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Extraordinary Jobs Explained

The document describes several unusual jobs including pet food tester, gumologist, waterslide tester, teddy bear repair technician, snake milker, laughter therapist, paint watcher, and dice inspector. A pet food tester eats dog food to ensure it is safe for dogs. A gumologist works to get the perfect flavor combination for chewing gum. A waterslide tester gets to spend their work week slipping down water slides. A teddy bear repair technician fixes beloved teddy bears. A snake milker collects venom from snakes that is used to create antivenoms and drugs. A laughter therapist's job is to make people laugh for better health. A paint watcher studies the drying time and effects of paint. And a dice

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Extraordinary Jobs Explained

The document describes several unusual jobs including pet food tester, gumologist, waterslide tester, teddy bear repair technician, snake milker, laughter therapist, paint watcher, and dice inspector. A pet food tester eats dog food to ensure it is safe for dogs. A gumologist works to get the perfect flavor combination for chewing gum. A waterslide tester gets to spend their work week slipping down water slides. A teddy bear repair technician fixes beloved teddy bears. A snake milker collects venom from snakes that is used to create antivenoms and drugs. A laughter therapist's job is to make people laugh for better health. A paint watcher studies the drying time and effects of paint. And a dice

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The Most Extraordinary Jobs

1. Pet Food Tester

Yes, it's a thing, and yes it's totally gross.

But as the owner of pet food company Huds and Toke, Mark
Gooley, says, "If you wouldn't put it in your mouth, don't you
dare expect your dog to eat it."

Mr Gooley eats dog food for a living. He eats everything from


doggie treats and chewy bones to liver mixture.

2. Gumologist

A lot of hard work goes into creating the perfect piece of


chewy.

Just ask Jesse Kiefer, who works as a Gumologist for


Cadbury Schweppes.

Kiefer has to get the flavour just right, which isn't easy
with some combos like strawberry and lime - which he
says don't complement each other that well.

3. Waterslide Tester

Monday morning definitely seems a lot more


enticing if you get to spend your working week
slipping down water slides. Especially come
summer.

And water slides are usually placed in massive theme


parks. Imagine getting to spend your lunch break on
a rollercoaster, and eating a hot dog for lunch.

Working holiday, am I right?


4. Teddy Bear Repair Technician

Kids get really emotional about their toys. Remember when your
favourite toy lost an arm, or suffered a similar life-threatening
injury? It was devastating.

But now there's a special technician who can come to the rescue.

The Build-A-Bear Workshops have a Teddy Bear Repair Technician who is hired to repair those much-
loved teddy bears and get them back to their cuddly, intact, lovable selves.

5. Snake Milker

Snake venom is powerful stuff. It can be turned into drugs to treat all
kinds of conditions, including a poisonous snake bite.

But some brave soul needs to collect that venom by hand. They gently
expose the snake's fang and squeeze out the deadly juices.

"The only difference between me and any other company in the world that produces something is that the
means of production here can kill you...and wants to," Alabama snake milker Ken Darnell says.

6. Laughter therapist

They say it takes more muscles to frown than it does to smile. If


that’s true then a career as a laughter therapist should be an easy
ride. In this job a laughter therapist must do their best to make
people laugh their way to a better life. Perfect for any budding
clowns out there!
7. Paint Watcher

You may have heard some people say they’d “rather watch
paint dry” than do something they don’t want to do. Well, if
they really mean it the opportunity is there – studying the
drying time and effects of paint as a full-time job for a paint
manufacturer.

8. Dice inspector

In the gambling world, millions can be lost at the roll of a faulty dice.
With that in mind, the job of a dice inspector is an important one, making
sure each die is in proportion, with all the right angles and blemish free.

Discussion Questions:

1. Which job did you find the most extraordinary/usual/exciting/boring/useful?


2. What other extraordinary jobs have you heard of?
3. What kind of person would do things like that for a living?
4. What qualities are required for each of these jobs?
5. Which of these jobs would you be able to do? Why?
6. Which of them you would never agree to even if offered lots of money? Why?

Vocabulary Focus:

Write down all bold words below and find their each definition by using the context you have from
the text:

Example:

1. Gross =
2. Dare =
3. Etc.

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