Did you ever dream of eating nice and cool ice-cream in the hot summer days when you were young? I am sure your answer is positive. Ice-cream is the favorite food not only for children but also for grown-ups. Can you believe that there is someone who takes tasting ice-cream as a job? Yes, there is really a job where you can get paid to taste ice-cream. Just ask John Harrison, an “Official Taste Tester”for the past 21 years. Testing helps manufacturers (制造商) to be sure of a product’s quality. During his career, Harrison has been responsible for approving large quantities of the sweet ice cream — as well as for developing over 75 flavors.
Some people think that it would be easy to do this job: after all, you just have to like ice cream, right? No — there’s more to the job than that, says Harrison, who has a degree in chemistry. He points out that a dairy or food-science degree would be very useful to someone wanting a career in this “cool” field.
In a typical morning on the job, Harrison tastes and assesses 60 ice-cream samples. He lets the ice cream warm up to about 12℉. Harrison explains, “You get more flavor from warmer ice cream, which is why some kids like to stir it, creating ice-cream soup.”
While the ice cream warms up, Harrison looks over the samples and grades each one on its appearance. “Testing begins with the eyes.” he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the color expected from that flavor?” Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas, try out new flavors, and assess samples (样本) from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy — working at one cool job.
1. Which one is NOT John Harrison’s job?| A．Judging whether the ice cream is qualified for sale. |
| B．Tasting and testing 60 ice cream samples. |
| C．Observing the changes of ice cream. |
| D．Advertising and selling ice cream. |
| A．keep a diary of work |
| B．find out new flavors each day |
| C．have new ideas every day |
| D．have a degree in related subjects |
| A．He stirs the ice cream. |
| B．He lets the ice cream warm up. |
| C．He tastes the flavor of the ice cream. |
| D．He examines the color of the ice cream. |
| A．There are more or less 75 tastes of the ice cream. |
| B．John Harrison has been doing his job for more than 21 years. |
| C．John Harrison will not start his job until the temperature is above 12°F. |
| D．There are totally 60 kinds of ice cream in John Harrison’s area. |
| A．Tasting with Eyes | B．Flavors of Ice Cream |
| C．One Cool Job | D．John Harrison’s |
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1. Which of the following people should apply for Job A?
| A．An energetic American girl with 6 years of experience in marketing． |
| B．A shy Chinese girl who is interested in marketing and willing to learn． |
| C．An outgoing Shandong boy with interest and experience in marketing． |
| D．A aggressive Australian marketing manager who wants to work in Shanghai． |
| A．An international background． | B．A degree in electronics． |
| C．An interest in medical equipment． | D．Willingness for an immediate interview． |
| A．Job A. | B．Job B． | C．Job C． | D．Job D． |
【推荐2】Almost 200 graduate students and postdoctoral (博 士后) researchers gathered April 21 for a career-development event at the annual meeting of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology where they learned about varieties of scientific careers, participated in skill-building workshops and networked with peers and speakers. The entire event was full of useful information
Your career path is less like a ladder and more like a jungle gym.
We're all programmed to see our career path as a series of linear (直线型) steps up to a final goal — undergraduate, graduate, post doctor, forever job — but this rarely happens.
Create a “skills toolbox" and use it.
The skills you develop as a trainee help you stand out in the job market. When you're in the lab, talk to your colleagues about their experiments. Challenge yourself to learn new techniques both in and out of your field. Work on developing critical thinking skills, which will help you however your career evolves.
And acquire skills outside the lab. Explore entrepreneurship, science writing and communication, policy, outreach, education, even art — whatever resonates with you.
Communication skills are critical to success. Less jargon (行话),more passion.
Science is a language most people don't speak fluently. When communicating with diverse audiences, think of yourself as a translator. Eliminate jargon and create analogies (类推) to make your research accessible. Work on making your science story relevant to the audience, which may mean that you don't share every piece of data you have collected. Most importantly, practice.
Training courses like the ASBMB's Art of Science Communication are available to help you develop these skills.
In professional interactions, be confident and remember that your skills and knowledge got you where you are today. Don't be frightened by people who question what you know, and don't let negative experiences diminish your self confidence.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. You don't need to see the entire staircase to take the next step.
