考研英语时事阅读的每日积累，对备考2020考研考生，在阅读水平提升方面有很大的作用!下面，北京文都考研网小编整理2020考研英语时事阅读:美国“技术”移民体系，供考生参考。
2020考研英语时事阅读:美国“技术”移民体系
【原文节选】
In 2013, Mahoney-Steel was hired by Johns Hopkins to use technology to conduct research in medieval studies and to support other researchers, and arrived in the United States on a visa designed for skilled workers, the H-1B. She moved to Baltimore, met the man who would become her husband, and bought a house. All was well—until last year.
Mahoney-Steel’s visa was up for renewal, a process that has traditionally been automatic, and Johns Hopkins gave her the impression that she had no reason to worry. Nine days before her visa was due to expire, however, authorities at the school told her the renewal process was no longer just a formality and that they would not, in fact, seek to extend her H-1B visa. She had to leave the country almost immediately.
Most visitors who come to the United States each year—whether for work, education, or vacation—travel in on a visa, and there are several different categories, each denoting what travelers can and cannot do while in the country and how long they can stay.
文本选自：The Washington Post(华盛顿邮报)
作者：Krishnadev Calamur
原文标题：The U.S. System for ‘Skilled’ Migrants Is Broken
【重点单词】
medieval
英 [ˌmediˈiːvl] 美 [ˌmediˈiːvl]
adj. 中世纪的(约公元1000到1450年)
renewal
英 [rɪˈnjuːəl] 美 [rɪˈnuːəl]
n. 恢复;更新;重新开始;(对合同等的)有效期延长，展期，续订;改进;复兴;振兴
extend
英 [ɪkˈstend] 美 [ɪkˈstend]
v. 使伸长;扩大;扩展;延长;使延期;扩大…的范围(或影响)
category
英 [ˈkætəɡəri] 美 [ˈkætəɡɔːri]
n. (人或事物的)类别，种类
【参考翻译】
2013年，约翰霍普金斯大学聘请Mahoney-Steel通过技术手段进行中世纪研究，并为其他研究人员提供技术支持。Mahoney-Steel持专门为外籍专业技术人员设立的H-1B签证来到美国。她搬到了巴尔的摩，遇到了她的丈夫，买了一套房子。一切都很好，直到去年。
Mahoney-Steel 的签证即将到期，需要续签，传统意义上这是一个自动化的流程，学校给她的感觉是，不必为此担心。然而，就在签证到期的九天前，该校有关部门告诉她，续签过程不再只是一种形式，事实上，他们不会去延期她的 H-1B 签证。基本上她必须立即离开这个国家。
大多每年来美国的游客, 无论是为了工作、求学还是度假, 都是持签证入境美国的，有多种不同的类型，每一种都指明旅行者在美国期间可以做什么，不能做什么，以及他们可以停留的时间。
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