New Situation to Be an English Teacher

徐巖

Questions

1.The selection of English teachers used to be mainly based on____

2.What did non-native English teachers deserve but seldom enjoy？

3.What kind of people can now find a job as an English teacher？

4.What is the result of the new form of discrimination？

Word Bank

（1）vital adj.至關重要的，生死攸關的，生氣勃勃的。

例如：Officials failed to pass vital information of the famine to their superiors.官員們沒有將有關饑荒的重要信息匯報給他們的上級。

Support from those closest to you is vital in these trying times.在這艱難的時刻，最親近的人給予你的支持至關重要。

例如：He committed a vital error.他犯了一個致命的錯誤。

The Chinese I knew were trusting，and vital.我所認識的中國人信賴別人，充滿活力。

（2）virtually adv.實際上，實質上，幾乎。

My book has virtually been finished.我的書實際上已經寫完了。

This show，too，was virtually sold out.這場演出的門票也是幾乎在開演前就銷售一空了。

（3）oppress vt.使煩惱，消沉，氣餒；壓制，壓迫。

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits.對今后困難的預感使我情緒低落。

The tyrant who oppressed the people was finally overthrown.壓迫人民的暴君終于被推翻了。

Keys：

1.whether or not one was a native speaker.由文章第二段ten years ago可知。

2.The same status as their counterparts.由第三段可知，非英語母語教師的地位被提至和英語母語教師一般，這在以前是他們理應獲得卻從未得到的認可。

3.Ones who can teach and have the required English level.文章第三段第一句可知。

4.Non-native English teachers have been liberated.Or：It singled out the unqualified.由第四段倒數第二句的thus可知。endprint