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This episode of 'The a List' is brought you by 9 Lives Cat Food, and Morris the cat,

这是 the a list 本次出场的嘉宾是九只猫,和 莫里斯

who wants to show you what living well is all about.

她们会向你展示 活的漂亮是什么样子

Cats were adorable even before the internet.

在没有网络之前,猫就十分惹人喜爱

There are a few cats from history that we would have definitely followed on Twitter, if they were around today.

历史上有一些著名的猫 我们都会一一讲述 在 twitter 上面 如果他们今天到场的话

Number one, Hemingway's cats.

第一只 海明威的猫

The writer, Ernest Hemingway, was obsessed with cats.

作者 欧内斯特 海明威 非常喜欢猫

Don't believe me? Look at all these pictures.

你难道不相信我吗 看看这些图片

Today, the Hemingway house is a US National Historic Landmark, complete with 40 to 50 cats on the grounds.

今天 海明威的故居 是 美国国家历史地标 大约有四五十只猫在随意玩耍

Number two, Louis Wain's cat.

第二只 刘易斯 歪恩 的猫

Wain was huge in Victorian England for drawing cats doing people things.

歪恩 在 维多利亚时期的英国十分有名 因为他画了许多 猫模仿人动作的画

He was originally inspired by his house cat, Peter.

他是灵感来自于他养的那只猫 皮特

Today, his pieces go for upwards of $23,000.

今天 他的画作 可以卖到 23000美元

Later in life, he may have suffered from schizophrenia, which led to these psychedelic cat drawings. Woo-hoo-aye.

在生命的最后时期,他饱受精神分裂的摧残 所以有了这些不太正常 迷幻般的画 呜呼哀哉啊

Number three, Harry Whittier Frees' cats.

第三只 哈利 惠蒂尔 福利 的猫

Virginia born Frees made it his life's work to photograph kittens and puppies.

出生于维多利亚时期的福利 把 他毕生心血投入到 为 小猫小狗 画画当中

The most popular kittens he worked with were named Rags and Fluff.

和他共事的最有名的小猫名字叫 拉各斯 和 福啦福

Number four, Harry Pointer's cats.

第四只 哈利 波因特的 猫

The British predecessor to Harry Whittier Frees was Harry Pointer.

英国人 哈利 波因特 是上面提到的 哈利 维特 福利的先驱

The difference is that Pointer's cats didn't usually wear clothes.

他们之间的不同 就是 波因特的猫经常不穿衣服

Number five, Faith the Church Cat.

第五 教堂理念猫

St. Augustine's Church in London, 1936, was home to a mother cat, Faith, and her kitten named Panda.

在伦敦 圣奥古斯丁的教堂 1936年 是母猫费斯和她的 孩子 小猫 潘恩大 熊猫 的家

During World War II, it is said Faith predicted the Blitz and moved her kitten to the cold basement.

在二战的时候据说费斯 预测到 布利兹闪电战 把她的孩子转移到了地窖

When the church was reduced to rubble by the air raid, both Faith and Panda were found in the wreckage unharmed.

在教堂被空袭轰成废墟后 人们从废墟里救起了这对完好无损的母子

Faith was later awarded a Silver Medal for her courage.

费斯还得到了一枚勇敢者的银质奖章

Number six, Dewey the Library Cat.

6. 杜威 自由之喵

In 1988, the Spencer Public Library in Iowa adopted a stray cat that someone had pushed through the book return slot one night.

1988年 位于洛瓦的斯宾塞公共图书馆 一只被人从还书窗口塞进来的猫咪在这里落户了在一天晚上

Dewey was named after the Dewey Decimal System, which helps libraries organize books.

杜威的名字来源于杜威十进分类法 他负责图书的分类整理工作

Although he died in 2006, his memory lives on.

尽管他已于2006年去世,但是图书馆遍布他的痕迹。

The book about his life was on the 'New York Times' bestseller list.

关于他生平的图书位列 纽约时报 畅销图书榜单

Number seven, Mike the British Museum Cat.

7. 麦克 大英博物馆镇馆喵

Mike guarded the British Museum from pigeons and prowling dogs for 20 years.

麦克守卫博物馆免受鸽子 流浪狗的骚扰长达20年

One of the museum's keepers, Sir Ernest A. Wallis Budge wrote Mike a heartfelt obituary at the time of his death, which was published in 'Time Magazine' in 1930.

Ernest A. Wallis Budge 先生 博物馆的管理者 在麦克死后为它写了一篇感人至深的讣文 这篇讣文还刊登在了1930年的时代杂志上

Number eight, Andy Warhol's cats.

8. 安迪 沃霍尔的猫

In the 1950s, Andy Warhol kept many cats and named them all Sam, except for one that he named Hester.

上世纪50年代 安迪 9沃霍尔养了许多猫并全部以山姆为名 除了一只叫海斯特的猫

He also created a book of cat sketches that he gave away for free to his friends.

他还还创作了一本关于猫的素描集 他把这本集子免费送给了朋友们

Today, those books go for about $35,000.

如今 这些素描集大约价值35000美刀

Number nine, the Cats of Egypt.

9. 埃及的猫

When a cat died in Egypt, it was mummified and mourned, as if it was a dear family member.

在埃及 如果有猫死去 它的遗体会被做成木乃伊 并为它举行追悼仪式 就好像它是家庭里的一员

All cats may have been considered demigods, and to harm a cat was against the law.

所有的猫都被看做是神灵 而且 在埃及伤害猫是违法的

Many Egyptian gods closely resembled cats.

许多埃及的神灵都看起来和猫相像

Give it up for some of history's best cats.

以上就是那些名存青史的猫

Love random animal facts?

喜欢各种各样与动物有关的轶闻吗

Check out these four animals in the tech industry.

点击了解这四只在科技领域大放异彩的动物吧

Animals are really important to the tech industry.

动物在科技领域起着至关重要的作用

And we're not talking about code monkeys.

当然了 我们说的不是程序猿们

Make sure to subscribe to Animalist for more videos that you love.

点击查看更多有趣视频你感兴趣的

Join Morris, our favorite charmingly choosy cat as he dies into the world of wearable tech, at www.9lives.com/CatsEyeView.

Join Morris 我们最爱的死于可穿戴技术的世界 点击网址

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