduates in China who struggle to find jobs, we agreed that we would begin an internship program that would teach students about online marketing, digital media, and professional/corporate blogging, all skills which are extremely important in China’s growing Internet environment and a skill set which few people in China have. So far, we have trained a number of interns and worked with them to develop their skills and knowledge in regards to digital media. We have focused on finding and working with students of remarkable ability who have little chance to take part in the remarkable changes and opportunities available in China.

As an additional part of helping people to achieve their dreams, we have continued to seek out schools and regularly post information on the blog about top schools around the world that are well-equipped and suited for Chinese students, such as the Cal Poly Orfalea School of Business. To this day we have had a number of students who were part of the Dreamblogue get in to top schools around the world, including the University of Michigan, UCLA, Columbia University, Ohio State, Purdue, and others.

To this day, Yanzhi and I have completed about a third of our journey, taking time to continue to accumulate material on the Dreamblogue about different aspects of China, running our photo contest here, and continuing to work with our interns to help them find schools and develop skills in digital media.

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不管是中国学生还是外国学生，大家都有一个梦想就是出国留学。我们载梦博客的一个目标就是通过提供信息和资金支持来帮助那些学生梦想成真。这是这个系列的第一章节，在这个系列里我们会给大家介绍我们认为适合留学的中国，美国，加拿到，英国和澳大利亚的一些学校。
顶尖拳手通常会被体育评论家们拿来同与该选手不同重量级（通常是高于该选手的重量级）的选手进行比较，并将他们归类为“泛级别排名”的最佳或最全面的拳手。我们可以拿这个来比喻全球的MBA课程，尤其是针对中国的那些。

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早在跟加州州立理工大学成为合作伙伴之前，大卫和彦志有过一次和该校奥法里商学院——全美“泛级别排名”最好的国际商学院——的学生于老师们交流的经历。坐落于圣路易欧比斯波的加州州立理工大学奥法里商学院提供给中国和其他国家的学生一个为期一年的学习项目。其工商管理硕士的课程是针对中国的国际贸易而开设的，并在学期末提供学生一个为期一个月的中国文化商务旅行。合格的学生将会走访中国的中小企业、工厂、教育机构、著名的跨国集团，例如：沃尔玛，联想，金沙/威尼斯人。今年他们爬了长城，走访了水乡周庄，参观了联合国教科文组织保护名录下的澳门前葡萄牙殖民地遗址。

所有学生的工商管理硕士的课程都将在加州最安全和最美丽的地区完成。这个项目的学费会比其他相对更有名气的学校的学费少。现在的加州州立理工大学可以说是宝物蒙尘，但依托其世界一流的师资力量和不断创新的学科建设，这件宝物即将被世人发掘。

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“The past three months have far exceeded the The Library Project’s goals and expectations. There is so much to share – from our new home in Xi’an, China to an incredible list of schools benefiting from our support – so let’s get started.

“In September, The Library Project donated our first library to a Chinese countryside elementary school. The Xin Xing Elementary School is located an hour outside of Xi’an, in the ShaanXi Province. Over 500 students in grades 1-6 attend the Xin Xing Elementary School. During our pre assessment we discovered the school library’s uninviting environment and general lack of age appropriate books. Most of the books in the existing library were written for high school or university students with a total of less than 50 children’s books for grades 1-3.

“The Library Project provided 500 children’s books for grades 1-3 and a child-safe reading area with comfortable and colorful furniture. We provided a wide range of children’s books including: history, science, short stories, fairy tales, “pinyin” books for very young readers, children’s dictionaries, children’s reference books, and an assortment of comic books. We also provided a full set of children’s encyclopedias for older students. Every book was in full color and of the highest quality. The Library Project provided colorful child-safe tables and chairs, posters and a globe to populate the previously empty room. Once the library was completed, we held a party to celebrate our accomplishments with the children. Twenty “star” students were chosen to participate in arts, crafts and games. One of our activities had the children draw their “dream library”. We learned that most children want a library located outside consisting of colorful books which float in the air. (We’re working on that concept for a future library.)

“Without a doubt The Library Project has improved the level of education that the Xin Xing Elementary School provides to its students.

