That's when I began a 10-month teaching contract in China.

而如今，我却要在中国开始履行一份为期10月的授课合同。

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They will complete a year of teaching, even two or three years of contract, and then leave the normal.

他们会完成一整年的教学合同，甚至是两年或者是三年的合同，然后正常离职。

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And yet, I am an early-career academic and so I am forced to move back, every summer, to live with my parents because I cannot afford to pay rent elsewhere after my temporary teaching contract ends.

如今，我是个步入职场不久的大学教师，被迫每年夏天都搬回父母家里，因为临时教职合同一旦结束，我就负担不起任何地方的房租。

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Even after the reforms of teachers' pensions take effect in September, this will still be the case for retirements on health grounds, though teachers will no longer be able to accept an ill-health pension one day and be back teaching on a short-term contract the next.

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