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This the VOA Special English Education Report.这里是美国之音慢速英语教育报道。 Many thousands of Chinese are studying at schools in the United States. And writer Liel Leibovitz says the students are following an example that began in the eighteen seventies.成千上万的中国人在美国学校里就读。作家利奥·莱博维茨（Liel Leibovitz）表示，这些学生追随着始于19世纪70年代的榜样。 Mr. Leibovitz and writer Matthew Miller joined forces to tell the story of the students in their book, Fortunate Sons. The book says China sent one hundred twenty boys to America to learn about developments that could help modernize their country.莱博维茨先生和作家马修·米勒（Matthew Miller）强强联手，在他们的著作《幸运之子》中讲述了这些学生的故事。该书称中国派遣了120名男童到美国学习可以帮助实现本国现代化的各类发展。 Mr. Leibovitz got the idea for the book about the boys a few years ago when he was traveling with his wife in China.莱博维茨先生几年前和妻子在中国旅游时产生了写这本书的想法。 LIEL LEIBOVITZ: One afternoon it was raining in Beijing, and so we decided to stay in our hotel room and flip through television stations. And we came across this very arresting photograph of a young Chinese boy dressed in what appeared to be traditional Chinese dress. And he was standing next to a building that was very clearly Yale University. 莱博维茨：“一天下午，北京下着雨，所以我们决定呆在酒店翻看电视，无意中发现了一张非常引人注意的照片，一个中国小男孩穿的似乎是中国传统服饰，站在一幢建筑旁，那明显是耶鲁大学。” Mr. Leibovitz learned that the Qing government sent a whole delegation of boys to learn the ways of the West. The goal was for them to return to China and help their country.莱博维茨先生了解到清政府派遣了一个代表团的男童学习西方的发展道路，其目的是让他们回到中国帮助自己的国家发展。 LIEL LEIBOVITZ: A little bit later on, I was delighted and amazed to discover that these boys, who later turned out to be very, very remarkable men, had left behind an archive of letters, of diaries, of closing articles detailing their entire journey and also what happened to them once they finally returned to China. 莱博维茨：“没过多久，我欣喜并惊讶地发现这些男孩后来成为了非常了不起的人。他们留下了详细记述他们整个在美国的经历，以及回国后经历的归档的信件、日记和文字。” The book says the boys received their American training in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. It must have been a v