She said even athletes who have to travel halfway around the world to compete, will come to Chicago and feel at home.

VOA: standard.2009.09.16

And a lot of children I have come from different cultures, actually we cannot give them more insight into another culture, because even though they go to school with one and another, they don't know that much about each other's backgrounds, where they come from, or what part of world , what language they speak at home.

很多的孩子都是来自于,不同的文化，事实上我们给不了他们,对于其他文化的更多的见解，因为即使他们和其他的,孩子一起来上学，他们并不知道,其他人的背景，他们来自哪,或者世界的那部分，他们在家说什么语言。

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"The circumstances of your life what you look like, where you come from, how much money you have, what you've got going on at home that's no excuse for neglecting your homework or having a bad attitude in school.

VOA: standard.2009.09.08