A moggy with his own Facebook page and Instagram account is taking the internet by storm thanks to his expressive eyebrows.
一只擁有傳神豎眉毛的“小囧貓”正在迅速成為網(wǎng)絡(luò)新寵，它在臉書(shū)和Instagram上的照片席卷網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

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(jìn)入人們視野以來(lái)，“小囧貓”薩姆（Sam）現(xiàn)已擁有15萬(wàn)Instagram粉絲，在Facebook上獲得了53萬(wàn)個(gè)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(dá)·科拉多（Amanda Collado）今年26歲，來(lái)自紐約，過(guò)去三年一直在處理來(lái)自粉絲的大量請(qǐng)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(shuō)：“為了給薩姆擺拍，以薩姆的名義回復(fù)郵件，我確實(shí)會(huì)有忽略朋友和家人的情形?！?/p>

'Everyone gets a little annoyed when I'm on my phone and not paying attention to them.
“當(dāng)我因?yàn)槁袷子谑謾C(jī)而忽視身邊的人時(shí)，大家都會(huì)有點(diǎn)生氣?！?/p>

'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(shū)上，它的每一張照片都能獲得上萬(wàn)個(gè)贊——而在Instagram上，它的每張照片可以獲得5000個(gè)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(méi)想到薩姆在日本、澳大利亞、瑞典或者任何一個(gè)在報(bào)紙雜志上報(bào)道過(guò)它的國(guó)家，都會(huì)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(dá)的母親伊維特·羅德里格茲（Ivette Rodriguez）在她紐約的家門(mén)外發(fā)現(xiàn)了這只被丟棄的小貓。

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(shuō)：“我往右看，發(fā)現(xiàn)房子旁邊有個(gè)淺淺的洞，那里頭有只貓。”

'He was just curled up - I put blinders on because I really did not want a cat.
“它蜷縮著——我假裝什么也沒(méi)看見(jiàn)，因?yàn)槲覍?shí)在不想養(yǎng)貓?！?/p>

'My daughter said that he willingly gave himself up to her - I guess he was so tired of being outside.
“我女兒說(shuō)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(shuō)它看起來(lái)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。我媽媽還以為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(gè)朋友說(shuō)薩姆的眉毛很“囧”，之后阿曼達(dá)就為薩姆開(kāi)了一個(gè)Instagram賬戶。

She said: 'I didn't notice his eyebrows initially.
她說(shuō)：“起初，我沒(méi)怎么注意到它的眉毛?！?/p>

'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(kāi)始，它有大約800名粉絲——但是二月份的時(shí)候，有人將它的照片發(fā)布在紅迪網(wǎng)（Reddit）上，它就一夜爆紅了——我早上起來(lái)，看到粉絲增加至1600名?！?/p>

'From there we made a Facebook and all other social media accounts.
“從那開(kāi)始，我們就為薩姆開(kāi)設(shè)了臉書(shū)和其它社交媒體的賬號(hào)?！?/p>

'I find it baffling that a cat is this famous and that people care about him this much.'
我覺(jué)得奇妙，一只貓會(huì)如此出名，人們對(duì)它會(huì)如此關(guān)注?！?/p>

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(dá)就上傳一些照片到薩姆的賬戶上，但她每天大部分時(shí)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，她在這只寵物的社交賬戶上所做的努力也獲得了回報(bào)——她對(duì)薩姆的未來(lái)也有了更宏大的計(jì)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(dá)說(shuō)：“薩姆正聲名鵲起——它有很大的發(fā)展?jié)摿??！?/p>

'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(huì)售賣‘小囧貓’產(chǎn)品，因?yàn)槲抑烙性S多人真的很喜歡可愛(ài)的小杯子——‘小囧貓’杯子，或者海報(bào)和T恤衫?！?/p>

'Down the line that will be a thing. Right now we're trying to share him in a free way.'
“未來(lái)這會(huì)成為現(xiàn)實(shí)。但現(xiàn)在我們正努力用免費(fèi)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(lái)

（譯者：藍(lán)翠娟SCNU 編輯：侯瑋萍）