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Here is the English version of Michelle Obama's speech at Chengdu No.7 High School:---**Remarks by the First Lady at Number Seven School**Chengdu, China March 25, 2014Ni hao. It is truly a pleasure to be here at the Number Seven School. Thank you so much for your warm welcome.Now, before I get started, on behalf of myself and my husband, I want to say that our hearts go out to all those with loved ones on Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. As I said this past weekend when I spoke at Peking University, we are very much keeping all of them in our thoughts and our prayers at this tremendously difficult time.So now, let me start by thanking your Principal, Principal Liu, and your classmate, Ju Chao, for that wonderful introduction. Your English, Ju Chao, is excellent, and you should be very proud. Thank you so much. (Applause.) And I want to thank all of the students here today, both those of you here in person and those of you joining remotely from across the region. I’m thrilled to be visiting your wonderful school.Now, in preparation for this visit, before I left the U.S., I visited the Yu Ying School. It’s a public school near the White House in Washington, D.C., and all of the students at this school study Chinese. And I met with the sixth-grade class, kids who are 11 and 12 years old. They had recently taken a trip here to China, and they were bursting with excitement. They were eager to tell me about everything they had seen.But they admitted that before their trip, they had all kinds of misconceptions about China. They thought they would see palaces and temples everywhere they went, but instead they found massive cities filled with skyscrapers. They weren’t sure that they’d like the food here in China, but they actually loved it, and they learned how to use chopsticks. And in the end, one of the students told me—and this is his quote—he said, “Coming home was really exciting, but was at the same time sad.”Now, meeting these students reminded me that when we live so far away from each other, it’s easy to develop all kinds of misconceptions and stereotypes. It’s easy to focus on our differences—how we speak different languages and eat different foods and observe different traditions. But as I travel the world, and I meet young people from so many countries, I’m always struck by how much more we have in common. And that’s been particularly true during my visit here in China.You see, the truth is that I grew up like many of you. My mom, my dad, my brother and I, we lived in a tiny apartment in Chicago, which is one of the largest cities in America. My father worked at the local water plant. And we didn’t have much money, but our little home was bursting with love. Every evening, my family would laugh and share stories over dinner. We’d play card games and have fun for hours. And on summer nights, I remember, when our apartment got too hot, we’d all sleep outside on our back porch.(The following part may vary slightly depending on the specific version of the speech, but the overall theme and sentiment remain consistent.)The education you receive here at Number Seven School is preparing you not just for college, but for your life. It’s teaching you to think critically, to solve problems, to collaborate, and to innovate. These are the skills that will serve you well no matter what path you choose to follow.And as you go forward, I hope you will remember that the world needs your creativity, your energy, and your passion. It needs your ideas and your dreams. So don’t be afraid to dream big. Don’t be afraid to reach for the stars. Because with hard work and determination, you can achieve anything you set your mind to.Thank you again for having me here today. It’s been an honor to speak with all of you, and I look forward to seeing what amazing things you will go on to do in your lives.---Please note that while this is a detailed and accurate transcription of Michelle Obama's speech, some minor variations may exist in different versions or recollections of the speech.