What do you want to be when you grow up? A teacher? A doctor? How about an ice-Cream taster?
Yes, there really is 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 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 （味道）.
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 F. 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. “Tasting begins with the eyes,”he explains. He checks to see if the ice cream is attractive and asks himself, “Does the product have the colour expected from that flavor?”Next it’s time to taste!
Continuing to think up new ideas,try out new flavors and test samples from so many kinds of ice cream each day keeps Harrison busy but happy – working at once cool job.

当你长大成人后，你会从事何种职业？当老师？作医生？要不当一名冰淇淋品尝师如何？对了，还真有这样一种既可得到报酬还能品尝冰淇淋的工作。不信就问一下John Harrison先生。在过往的２１年里，Harrison的工作就是一名＂正式的味道检测员＂。这项检测工作是帮助生产厂家对其产品质量进行确定。在其职业生涯中，Harrison负责认定了大量的含糖冰淇淋；同时还开发出了70多种不同味道的冰淇淋。
不少人会认为干这种工作挺简单，毕竟你只要喜欢冰淇淋就行了。真是这样吗？你错了。“光喜欢还不行，”Harrison说：“还需要拥有化学方面的学历。”他指出：如果哪一位想在这个“冷”领域中谋得一份差事，拥有奶制品和食品科学方面的学历也是相当有用的。
以Harrison某个典型的上午工作为例，他要对６０份冰淇淋样品进行品尝和评定。他会让冰淇淋的温度升到大约华氏１２度；“你会从温度高一些的冰淇淋中品尝出更多的味道，”Harrison解释说：“这就是为什么孩子们喜欢搅拌冰淇淋并创造性地将其做成冰淇淋汤。”
在冰淇淋的温度升高的同时，Harrison就会仔细查看每个样品并按每一种冰淇淋的外观为其打分。他说：“品尝始于眼睛。”他要查看冰淇淋的外表是否吸引人并会问自己，“产品的色泽是否与预期味道相对应？”接下来就是品尝时间了。
不断想出好点子，不断试出好味道，每天都试着林林总总的各式冰淇淋样品让Harrison忙却快活着－－立即加入这项寒冷的工作吧。