Watching grass grow

看著草生長

If watching paint dry sounds too exhilarating, you could take a leaf out of Helen Southall’s book.

如果說看著油漆干似乎還有點意思，你可以扯下海倫?索撒爾的一頁書看看。

The grass expert works at British Seed Houses in Lincoln, where her daily duties include counting out and planting 400 seed samples.

Later, she goes through them blade by blade to monitor growth.

這位草評專家在林肯大學(xué)的英國種子會社（British Seed Houses）工作，她的日常職責(zé)包括計數(shù)和種植400顆種子樣本。然后，她開始一片一片葉子監(jiān)控草地生長。

Helen said: “People think that it’s strange when I tell them my job is to watch grass grow.

“But it’s fascinating. I wouldn’t do anything else. It’s so rewarding to see a stretch of perfect grass.”

“當(dāng)我告訴別人我的工作是盯著草地生長時，他們都認(rèn)為這不可思議。但這項工作很有魅力，我無需做其他事情?？粗黄昝啦萜郝煺购苤档??！焙愓f。