Culture: Professional Witch 文化: 职业巫婆
[audio]http://file.24en.com/bbc/tae/furniture_839764/bbc_tae_223_professional_witch.mp3[/audio][color=#3f3f3f][font=Verdana, 宋体, helvetica, arial, sans-serif][size=12px]Do you ever fancy a career change?
[p=21, 2, left]Well if you can [b]cast spells[/b], fly on a[b]broomstick[/b] and have a good [b]cackle[/b], then you might be interested in becoming a professional witch.[/p][p=21, 2, left]And if you become the Witch of Wookey Hole you could even [b]earn a good salary[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left][b]Legend has it[/b] that the haunted caves of Wookey Hole in the south of England were home to a witch who [b]laid a curse[/b] on the local villagers, until she was turned to stone by a monk.[/p][p=21, 2, left]These days the caves are a [b]tourist attraction[/b] which bring in thousands of visitors a year. And they have just [b]appointed[/b] a new witch.[/p][p=21, 2, left]On Tuesday, Carole Bonahan beat over 300 applicants with pointy hats,[b]capes[/b] and [b][url=http://d.24en.com/s/?wd=hook]hook[/url]ed noses[/b] to win the £50,000-a-year (around 500,000 RMB) post as Wookey Hole’s resident witch.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Carole, who will now be known by her witch’s name Carla [b]Calamity[/b], will give up her job as an [b]estate agent[/b] in order to become a full-time witch. Her main duty will be welcoming visitors to the caves.[/p][p=21, 2, left]Miss Calamity wears [b]stilettos[/b] and describes herself as a “[b]glamorous[/b]witch”. She said that her old job wasn’t perhaps as different to being a witch as you might imagine:[/p][p=21, 2, left]“I am going to be a great witch. All it takes is a little bit of magic and a little [b]pizzazz[/b]. It’s a [b]natural progression[/b] from my old job as an estate agent. I have been using my witching skills to sell houses for a long time.”[/p][p=21, 2, left]Handing over the broomstick was Jane Brenner who has been Wookey’s witch for the past six years. She said:[/p][p=21, 2, left]“We didn’t want anyone who would scare the children. We wanted a good witch to [b]meet and greet[/b] people and to act as an ambassador for the attraction. This isn’t [b]a cushy job[/b].”[/p][p=21, 2, left]Indeed, Carla Calamity had to overcome a wide range of people from [b]all walks of life[/b] in order to get the job. Teachers, a photographer, and even an accountant all [b]threw their hats in the ring[/b].[/p][p=21, 2, left]So next time you feel like introducing a little magic into your life, you might want to think about a career in witching.[/p][/size][/font][/color]
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