“We didn’t stop there. In October The Library Project completed a phenomenal feat of donating three libraries in three days. The libraries are located at three different elementary schools in the countryside of Xi’an: the Si Qing Elementary School, Bai Lu Yuan Elementary School and Mi Cun Elementary School. Furthermore, all the items donated were upgraded from our previous library. We provided higher quality books, better seating, sturdy wooden tables and bookshelves custom made at a local factory, and we even found cacti and plants to put on the tables and shelving.

“Providing three libraries in three days pushed us both mentally and physically. We had a team of over 20 volunteers helping with the delivery of the materials, setting up furniture, sorting books, and playing games with the kids in their new library. Through our experiences we learned this one simple fact: that when The Library Project arrives in a countryside school, the students go absolutely crazy. The madness usually begins when we pull up in our large truck and the children come running out of their classrooms.

“For our next goal, I need your help. In the past we have benefited one school at a time and now we are looking to help an entire school district. We want to make a clear IMPACT on the level of education an entire school district will be able to offer its students. Our first school district we would like to help will be the Ba Qiao School District (the same school district where our last three elementary schools were located).

“The Ba Qiao School District is an hour outside of the Xi’an city center. This area was hit very hard by the closure of state run factories over the past twenty years. Because of the closures and the lack of work, the average annual income is less than 2,000 RMB ($266), and there is very little hope that things will change for the better in the future. To learn more about the Ba Qiao School District, please click here.

“If you are interested in Adopting a Library or adopting a group of schools through our Adopting a School District programs, please click here for more information. You can also send me an email at [*tom@library-project.org* ] to ask any questions about the library adoption process.

“Furthermore, our website has been updated and improved to help both large and small donors have a better idea of exactly how their financial contributions are put to work. We also added an Adopt a Library page for those who would like to provide an entire elementary school with a library. The page also contains information on the Ba Qiao School District. Everyone who donates to the Adopt a School or Adopt a School District programs will receive a Library Completion Report for the specific library that you supported, along with a beautiful hardcover book celebrating our past libraries and the communities and schools we have worked in.

“I am very happy to announce two new additions to The Library Project’s team. Jenny Wang is our first full time employee in China. Jenny is from Hunan Province and has lived in Xi’an for the past ten years. A short list of some of her accomplishments these past few months have been getting us a 20 – 65% discount on children’s books at the country’s largest chain of bookstores, managing our growing list of partners in China, spearheading the completion of our first four libraries in Chinese countryside elementary schools, and doing non-stop assessments of schools and orphanages. Welcome aboard Jenny!

“I am also very happy to announce that Kevin Kruse has joined our Board of Directors. Kevin Kruse joined in August and has been an incredible addition to the team. Kevin has been instrumental in helping create a solid business foundation for The Library Project. He was also our first donor to support our Adopt a School District program. To learn more about Kevin, please check out his bio by clicking here. Welcome Kevin!

“Lastly, please check out some of our new products for the holiday season. We created 50 book, 100 book, 250 book and 500 book gift cards available at $1 a book. Each card also has a beautiful picture of a past library we have donated. The gift cards are a perfect holiday gift idea. To check out our new online store, please click here.

“Your help is greatly appreciated. Click here to make a donation and help give the gift of education and opportunity to a child in Asia. As a result of your donation you will receive photos and a Library Completion Report on the library you helped make a reality. Your donation truly does make a difference.

“The Library Project is a non-profit organization. Your donation is 100% tax deductible. Thank you in advance for your kind support of our efforts.”

Sincerely,
Thomas Stader
The Library Project
Founder

Recently, during my trip in Shanghai, I had the opportunity to speak with Steven Feld, the Executive Director of Professional Programs and Services at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business at the Maryland Center China in Shanghai. What I found was a man with a conviction to foster the growth of a business school in China that could live up to the growing needs for talented managers and can provide people who have already succeeded at doing business in China a chance to hone their skills to a new level.

I have to admit that the interview’s beginning was little rocky. Because of a delay in my flight, I arrived at the Center, bags still in hand, about an hour and a half later than I’d planned. Fortunately, I was able to sneak into another interview and get a few shots at a question and answer. Dr. Feld was happily answering questions from a Chinese newspaper. I decided to go for the big one.

