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第三篇Tightened Visa Regulations According to South Korea’s new visa regulations, native speakers of English in South Korea will be required to undergo criminal record checks, medical and drug tests, provide sealed academic transcripts (成绩单) and have their university diplomas inspected, The Korea Times has reported. The tightened regulations will affect an estimated 17,000 foreigners that hold E-2 visas specifically for foreign language teachers. The most controversial requirement is that English teachers residing (居住) outside South Korea will have to have an interview at a South Korean Embassy before taking up their teaching posts. For applicants living in remote areas in Canada, Australia or the US, this is an additional travel burden. Meanwhile, foreign teachers currently living in South Korea must leave the country after their one—year contracts and renew their visas by visiting a neighboring country and return without additional documentation The visa changes are a reaction to public concern about the suitability of some foreign teachers. A report from the South Korean Ministry of Education and Human Resources Development shows between 2001 and August . of this year, 1,481 foreign language teachers have been caught for a range of offenses including forged (伪适的) degrees, visa violations and general lawbreaking. But the changes are likely to slow up the supply of teachers to South Korea’s English language education sector. According to Michael Duffy, manager of a teacher placement service in South Korea, applicants have to spend a few hundred dollars and several months on getting affidavits (书面陈述书) for documents. "South Korea has put up too many hoops (圈) to jump through," he said, adding that foreigners would seek work elsewhere. Most foreigners wonder if the experience of working in South Korea—will be worth the burden of the paper work and increasing restrictions. "I don’t think (South) Korea has thought this through," said Scott Mclnnls, a Canadian teacher based in Incheon near Seoul. This is a reactionary move by the government that will have strong implications for the EFL community. As part of the efforts to ease the discontent (不满), the South Korean Ministry of Justice has granted a three-month grace period for current E-2 visa holders to prepare the necessary documents. The new visa policy aims at()

A. improving foreign language teaching in South Korea
B. protecting South Korea from terrorist attacks
C. providing more job opportunities for the South Korean people
D. encouraging the South Korean people to learn the Chinese language

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B. look at
C. cope with
D. serve as

房屋的所有权人具有多样性,土地所有权人是唯一的。 ( )

A. 对
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A. 对
B. 错

My Life at RendaI learned very quickly that being a teaching assistant(TA)at the University of Iowa would be different from being a teacher at Renmin University. (46) Eyes staring, mouths open, students examined my big nose, while was writing my name on the blackboard. At Iowa, when my first classes began, half of my students still hadn’t arrived. When veryone finally found a seat, ringing cell phones and loud yawns(哈欠)interrupted my opening remarks. It is not that American students were disrespectful. (47) They were, however, far more skeptical than the students I had at Renda. The truth is I Couldn’t fault them for their skepticism. Undergraduates at large US universities—especially freshmen and sophomores—often have several classes a semester handled by TAs. In some cases, the TA sets the course content. (48) Most have good intentions, but very few are as effective as professors. Every teacher has to confront obstacles to learning—no matter what the culture. Students who talk during lectures, students who cheat, students who question the grade they get for a paper or project— dealing with these is all part of the job. (49) The difference, I think, is that in the US I had to swallow more of my pride. (50) I had a responsibility to teach them, of course, but I had to do so indirectly—as a guide who himself had a few things to learn from the students. 50()

A. Back at Renda, l had walked into my first classes feeling like a celebrity.
B. In my students’ minds, I had little to offer them, except perhaps some sample questions for the mid-term exam.
C. In others, the TA works as a grader and discussion leader.
D. I encountered these in China, and I faced them in the US.
E. On the other hand, being taught by a graduate student is not necessarily bad.
F. Most were polite, or at least, indifferent

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