With these words in mind, explore your options, network and talk to people in fields that interest you. Don't know where to start? Start with videos under the heading "Career Paths” at asbmb.org and the career section of the ASBMB Today website.
| A．Don't be afraid of new challenges. |
| B．Work on believing that you belong in the room. |
| C．Below are five tips for career success that struck me. |
| D．This will help build you into a well-rounded candidate. |
| E．You may move sideways in your career or even take a step or two back before moving up the ladder again. |
| F．Once you find a job that interests you, identify people in the field and ask for informational interviews. |
| G．Imposter (冒名顶替者)syndrome is a reality for many people in the sciences, especially those from underrepresented groups. |
【推荐3】If you’re looking for a part-time job, micro jobs can be good choices for you. There’re simple ways for you to make money online. Micro jobs refer to small tasks or short-term jobs you can complete online. Here are a few sites that allow you to do such work.
Voices
If you have a speaking voice that is clear and are interested in voice-overs, you should consider this website. There is no age requirement and you just have to make a brief introduction to yourself and upload a voice sample (样本). You can expect to earn around $100 per job.
CrowdSource
You can get paid to complete many kinds of tasks, including data entry, writing, and translation among others. The pay is at around $10 for each task you complete. If you have a writing task, you can expect to earn anywhere between $0.02 and $0.035 per word. The payment is made via PayPal.
Qmee
You need to install Qmee on your computer or mobile phone before you can make money through it. It will show some advertisements when you are online and you will get paid for each advertisement that shows. Payment is made into PayPal regardless of the amount earned.
Ibotta
You will simply get paid to do something you love—shop. If you are planning to go out shopping, simply have a look at the app, check the rewards for specific products and then head out and make some cash back. If you are a new user you will earn $10 the moment you sign up. Your rewards can be cashed out in the form of gift cards or PayPal.
1. What is a must for working on Voices?| A．Being over 18 years old. |
| B．Having been trained in broadcasting. |
| C．Being experienced in making speeches. |
| D．Showing your voice and personal details. |
| A．By writing on it. |
| B．By viewing advertisements. |
| C．By making comments on it. |
| D．By sharing online games with others. |
| A．People enjoying reading fashion news. |
| B．People hoping to get valuable products |
| C．People loving to spend much time online. |
| D．People wanting to save money while shopping. |
【推荐1】Perhaps some girls are wondering whether their kitties can see colors. The simple answer is yes, but the detailed answer is much more interesting.
To help you understand how your cat sees, it’s helpful to understand how our eyes work. It’s the eye and brain working together that turn light into color. Our eyes can react to the light and send signals to the brain. Those signals are translated into colors. The amount of three primary colors — red, blue, and green determines the final color your brain registers. It’s thought that people can see as many as one million colors.
Both people and cats have three different types of cones (视锥细胞), allowing us to see that red, blue, and green. The big difference is that cats have considerably fewer overall cones than people. As a result, they’re not able to see as many different color variations as we are. There’s also a difference in the richness of color they see because they are much less sensitive to changes in light than we are.
Compared with humans, cats tend to see blues, greens, and grays best. Cats can easily tell the difference between these three colors groups. However, reds and pinks, and likely yellows, are difficult for cats to tell. However, cats can see much better in low light than we can. They have more rods (视杆细胞) (responsible for detecting motion) than humans, so they better detect small movements that are significantly farther away. Cats have broader surrounding vision since their eyes are set more on the sides of the head.
Interestingly, cats can’t see well close, right in front of their face. If you’ve been wondering why your cat doesn’t play well when you shake a toy right in front of them, it’s because they can’t see it. They’re using their other senses to figure out where that toy is.
1. Which may replace the underlined word “registers” in Paragraph 2?| A．Imagines. | B．Shows. | C．Carries. | D．Records |
| A．Their overall cones are fewer. | B．They have better color vision. |
| C．Their movements are smaller. | D．They see better in low light. |
| A．Reds and pinks. | B．Blues and greens. |
| C．Yellows and oranges. | D．Purples and browns. |
| A．Cats see better than us. | B．Cats’ cones are different. |
| C．Cats can see differently. | D．Cats’ vision is larger than ours. |
【推荐2】Virtual reality is quickly becoming the new technological frontier. Tech companies everywhere seem to be racing to get their foot in the VR door. However, Virtual reality has a set of challenges and hurdles that it must overcome in order to work well. Michael Abrash, a writer and programmer, listed a number of these in a speech from 2014; they include things like low latency, high refresh rate, high resolution, a wide field of view and rock solid tracking, among others. Even if you don’t quite understand the technical aspects of those terms, it should be noted that VR is heavily dependent on being very fast, very accurate and very good-looking. If it isn’t, the viewer will feel motion sick or disconnected from the world that VR is trying to create.
Now that we can actually build VR headsets that begin to meet these requirements, we are seeing a rising interest in VR. As it rises, so does the interest in creating new media to be experienced in using virtual reality. Journalism is a medium built on relevance. Journalists should always be finding new ways to tell stories and deliver content. It is a goldmine for storytelling. What better ways to tell a story to someone than to put them right in the center of it?