“So, how are you going to compete with Harvard? How about Duke? What have you got for the big guns?” I ask. Dr. Feld Steve Feld just grins. I know he’s been asked this question a dozen times before, and his response is fitting for a man who left Wharton to manage a program sitting on the fence between great and unbeatable.

“It’s all about service,” he said. “If you come to the University of Maryland’s EMBA program here, you get the same quality and the same teachers you’d get as if you were in the US. We don’t water down our program for China.”

And with that, I smiled, reached for my notebook, and realized I’d left it in the cab. Red-faced, I grabbed a sheet of paper from my bag and began writing furiously as Dr. Feld talked about this EMBA in China.

He also pointed out the way in which the program had been made administratively simple. “Our students have an average of 15 years of experience,” Dr. Feld pointed out, “and they are juggling families, running their companies, and completing 54 credit hours of school in 18 months. So we need to help them by making the administrative process of this course–buying books, registering for courses, receiving grades–as simple as possible.”

There were several key points that stood out as Dr. Feld talked. One was his sense of commitment: from everything he said, I could tell that the Smith School is not some kind of attempt to offer a mediocre program to a China hungry for, but an administratively simple program designed to produce the same quality of education that has given the University of Maryland its distinctive international reputation. A key point of the program is that the same professors who teach at the University of Maryland deliver the lectures and do the teaching just as they do in the US. Dr. Feld also stressed the three core competencies of the program: globalization, techonology, and innovation and entrepreneurship, which he believes will be core principles rising entrepreneurs and businesspeople need to master in the coming years of business.

Smith has some impressive ranking as well. Though it’s name is just beginning to come to China, it’s international reputation (ranked #17 in the world and #5 for its research department) is long-standing. One of the most interesting points of discussion I had with Dr. Feld was about the school’s impressive research rank. Can a school with a rank like that deliver good quality teaching, I wondered? Or would the faculty at the U of Maryland feel so much pressure to perform in research that they would neglect their teaching duties? Dr. Feld, as always, gave a delightful response. “Well, we have two ways to respond to that. First, we have research centers designed to disseminate the information from our researchers to the public and to interested parties. Second, we have a really smart dean who created a staff of teaching professors who aren’t obligated to do research. And what this has done is increase the standard of teaching at the University of Maryland, so that both the teaching staff and the research staff frequently get rated highly for their teaching.”

There is a saying China (isn’t there always?): “麻雀虽小, 五脏俱全.” Though the sparrow is small, it has all the vital organs. And though Maryland is by no means a small school in any sense of the word–its reputation and abilities place it among the best in the world–its name is only beginning to gain weight and force in China. Despite this, the programs the University of Maryland offers in China–its EMBA as well as its professional development courses–are designed with care and clever precision to deliver high-quality instruction to China’s business leaders.

A final update: interested readers can check out the Smith Business Intelligence site, a great source of useful information about the latest business information in China.

This past weekend I traveled to Shanghai in order to attend the 2007 China Education Expo, an annual traveling expo showcasing international study abroad opportunities for Chinese students. While there, I also had the chance to catch up with several bloggers, speak with Steve Feld, the Executive Director the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, and spend some time with Christine Lu of the China Business Network. I have to admit that serendipity seemed to follow me as I met up with a number of people, from a helpful and friendly group of Casablancan businessmen on the plane to the Chinese watch salesman that helped me find an Internet Bar when I needed it most.

This week I’ll be writing stories about my adventures and some of the fantastic dreamers I met in my few short days in Shanghai. Photos and maps will follow. Unfortunately, my camera battery died a quick, painless death on this trip, but others have been generous enough to donate their own photos.

Photo courtesy of Ken Yip.

PS–My regrets to missing Chris Carr of Cal Poly MBA Trip‘s latest visit. He was in Beijing and I was not able to meet up with him to hear about the latest on his MBA program in California.

