当地时间5月10日，比尔·盖茨穿着正装出现在纽约市曼哈顿上西区的高档餐厅“Marea”外，在参加完大女儿詹妮弗·盖茨的毕业典礼之后，他和家人们来这里庆祝。    During the Russia-Africa Youth Public Forum, which took place on July 26-28 with support from the Russian Presidential Grants Fund, Sputnik interviewed Svetlana Ulyanova, head of the Project Management Department of the Pushkin state Russian Language Institute, curator of the ‘World Russian Language Ambassadors’ Program. In the interview, she explained why people across the globe chose to learn Russian and what exactly makes Russian culture so great.,Sputnik: Why is it important to promote Russian language learning in foreign countries?,Svetlana Ulyanova: Vitaly Grigorievich Kostomarov, the founder of our Pushkin state Russian Language Institute, used to quote [Anton] Chekhov: “The more languages you know, the more you are a human being.” It was Kostomarov who proposed and developed the methodology of teaching Russian as a foreign language, that is, teaching it to foreigners - because it is a completely different story than teaching it to native speakers.,The Russian language is truly beautiful, interesting, fascinating. We have an amazing culture, a very interesting literature. You can experience Chekhov, Tolstoy in all their beauty only in their original language. So, there is an opportunity to truly understand what our great writers wrote about.,© Sputnik / Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the photo bankPushkin-related sites. Alexander Pushkin Museum-Reserve in Vyazyomy EstatePushkin-related sites. Alexander Pushkin Museum-Reserve in Vyazyomy Estate© Sputnik / Sergey Pyatakov / Go to the photo bank,Sputnik: Why is intercultural dialogue important, especially now, in the current political situation, between Russia and Africa, and Russia and other regions?,Svetlana Ulyanova: Cultural dialog has always been important, as evidenced by the idea of learning the Russian language through culture and the concept of “linguocountry studies”, which originated at the Pushkin Institute. After all, the Russian language is not just grammar and spelling rules. It is literature, art, and finally cuisine that form an understanding of the national character and the Russian language in particular. When we teach Russian to foreigners, we get engaged in a big dialog of cultures. Sometimes students from different continents study in the same group, and Russian becomes their only shared language. In the learning process, they also share part of their culture with us.,Our volunteers [participate], for example, in the program ‘Ambassadors of the Russian language in the world’, a program carried out by the Pushkin Institute with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Russia. We pay a lot of attention to intercultural communication. Otherwise, for example, the children we teach abroad would have no interest when we talk only about ourselves.,We're really interested in learning more about how people live in other countries, interested in learning about them and to really share our cultural moments with each other. That's always interesting. And speaking again about Russian ambassadors, they have the opportunity to learn more about how the whole world lives, to gain new knowledge. That is why we, in our expeditions, always pay great attention to intercultural dialogue. And the volunteers not only promote the Russian language, but they themselves learn more and more about the traditions of other countries.,© Sputnik / Anton Vergun / Go to the photo bankFestival of folk culture "Malanya Winter" in the Belgorod regionFestival of folk culture "Malanya Winter" in the Belgorod region© Sputnik / Anton Vergun / Go to the photo bank,Sputnik: Who is an ambassador of the Russian language in your understanding?,Svetlana Ulyanova: A person who promotes the Russian language. It is a measure of responsibility for what a person does, what a volunteer does. Hence, the high status of the ambassador of the Russian language speaks precisely about that. And on the other hand, indeed, this person is a representative of Russia abroad, a representative of the Russian language, Russian culture. And the ‘World Russian Language Ambassadors’ program just brings everything together.,Sputnik: How can people who learn Russian use the language in the future? Do they intend to work in Russia?,Svetlana Ulyanova: They have absolutely different opportunities. Indeed, it's a matter of business, work, international contracts, they don't have to come to Russia. After that, they can stay in their country and conduct international contracts with Russian companies or work for a Russian company that is abroad, such as Rosatom. Peaceful nuclear energy is one of the most important, large-scale things that Russia does abroad. The second point is the opportunity to travel around Russia and the CIS countries, where people speak Russian. And the third point is to delve deeper into the Russian culture.,We conducted a study called the Index of the Russian Language Position in the World, according to which Russian has taken good positions in such areas as use in international organizations, the number of Russian language resources on the internet, the number of scientific publications, which is why Russian remains the language of science and education, the language of figures and official dialog.,© Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv / Go to the photo bankParticipants in the celebration of the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation in KrasnodarParticipants in the celebration of the Day of the State Flag of the Russian Federation in Krasnodar© Sputnik / Vitaliy Timkiv / Go to the photo bank,Sputnik: How important is it to promote Russian culture now that the Russian people and culture are being subjected to the “cancel culture" in the West?,Svetlana Ulyanova: I believe that Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, our ballet cannot be cancelled. I believe in people's good sense and that people will continue to take an interest in Russian culture. Besides, the Pushkin Institute program, including the ambassadors of the Russian language program, allows us to show the beauty of the Russian language and Russian literature to foreigners. And we do have these opportunities, which we are using.,Sputnik: What are the biggest challenges for people learning Russian?,Svetlana Ulyanova: Russian is considered one of the most difficult languages on the planet. But this does not deny its beauty. Difficulties arise depending on which language the people who learn it speak com from, because some people cannot get used to so many cases and how words change, because in their native language everything is completely different. Some people can't get used to the way we construct sentences, because in their language things are constructed differently. Everyone, probably every nationality, has its own difficulties in learning Russian. But the Pushkin Institute has special methods for teaching Russian as a foreign language. And we take this into account to make it as easy as possible for foreigners to learn our language.。

