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Theme 4

After school

words + stones

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firefighter

construction worker

chef

actress

constable

flight attendant

general practioner

mechanic

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Top 10 weirdest jobs

10. 

golf ball diver

9. 

dice quality inspector

8. 

pet food tester

7.

worm picker

6.

chicken sexer

5.

snake milker

4. 

train stuffers

3. 

horrible stunt tester

3.

cow fart smeller

1.

odour judge

#10 Golf Ball Diver

They have to search for the lost balls in the waters of golf courses. Around 2,000-5,000 balls can be collected by a golf ball diver every day.

#9 Dice Quality Inspector

A dice with a tiny imbalance of centre can affect the outcome of any dice-involved games. So, every dice has to go through a series of quality control tests conducted by a professional tester. 

the dice quality inspector

1. moet ieder spel controleren waar je een dobbelsteen voor nodig is
2. moet iedere dobbelsteen controleren waar zes mee is gegooid
3. moet iedere dobbelsteen controleren
4. moet bij iedere dobbelsteen controleren of hij kan balanceren

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#8 Pet Food Tester

They ensure the smell and taste of the pet food. Think about them next time when you’re feeding your pets.

#7 Worm Picker

Ever thought about where do the worms that fishermen use come from? Worm pickers work at night and on rainy days to look for worms and sell them to fishermen in markets worldwide.

a pet food taster

1. moet dierenvoer ruiken
2. moet dierenvoer maken
3. moet dierenvoer ontwerpen
4. moet dierenvoer proeven en ruiken

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#6 Chicken Sexer 

They distinguish the sex of chicken and other hatchlings. This is for easier division of the farming produce such as eggs and chicken meat.

#5 Snake Milker

It is a risky job because it requires sucking out the venom from live snakes. nowadays it is used in medical and scientific research to develop medication and vaccines.

a snake milker

1. wrijft slangen in melk
2. zuigt gif uit levende slangen
3. gebruikt melk om slangengif onschadelijk te maken
4. zuigt melk uit levende slangen

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#4 Train Stuffers

The Japanese government employs staff to push and stuff passengers into the subway to make sure that the space inside the train is fully utilised.

#3 Horrible Stunt Tester

These stunt testers have to make sure all those TV shows’ horrible tasks such as swimming with snakes and eating a cockroach are safe before any guests or celebrities do that.

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#2 Cow Fart Smeller

There’s a practical reason why the cow fart needs to be smelled. It’s to find out whether the cows are eating the good food and being healthy.

#1 Odour Judge

This job requires the staff to sniff people’s armpits! Yes, this is just to make sure the deodorant will work when it hits the market.

an odour judge

1. ruikt aan de oksels van mensen die op de markt geslagen zijn
2. moet aan oksels ruiken om deodorant te testen voor het verkocht word
3. dreigt mensen ze te slaan en ruikt dan wie er last heeft van angstzweet
4. geven punten aan mensen die het minst stinken

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10 weirdest hobbies

mooing

news bombing

soap carving

competitive dog grooming

milk bottle collecting

playing dead

extreme ironing

tape art

stuffed animal travelling

Hikaru Dorodango

Hikaru Dorodango

Or, polishing dirt.

If it sounds weird, well, it is, but 

 it’s possible. Essentially, you make 

a ball of mud and draw the 

moisture out of it, while coating it with finer and finer grains of soil. Then you work the dirt, by hand, polishing it into a 

high-gloss sphere. You’re making

 art with your hands…literally!

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newsbombing

Some people like to appear on TV. So whenever a news camera crew gets set up in a public venue, they hang around in the background on camera. They have appeared in the background of  many live news reports 

Competitive dog groomers continuously work to sculpt their dogs into ever-more surprising and bizarre forms. Shows take place as a subgenre within the larger dog show circuits and . . . oh, who are we kidding? Here are the adorable pictures: 

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Extreme ironing is both an extreme sport and a performance art in which people iron items of clothing in unusual locations. 

Some locations where such performances have taken place include a mountainsides, a forest, in a canoe, while skiing or snowboarding, on top of statues, in the middle of a street, underwater (no idea how this would work), in the middle of the a motorway, whilst parachuting (again no idea how) and under the ice cover of a lake.

extreme ironing

1. when you do the ironing for people who live in remote locations
2. when you only iron pieces of artwork
3. is seen as an artform

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If you thought Planking  was a weird enough hobby then Owling is going to blow your mind! In recent months apparently Planking has become increasingly mainstream and less popular so hundreds of young people in America, Australia and now, Britain, have taken up the new Owling craze.

It consists of crouching down on various objects in unusual situations and staring into the distance, just like an owl. Owling enthusiasts then take photos of themselves and post them on various social networking sites. Each to their own!

owling

1. is only done by people who got a degree in planking
2. is done by people who grew up in the jungle of Australia
3. is done by people who one to become an owl
4. is done by people who think planking has to become to normal

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Guerrilla Gardening is planting shrubbery on property that does not belong to you. Most people interested in Guerrilla Gardening simply want to transform neglected urban areas. So, most guerrilla gardeners find areas that are run down, overgrown and in need of sprucing up. This hobby is technically illegal, but is actually performing a kind of public service.