刚刚过去的这个周末，我在上海参加2007中国教育展，这是个一年一度的巡展，目的在于向中国学生展示国外学习的情况并提供留学机会。与此同时，我还有幸能与一些博客写手叙叙旧。我同马里兰大学史密斯商学院的校长Steve Feld有了交谈，还和China Business Network的Christine Lu聊了一会儿。我不得不承认，与一些人的相遇使我一路上好运相伴，他们可以是飞机上热情友善的卡撒布兰卡商人，也可以是在我最需要时帮我找到网吧的中国表贩。
这一周，我会写一些关于这次上海短期奇遇和一群让人惊叹的追梦人的故事。当然，照片和地图少不了。不幸的是，我的相机在半路上无声无息地夭折了，还好有好心人提供了他们的照片。

感谢Ken Yip所给的照片恩惠。

让人遗憾的是我错过了在加州科技大学访问之旅最后一站与Chris Carr见面的机会。他在北京，以致于我无法听他说说加州科大MBA项目的最新情况。

Final Exam Job Descriptions

Here are some examples of resumes:

Click on the images to enlarge. Remember to bring a 1-page typed resume to class printed on A4 standard paper. I will not grade any other kind of resume.

And here is a list of interview questions that will help you prepare for the interview:

Sample Interview Questions and Answers

Remember, you will have about one and a half minutes of interview time, so you will likely only answer two or three questions.

DD

One of the most useful pieces of advice I ever received from a professor was during my sophomore year, in a class called Abstract Algebra. The math was so abstract, in fact, that it is still hard for me to imagine how I made it through that class in one piece. This Professor, however, was able to inspire me, no matter how difficult the assignment, to continue solving problems deep into the night. And his main advice was always this: “Mathematicians spend most of their time being wrong.” And what he meant was that anyone involved in taking risks–mathematicians trying to solve mathematical problems, writers crafting stories, and anyone trying to make their dreams come true–is going to spend much of their time banging their head against a wall, struggling with problems that seem beyond one’s ability to handle. And what I find I need, as I bang my own head against writing this blog, are stories and thoughts from people who have the courage to take risks and dream.

Meet Randy Pausch. I’m not sure exactly how he found his way into my electronic stumbling, but once Yanzhi and I found him, we were hooked. I watched diligently for the first two minutes, but when he said, “The inspiration and permission to dream is huge,” I knew I had found something real. As I watched his story, I knew that his message was something that needed to be on this blog.

Though there were many different and valuable parts to his lesson a lot of different parts to his message, a few pieces really stood out for me. In particular, Professor Pausch struck a cord when he spoke about walls. In China, I find so often that my students, my colleagues, and everyone here eventually comes up against the Great Walls of China. They are walls of silence, walls of insecurity and distrust, or walls of insurmountable difficulty, but they exist for each of us, in real, personal ways. I have watched Coffee, Ms. Yue, Yanzhi, our interns, and myself struggle against these different walls, and each day I am impressed with the courage of other people to stand against walls so much deeper, higher, and more entrenched than my own. Despite all this, standing against walls is only standing, and for me, we need ways around the wall–this is where Randy Pausch came in.

What I found in Professor Pausch’s lecture is not a way around the wall: I do think that only individuals can walk around or break through their own walls, though they can certainly receive help from others. And that offer to help is what people need most. What Professor Pausch’s lecture offers is an invitation to transform these walls into bridges. As he says, “The brick walls are not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don’t it badly enough.” I hope that each of our readers can watch these videos and find in his story, like I did, an imaginative and lively story about finding your dreams and making them come true.

We’ll continue to post these lectures as a feature on our blog. Professor, thank you for telling stories about people striving and achieving their dreams.

作为老师，我跟彦志近来都在思考我们将会如何上最后一堂课。为什么会这样呢？就是因为这位教师，当讲述到他的梦想时，他表现出来的优雅打动了我们。我们经常就如何给中国学生上课的问题进行探讨，然而中国学生们对教育对文化所抱的迥异态度与期望时常令我们感到迷惑，泄气。但是我们发现这世界上也存在着像Randy Pausch这样能够勉励他人的老师。他们做出的许多有关梦想，成功和生活的卓越事迹集结成为一个鼓舞人心的篇章。

我们将会继续在博客上登载这类视频片断。感谢你们向世界散播的希望与笑声。

Dawei: Tell us a little bit about the scholarship you received to study translation.

Coffee: Yeah，I should say‘ thank you’ to my French teacher, he is so kind. He has high expectation on us and so he is strict with us in class, but he is easy-going after classes. I know what it means the moment he decides to grant me this opportunity. I will not let him down. Of course I will grab this opportunity to improve my French proficiency.

