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A student who graduated university with a degree in music and English has been given a job as a human scarecrow.
一個獲得音樂及英語雙學位的大學畢業生，接受了職業稻草人的工作。
Jamie Fox, 22, who recently graduated from Bangor University, will use a ukulele, accordion and cowbell to frighten partridges away from a field in Norfolk.
杰米·福克斯今年22歲，他剛從威爾士的班戈大學畢業，之后他要依靠尤克里里琴、手風琴和牛鈴等樂器來驅趕諾福克郡鄉間田地里的山鶉。
He is being paid ￡250 a week to wear a bright orange coat and play the instruments in a ten acre field where birds are unpeturbed by ordinary scarecrows.
這份工作周薪250英鎊，要求他穿著橙色的外套在一個十英畝的田里彈奏樂器，一般的稻草人無法阻止那里的鳥雀。
His boss, Aylsham farmer William Youngs, even warned him to "bring a deckchair and a good book" for his days in the oilseed rape field.
他的雇主是埃爾舍姆的農場主威廉·揚，他的工作地點是一片油菜田，老板威廉甚至提醒他“帶把躺椅和一本好書”來打發時光。
Mr Fox, who says his friends are "slightly envious" of his role, is now saving to pay for a trip to New Zealand next year.
福克斯正在為明年去新西蘭旅行存錢，他說自己的朋友“有些嫉妒”他的這份工作。
"I get to sit and read for a lot of the time but whenever I see the partridges, I have to get up and scare them off," he told the BBC.
“我有許多時間坐在那里閱讀，不過一旦我看到山鶉就必須馬上起來嚇跑它們。” 他這樣告訴BBC的記者。
"I ring a cowbell and I've even played the accordion, but the ukulele doesn't seem to have any effect on them."
“我搖牛鈴，拉手風琴，不過似乎尤克里里琴對它們不起作用。
