豎眉毛“小囧貓”走紅網絡
A moggy with his own Facebook page and Instagram account is taking the internet by storm thanks to his expressive eyebrows.
一隻擁有傳神豎眉毛的“小囧貓”正在迅速成爲網絡新寵，它在臉書和Instagram上的照片席捲網絡。
Curious-looking Sam has racked up 150,000 Instagram followers and 530,000 likes on Facebook since bursting onto the scene in 2012.
自2012年進入人們視野以來，“小囧貓”薩姆（Sam）現已擁有15萬Instagram粉絲，在Facebook上獲得了53萬個贊。
Owner Amanda Collado, 26, from New York, has been handling the overwhelming amount of requests from fans and media for the past three years.
薩姆的主人阿曼達·科拉多（Amanda Collado）今年26歲，來自紐約，過去三年一直在處理來自粉絲的大量請求。
She said: 'There have definitely been situations where I have had to ignore friends, family or work in order to take the time to do Sam's posts or answer emails on his behalf.
她說：“爲了給薩姆擺拍，以薩姆的名義回覆郵件，我確實會有忽略朋友和家人的情形。”
'Everyone gets a little annoyed when I'm on my phone and not paying attention to them.
“當我因爲埋首於手機而忽視身邊的人時，大家都會有點生氣。”
'On Facebook he'll get up to 10,000 likes on each photo - on Instagram he gets maybe 5,000 likes on each photo.
“在臉書上，它的每一張照片都能獲得上萬個贊——而在Instagram上，它的每張照片可以獲得5000個贊。”
'I never thought Sam would be so popular in Japan, Australia, Sweden, or any of the countries where he's been featured in newspapers and magazines.'
“我從沒想到薩姆在日本、澳大利亞、瑞典或者任何一個在報紙雜誌上報道過它的國家，都會如此受歡迎。”
Amanda's mum, Ivette Rodriguez, noticed the abandoned cat outside her home in New York one evening before a night out.
一天晚上外出之前，阿曼達的母親伊維特·羅德里格茲（Ivette Rodriguez）在她紐約的家門外發現了這隻被丟棄的小貓。
Ivette said: 'I looked to the right and I saw a little niche next to the house and there was a cat in there.
伊維特說：“我往右看，發現房子旁邊有個淺淺的洞，那裏頭有隻貓。”
'He was just curled up - I put blinders on because I really did not want a cat.
“它蜷縮着——我假裝什麼也沒看見，因爲我實在不想養貓。”
'My daughter said that he willingly gave himself up to her - I guess he was so tired of being outside.
“我女兒說它想和她待在一起——我猜它可能不再想待在外面了。”
'People said he looked like Martin Scorsese or Colin Farrell - he also has the same eyebrows as my mother, who thinks we dyed Sam's eyebrows.'
“有人說它看起來像馬丁·斯科塞斯（Martin Scorsese）或者柯林·法瑞爾（Colin Farrell）——它的眉毛也和我媽媽的一樣。我媽媽還以爲我們給薩姆的眉毛染了色。”
Amanda created an Instagram account for Sam after a friend pointed out his expressive brows.
有天一個朋友說薩姆的眉毛很“囧”，之後阿曼達就爲薩姆開了一個Instagram賬戶。
She said: 'I didn't notice his eyebrows initially.
她說：“起初，我沒怎麼注意到它的眉毛。”
'He had about 800 followers at first - but in February someone posted his photo on Reddit and he blew up overnight - I woke up with 1600 followers.
“剛開始，它有大約800名粉絲——但是二月份的時候，有人將它的照片發佈在紅迪網（Reddit）上，它就一夜爆紅了——我早上起來，看到粉絲增加至1600名。”
'From there we made a Facebook and all other social media accounts.
“從那開始，我們就爲薩姆開設了臉書和其它社交媒體的賬號。”
'I find it baffling that a cat is this famous and that people care about him this much.'
我覺得奇妙，一隻貓會如此出名，人們對它會如此關注。”
Amanda posts pictures to Sam's account every two days, but spends most of her day keeping up with all of his fans.
每隔一天，阿曼達就上傳一些照片到薩姆的賬戶上，但她每天大部分時間都用在和粉絲溝通上面。
But the effort she puts into her pet's social media has paid off - and she has bigger plans for Sam's future, including merchandise.
但是，她在這隻寵物的社交賬戶上所做的努力也獲得了回報——她對薩姆的未來也有了更宏大的計劃，比如“小囧貓”周邊商品。
Amanda said: 'Sam's fame is definitely growing - he has a lot of potential to branch out.
阿曼達說：“薩姆正聲名鵲起——它有很大的發展潛力。”
'Eventually we'll sell Sam merchandise, because I know many people do like having cute little mugs, Sam mugs, or posters, t-shirts.
“最終我們會售賣‘小囧貓’產品，因爲我知道有許多人真的很喜歡可愛的小杯子——‘小囧貓’杯子，或者海報和T恤衫。”
'Down the line that will be a thing. Right now we're trying to share him in a free way.'
“未來這會成爲現實。但現在我們正努力用免費方式推廣它。”
Vocabulary
moggy：貓
expressive：傳神的
niche：凹處，淺洞
blinders：眼罩
merchandise：商品
down the line：未來