Dawei: Will you tell us about your dreams for yourself and why you wanted to study translation?

Coffee: I am always ambitious, I want to learn more about the languages and the cultures about the world, and I want to be a bridge between China and other countries in the world, to be a translator. I am fond of French; Luckily, I got this chance, thanks to the kindness of one of my former teachers at my school. I am now taking French as a second foreign language, and I will keep improving it.

Dawei: What are your dreams for your family and community?

Coffee: Yeah, I’ve been dreaming of changing the condition of my family for a long time. Dad and Mum are now getting old, and they have been swinking all their lives, it’s high time I did something for them, I want to make their lives better, and enjoy their lives in their old ages. I am now living in a small village, it’s far away from Guangzhou, most of my peers receive a secondary school education, and then pour into the job world. I am the only one to get a college education in my village. I hope I can change all this, and to make more children get access to higher education.

Dawei: Dreams are often held back by fears. What is your biggest fear about your dreams, and how have you overcome it?

Coffee: I always tell myself not to put all the eggs in one basket. I am always trying different ways to do things better, to be frank，when striking for my dreams, I am not fear of anything. I have confidence on myself. And I wish I could get a job as a translator, that’s the first step of fulfilling my dreams.

Dawei: What do you encourage others to do in order to achieve their dreams?

Coffee: I want to do my best and to be excellent and to show people life is to be conquered however hard it is. As long as you have a will, nothing is difficult. It is important keeping optimistic while facing difficulties.

Dawei: What do you hope to do with your scholarship and after you complete your training?

Coffee: I will keep on learning , as the saying goes : It’s never to late to learn. It does not mean my French proficiency is good enough after attending the training, there are lots of things I need to learn about. I hope I can learn more during my work. And I know clearly that to be a good translator, I should keep renewing my knowledge.

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1.能谈一谈关于你获得学习翻译课程的事吗？

Coffee：当然，我很感激我的法语老师能给我这样一个机会。他对我们期望很高，所以他上课时对我们都很严厉，但是在课余时间他很随和。我明白他给予我这样一个机会意味着什么，我不会让他失望的，我会好好把握这个机会提高法语能力。

2.能谈谈你的梦想吗？你为什么想要学习翻译课程呢？

Coffee：我总是雄心勃勃的，我想要了解更多世界各国的语言和文化，我想要成为中国和世界上其他国家的桥梁，成为一名翻译家。我喜欢法语，很庆幸，我得到了学习法语的机会，这要感谢我以前的老师。现在法语是我的第二外语，我会继续努力提高。

3.你对你的家人和你的社区有什么样的梦想吗？

Coffee: 是的，我一直都梦想着能够改变家里的现状，爸爸妈妈现在已经不再年轻，他们辛苦劳累了大半辈子，现在是我为他们做点什么的时候了，我想让他们生活得更好一些，在晚年可以尽享天伦之乐。

我家人住在一个小乡村，那离广州很远，我的很多同龄人读完初中便出来工作了，我是整个村子唯一的一个大学生。我希望可以改变这样的现状，让更多的孩子接受更多教育。

4.很多时候人们会因为畏惧心理而使梦想受阻，你最担心的是什么？你又是怎么解决的？

Coffee： 我经常提醒自己不要用一篮子就装掉所有的鸡蛋，我总会尝试不同的方法做好一件事情。老实说，在为实现梦想的奋斗过程中，我没有什么可担心的，我相信我自己，我希望我可以从事翻译工作，那是我实现梦想的第一步。

5.你是怎么鼓励人们去实现梦想的？

Coffee：我希望能做到最好，让大家都知道，不管有多难，人总是可以征服生活的。只要你意志坚定，没有什么事情可以把你难倒。不管遇到什么困难，一定要保持乐观的心态。

6.你想要怎么处理你的奖学金呢？培训完毕之后，有没有打算做些什么呢？

Coffee：我会继续学习深造，所谓：活到老学到老嘛；呵呵……法语培训并不代表我的法语程度达到了炉火纯青的地步，还有很多的东西等着我去学习呢。我希望在工作中能学到更多，而且我知道要做一名好的翻译师，就要懂得不断更新自己的知识。

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For those of you dreaming of going to America to study: We have posted pdf files of the guides in English and in Chinese (see the sidebar for Chinese)…

Study in the US part 1

This is a guide to undergraduate study and educational opportunities in the US. You can find Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian versions of the text here: Undergrad Study in the US.

