I would like to share with you a new model of higher education, a model that, once expanded,
我想和你们分享一种全新的高等教育模式，这一模式一旦发展起来，
can enhance the collective intelligence of millions of creative and motivated individuals
能提升数以百万计的有创造力和上进心的个人的集体智慧，
that otherwise would be left behind. Look at the world. Pick a place and focus on it.
而没有这一模式的话，这些人可能会被甩在后面，看看这个世界，任选一个地方并聚焦于此。
You will find humans chasing higher education. Let's meet some of them.
你会发现人们正在追寻高等教育。让我们来认识其中的一些人。
Patrick. Patrick was born in Liberia to a family of 20 children.
帕特里克，帕特里克出生于利比里亚一个有20个孩子的家庭。

During the civil war, he and his family were forced to flee to Nigeria.
在内战期间，他和他的家庭被迫逃离去尼日利亚。
There, in spite of his situation, he graduated high school with nearly perfect grades.
在那里，尽管处境恶劣，他依然以近乎满分的成绩从高中顺利毕业。
He wanted to continue to higher education, but due to his family living on the poverty line,
他想要继续接受高等教育，但是由于他的家庭生活在贫困线上，
he was soon sent to South Africa to work and send back money to feed his family.
他不久后被送至南非工作，寄钱回家供养他的家人。
Patrick never gave up his dream of higher education. Late at night, after work, he surfed the net, looking for ways to study.
帕特里克从未放弃他的高等教育之梦。结束工作后的深夜里，他在网上寻找各种途径来学习。