天空中飘着细雨，现年68岁的微软创始人尽显亿万富翁的派头，由保镖为他撑伞，这个倒也无可厚非。

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现年27岁的詹妮弗在当天正式从西奈山伊坎医学院毕业，结束了长达六年的学习时光，进而还拥有了西奈山儿科项目的住院医生的资格。

詹妮弗的妹妹，现年21岁的菲比·盖茨在自己的社交媒体上分享了姐姐毕业典礼上的画面，并且附上了“她是一名医生”这样的文字，很是为姐姐感到骄傲。

获得住院医生资格的詹妮弗，是否会按部就班地上班，目前尚不可知，毕竟她还有一个名叫莱拉的1岁多的女儿需要照顾。

詹妮弗和埃及裔的丈夫纳耶尔·纳萨尔目前住在纽约一处价值5100万美元（约3.7亿RMB）的顶层公寓中。

三 | 尽管她的父亲曾表示未来将捐出自己的数十亿美元的财富，“以避免宠坏孩子”，但现在他的儿女们显然已经享受了荣华富贵。

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目前就读于位于加利福尼亚州的斯坦福大学的菲比，当天也出现在了餐厅外，她是和妈妈梅琳达·弗朗茨·盖茨一起现身的。

尽管就读的也是名校，但菲比将更多的时间花在了高档派对上，显然她更愿意当一名在社交媒体上拥有影响力的名媛，尽管普遍认为，她的外形和气质实在过于平凡，除了顶着“有钱爸爸”的光环之外，并没有什么值得夸耀的。不过不得不说，那一点就足够了。

21岁的菲比打扮得略显成熟，似乎很是努力地配合了毕业典礼这样的场合，但现年59岁的梅琳达却截然不同，鲜艳的挂脖花裙让她看上去容光焕发。据悉，梅琳达平时跟前夫相聚的机会不是很多，没有什么重要的事情，已经不再是夫妻的他们尽可能不见面，而这一次为了女儿而进行的团聚，也算是久违了。

在和亿万富翁丈夫的婚姻存续期间，梅琳达很少会被关注外表，事实上当时的她偏爱端庄朴素的造型，但现在不同了，她更愿意让别人重视她的存在。

之前梅琳达外出时，左手无名指上佩戴了一枚大钻戒，为此有了订婚的传闻。但很快她就通过知情人士予以了澄清，不仅订婚的事情不存在，就连之前交往的记者男友也成为了过去式。也就是说，梅琳达现在单身，但就像她曾经接受盖尔·金采访时说的那样，“我仍然渴望爱情！”。

相对来说，和前妻分开后的盖茨还是幸运的，很快就找到了另一半，前甲骨文CEO马克·赫德的遗孀宝拉·赫德。两个人虽然没有达到谈婚论嫁的程度，但关系还是稳定的，已经“官宣”了彼此作为恋人的存在。

不过也许是为了表达自己以家人为重的决心，这一次盖茨并没有带上他的女友。