Study in the US part 2

This guide explains the process of applying for and preparing for graduate study in the US. It includes information about admission, types of institutions, degrees, course loads, and grading systems. It will also discuss the different academic culture in the US and the US academic environment. It also covers specialized programs of study in the US: US nursing school, American law schools, US veterinary medicine, and American dentistry. You can find versions of the text in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian Study in America: US graduate degrees.

Study in the US Part 3

This guide provides thorough descriptions of short-term study options in the US, such as: high school exchange programs, work and professional exchange programs, vocational and technical programs, short-term university study, and professional study. You can find versions of the text in Arabic, French, Spanish, and Russian here: Study in US: Short-term US study.

Study in the US part 4

This guide provides important details on preparing for study in the US, such as obtaining a visa, predeparture information, housing in the us, and travel to the us. You can find versions of the text in Arabic and Russian here: Study in the US: US Visas, Travel to the US, living in the US..

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A few weeks ago, we mentioned the Library Project here on the Dreamblogue. Now, we want to mention them again. They have begun their expansion into China, and we want to bring you news about their latest happenings. From the Library Project‘s press release:

“Everyone at The Library Project are very excited to announce a partnership with Aston English in China. Over the next year The Library Project will conduct ‘The Aston Library Project’ within each of the Aston English schools in China.

“The Aston Library Project will hold book drives at each of their English schools. These book drives should net about 50,000 Chinese language children’s books donated to schools and orphanages in China. The Library Project with the help of Aston English volunteers will then source the donated books to local orphanages and schools. These libraries will be outfitted with tables, chairs, mats and lighting when appropriate for the location.

“Aston operates more than 40 English schools in China and the US. In 1996 Aston opened its first English language school in China and is now operating in more than 26 Chinese cities.

“Because of Aston English’s footprint in China, The Libarary Project has an opportunity to make a huge difference in a very short period of time. A list of cities that are up for libraries are: Beijing, Dalian, Xian, Weinan, Xianyang, Xingping, Yanliang, Chengdu, Kunming, Guiyang, Chongqing, Jinan, Wuhan, Hanzhong, Baoji, Tongchuan, Yanan, Yulin, Dandong, Dongying, Xuzhou, Quingdao and Lianyungang.”

“Thomas Stader, Chinese Country Director said, ‘This partnership is a great example of Aston English’s commitment to education and the betterment of each community that they work within. We are all very excited about this partnership.’”

We will continue to place regular updates here on The Library Project. You can donate directly to the Library Project by clicking here:

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Abbas, from Kurdistan/Iraq:

“My dream is how to study in a foreign country, especially in USA or UK or Canada or Australia, because i am looking for an opportunity to get my master degree in LLM or MBA. I hope I can find someone who can help me.”

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Happy Cookies, from the UK:

“Going abroad is my dream, to have a wider horizon, to know the world more, to have a objective personal judgment, to learn more, experience more…Before I knew any foreigners, I lived under the illusion of the domestic government. Initially, I find their vision ridiculous, but after knowing a bit about their view, I discovered my vision of our world is not the true one. So I rejected the persuasion of my parents to attending the silly civil servant position. And I decided to get out of here and give myself a wider world.”

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Sarah, from the United States:

“To practice medicine internationally”

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BB, from China:

“I hope I have no language barrier with Foreigners.”

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mark331527573, also from China:

“I want to be a multimillionaire.”

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Elvina Trixie, from Indonesia:

“My dream is that people want to learn to listen and to understand each other better.”

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nguyentrain, from Toronto:

“My parents grew up in a place where they were hated for being different from everyone around them, and they came to Canada to give me a chance to grow up without that hate in my life. I want to live in a world where that kind of hate doesn’t exist, where people do not have to leave their homes because of other people’s fear of people who are different.”

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R. Camhino, from Brazil:

“I want to send my children to study in the USA and come home and make our home country a better place.”

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Jiao Wang, from Thailand:

“I want to make friends from very many places in the world!”

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