Some journalists and publications are already utilizing VR. Vice creative director Spike Jonze, in a collaboration with director and visual artist Chris Milk, put viewers at the scene of the Millions March protest in New York in December, 2014. The University of Southern California created “Project Syria,” which allows viewers to experience the bombing of a crowded neighborhood and visit a refugee camp in the titular, war-torn country. These are just a few examples of a growing number of projects that are out there.
Virtual reality is a powerful tool for journalists. The consumer isn’t just reading or watching something play out; they’re experiencing it. The immersive nature of VR allows for people to connect with the subject matter on a much deeper level than just reading about it. The experience is emotional, speaking more to our instinct than our intellect. The possibilities for storytelling here are legion, and any storyteller wanting to do something more interesting than their peers should surely be considering the sheer power of VR.
The question of virtual reality, though, is not how powerful it is. That is immediately apparent. The question of VR is one of viability and availability. Telling stories must be easy to do, and access to those stories must be readily available. This is the biggest challenge that VR faces. If the tools to tell a story with VR aren’t easy to pick up and learn, VR will fail. If VR technology isn’t both top-of-the-line and affordable, VR will fail.
Accessibility was one concern for Thomas Hallaq, assistant professor of journalism and mass communications, who said that current VR technology is pretty exclusive right now. Despite that, he said he doesn’t think the exclusivity of this technology will be a problem in the long run.
“I think it’s very promising,” Hallaq said. “We’re seeing more technology become accessible, and more people having access to that technology. Just look at smartphones.” If the technology is widely available and companies like Oculus, Samsung, HTC and Valve can overcome the inherent hurdles, VR will succeed in being a desirable means of storytelling. Like radio, TV and the Internet before it, virtual reality will change the way we tell stories.
1. Why is VR considered a powerful tool for journalism?| A．Because it is an exclusively new tool. |
| B．Because it is very powerful and popular. |
| C．Because people can experience the story in person. |
| D．Because it is very fast, accurate and good-looking. |
| A．How powerful and interesting it can be. | B．Whether people will have easy access to it. |
| C．Whether qualified VR headsets can be built. | D．What new ways people will find to deliver content. |
| A．optimistic | B．neutral | C．pessimistic | D．concerned |
| A．The Wide Popularity of Virtual Reality | B．The Future Development of Virtual Reality |
| C．Challenges and Hurdles of Virtual Reality | D．Virtual Reality is the Future of Storytelling |
【推荐3】Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in the world? It is an increasingly urgent question, given the recent mining accidents in Sago, W. Va and Huntington, Utah. A small group of engineers and robotics experts look forward to a day in the not-too-distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work.
Robotic technology, in particular, holds much promise, McAteer says, especially when it comes to mapping mines and rescuing trapped miners—the special operations of the mining industry.
One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie Mellon University’s Robotics Institute. It was called Groundhog. It used lasers to “see” in dark tunnels and map abandoned mines—some of the most dangerous work in the business.
The latest design is called Cave Crawler. It’s a bit smaller than Groundhog, and even more advanced. It can take photos and videos and has more sensors that can detect the presence of dangerous gases. Incredibly, the robot has a real sense of logic. If it comes across an
obstacle (障碍) it gets momentarily confused. It has to think about what to do and where to go next. Sometimes it throws a fit just like a real person.
The greatest problem, though, is cost. The money of the earliest research project was provided by the government, but that money had dried up, and it’s not clear where future money will come from. Partly for that reason, and partly because of advances in safety, mining is not nearly as dangerous as it was in the past. Since 1990, fatalities (死亡) have declined by 67% and injuries by 51%, according to the National Mining Association.
Some experts predict that robots in mines will serve much of the same function that they do in the automotive industry. The robots do the most boring and dangerous jobs, but won’t get rid of the need for human workers.
1. Why is the latest robot more advanced than Groundhog?| A．It acts like a real person. | B．It has more sensors. |
| C．It’s smaller than Groundhog. | D．It has a real sense of logic. |
| A．The mining robots will have a very promising future. |
| B．There will be no need for human workers in mines. |
| C．Robots in mines will serve much in the automotive industry. |
| D．Robots in mines do some simple jobs now. |
| A．The mining robots do most of the mining work at present. |
| B．Groundhog can discover the presence of dangerous gases. |
| C．Experts are trying to make robots help miners with dangerous work. |
| D．This research project has been well funded by government. |
| A．Mining Accidents in America |
| B．Cave crawler, the Latest Robot |
| C．Robots in Mines |
| D．The Future of Robots |
