Interviewer: Daniel Ash, your new book is a collection of articles

Interviewer: Daniel Ash, your new book is a collection of articles about people with strange jobs.
Daniel: Yes, I collected stories about unusual jobs from all over the world.
I : So youre not talking about actors or shop assistant s.
D: No, all the people in the book have very strange jobs.
I: I see its organized into different industries, like the cleaning industry. But isnt cleaning a normal job?
D: Normally, yes. But did you know theres a man in America called Brad Fields and he cleans chewing gum off the Statue of Liberty? Well, actually, hes got a company called Gumbusters. But thats all they do they clean gum off the streets and famous buildings of New York.
I: Oh, what a horrible job!
D: Yes, Americans chew 56 billion pieces of chewing gum a year. Then they throw most of it onto the street. Thats a lot of cleaning.
I: OK, that job is quite unusual .But what about in the food industry?
D: Well, when a company wants to advertise food they sometimes need a food stylist. Their job is to make food look good in advertisements.
I: Ive never heard of that job before.
D: Well, there are only about 20 food stylists in Britain. For example, when we look at a picture of strawberries and cream were really looking at strawberries and white paint.
I: Really?
D: Yes, and they paint sausages with washing-up liquid, then coffee, to make them look natural.
I: So whats the strangest job in your book, do you think?
D: Well, how about vermiculturalist?
I: Whats that?
D: A vermiculturalist is a worm farmer. These people manage farms that only have worms. No other animals, only worms.
I: But why?
D: Well, worms like eating rubbish and thats good for the environment. So companies pay a worm farmer to clean up their rubbish.
I: Fascinating, but ugh, not a job for me. I see theres also a chapter about artists. What strange jobs did you find in
Listen to Daniel Ash talking about his new book, What do you do? Then state if the following statements are true or false. Correct the false sentences.

True False
1. The jobs in the book are from all over the world.

2. They paint sausages with tea and coffee.

3. Americans chew 57 million pieces of gum a year.

4. Brad Fieldss company cleans gum off the streets and famous buildings of New York.

5. Food stylists take photos of food.

6. Worm farmers use worms to eat rubbish.

Костян Сельтюров 2019-07-18 18:05:45

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