自动选果机:全球最棒七大美差（二）

Resort Waterslide Tester 水滑道测试员

汤米·林奇绝对会让办公室上班族妒忌不已。出于工作需要，他在2009年已经旅行了2.7万英里（4.35万千米），到世界各地的旅游度假胜地测试水滑道。29岁的林奇为度假设备巨头“第一选择”工作，负责对水滑道的高度、速度、水量、滑道着陆等方面进行检查，也包括安全方面的问题。2008年，他分别对萨罗特岛、马略卡岛、埃及、土耳其、（西班牙）阳光海岸、塞浦路斯、阿尔加维、多米尼亚共和国和墨西哥等地的旅游度假村的水滑道进行测试。2009年，他主要负责对该公司在希腊、土耳其、美国佛罗里达州、牙买加和伊比沙岛等地的新水上度假村进行质量监控。

Surely the envy of any desk-bound office worker，in 2009 Tommy Lynch had traveled over 27，000 miles for his job，testing holiday resort waterslides. Mr. Lynch，29，works for holiday giant First Choice，checking the height, speed，water quantity and landing of the flumes，as well as all safety aspects. In 2008， Mr. Lynch tested waterslides at holiday villages in Lanzarote，Majorca，Egypt，Turkey，Costa Del Sol， Cyprus，Algarve，Dominican Republic and Mexico. He quality controlled First Choice’s new splash resorts in Greece，Turkey，Florida，Jamaica and Ibiza in 2009.

Wine Tester and Blogger 葡萄酒体验员及博客写手

设想一下：你移居到索诺马县的中心地带，每天徜徉在这个位于美国加利福尼亚州北海岸、拥有450家葡萄酒酿造厂的美丽小村庄，住宿免费，学习酿造最佳红酒的复杂技艺，并将你的感受与众多Twitter粉丝分享。再试想一下这份工作月入一万美元（约68000人民币）。听到了吗？来自亚特兰大州的哈代·华莱士是第一个申请这份工作的人，也是知名酒庄墨菲·古德酒厂提供的这份工作的最终获得者——这份为期6个月、月薪一万美元连免费住宿的美差，工作内容就是在Twitter和Facebook上不断更新其酒庄生活日志。面试过程非常简单：在You Tube上传一段视频，说明你能胜任这份工作的原因，然后等待结果。

Imagine moving to the heart of Sonoma County, where every day you’ll come home to more than 450 wineries along the beautiful northern coast of California. Picture living rent-free, learning the intricacies of making the perfect wine, and capturing and sharing the entire experience for your network of Twitter followers. Now imagine getting paid $10000 a month to do it. Listening？ Hardy Wallace of Atlanta, the first person to submit his application, was the winner for the position at Murphy-Goode Winery——a $10000 per month for six months, rent-free job updating Twitter and Facebook with his winery lifestream. The interview process was simple: submit a YouTube video explaining why you would be good for the job and wait to see what happens.

Candy Taster 糖果品尝员

12岁小男生哈里·威尔舍尔得到了另一份世界上最棒的工作——他在一家糖果厂担任首席品尝员。哈里的工作试食秘制糖果。他在斯维左斯·马特罗糖果厂举行的招聘大赛上获胜，得到了这份工作。据他说，第一天开始这份工作，他感觉自己就像走进了《查理和巧克力工厂》所描绘的世界。他对自己最喜爱的糖果“鼓棒”棒棒糖的口味和气味进行的描述令评委们啧啧称奇。这家位于（英国）德比的公司还出品甜心糖、彩虹颗粒糖和帕尔玛紫罗兰糖。他们给这个小男孩制作了首席品尝工作服并配发名片。

Another one of the world’s best jobs has gone to schoolboy Harry Willsher, 12, chief taster in a sweet factory. Harry’s job is to test top secret recipes. He got the job after winning a contest at Swizzells Matlow to find a recruit. According to him, after his first tour at his new job, he felt like having stepped into the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He wowed judges by describing the flavor and smell of his favourite sweet, the Drumstick lolly. The Derby firm, which also makes Love Hearts, Rainbow Drops and Parma Violets, has now given the youngster chief taster overalls and business cards.（摘自2010年3月《疯狂英语中学生》）