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Cambridge University is advertising for a PhD student to examine the qualities of chocolate in hot weather.

It could be a sweet job for the right candidate, but demands a good university degree, engineering and physics skills, a track record in scientific experimentation, extensive experience of studying soft solids, and good maths. A sweet tooth might also help: more than three years of full-time chocolate is not a career for the soft-centred.

剑桥大学正在征聘巧克力的博士生，来研究如何在高温下保证巧克力的质量。

由于这项研究项目属于“实验性质的科学研究”，有意者至少要拥有名校本科学历、具有扎实的数学基础才能胜任。此外，课程中还需运用大量工程学及物理学的知识。如果你是一名

Cambridge University is advertising for a PhD student to tackle①a three-and-a-half-year research project, into how chocolate can "remain solid and retain qualities sought by consumers", when stored and sold in warm climates.

The problem will be familiar to anyone who has ever put aside a treat to consume later on a warm day and been heartbroken to discover it turned into chocolate sauce: chocolate, the ad points out, "has a melting point close to that of the human body".

The job – only open to EU candidates – has an undisclosed②sponsor described as having "existing technology in this fi eld". The project, the ad continues, "will develop a fundamental understanding of the area which extends beyond the industrial need".

The job, based in the school of chemical engineering and biotechnology③, will start on January 2015, so candidates might do well to find a large bar and a cool place, and put in a bit of practical research immediately.甜食爱好者，这可能也会是个加分项——和巧克力共处三年多可不是人人都能胜任的。

剑桥大学为一个为期三年半的研究项目征聘博士生，专攻如何在温暖的环境中阻止朱古力过早熔化；同时要保证巧克力的味道、质量不受影响，从而让巧克力可以在温暖的气候下妥善保存和出售。

有时我们会将巧克力放在一边，想着稍后再吃，却“悲剧”地发现它变成了巧克力酱，这一场景对我们来说再熟悉不过。正如宣传中指出的，巧克力的熔点接近人体温度，因此很容易变软。

这次征聘只面向欧盟国家，其资助者身份不明，据悉，他已经拥有了“该领域的既存技术”。宣传广告上还讲到，这一项目“已经不仅仅限于满足工业需求，它会深化人们对这一领域的基本认知”。

此项目于2015年1月开始，它以化学工程技术和生物工程技术为基础，因此研究者们最好找一个大巧克力棒和凉快的地方，并立刻开始始研研究究。。

① tackle 英 ['tæk(ə)l] 美 ['tækl] n. 滑车；装备；用具；扭倒vt. 处理；抓住；固定；与……交涉vi. 扭倒；拦截抢球

②undisclosed[,ʌndɪs'klozd] adj. 未泄露的；身分不明的；保持秘密的

③ biotechnology 英 [,baɪə(ʊ)tek'nɒlədʒɪ]美 ['baɪotɛk'nɑlədʒi] n. [生物 ] 生物技术；[生物 ] 生物工艺学