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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.至关重要的，生死攸关的，生气勃勃的。

例如：Officials failed to pass vital information of the famine to their superiors.官员们没有将有关饥荒的重要信息汇报给他们的上级。

Support from those closest to you is vital in these trying times.在这艰难的时刻，最亲近的人给予你的支持至关重要。

例如：He committed a vital error.他犯了一个致命的错误。

The Chinese I knew were trusting，and vital.我所认识的中国人信赖别人，充满活力。

（2）virtually adv.实际上，实质上，几乎。

My book has virtually been finished.我的书实际上已经写完了。

This show，too，was virtually sold out.这场演出的门票也是几乎在开演前就销售一空了。

（3）oppress vt.使烦恼，消沉，气馁；压制，压迫。

A sense of trouble ahead oppressed my spirits.对今后困难的预感使我情绪低落。

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

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，非英语母语教师的地位被提至和英语母语教师一般，这在以前是他们理应获得却从未得到的认可。

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.由第四段倒数第二句的thus可知。endprint