随耳入心| Garfield: Thank God we can choose our friends
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Davis did not have cats when he started Garfield and still does not today, as his wife is allergic to them. He does, however, have a dog named Molly.
戴维斯开始创作加菲猫的时候，他并没有养猫，直到现在，也是这样，因为他的妻子对猫过敏。不过，他确实有一条名叫莫莉的狗。
Jim Davis, Creator of Garfield
加菲猫的创造者吉姆·戴维斯
Jim Davis, is an American cartoonist who created the popular comic strip Garfield in 1978. Garfield is now one of the most popular cartoon characters in the world.
吉姆·戴维斯是美国漫画家，他在1978年创作了十分受欢迎的漫画连载《加菲猫》。现在，加菲猫是世界最受欢迎的卡通人物之一。
Everyone can relate to Garfield in some way because most of the humor is about eating or sleeping, something we all do.
在某种程度上，每个人都可以与加菲猫联系起来，因为它大多数的幽默是和饮食、睡觉这些我们都会做的事情相关。
Garfield is a tribute to the lazy person in all of us. The Garfield character is a selfish, overweight, orange and black cat with drooping eyelids. His idea of a daily routine is sleeping, eating and occasionally biting a mail man or two just for the fun of it.
加菲猫对所有懒惰的人来说是一份礼物。他自私，超重，是一只橙色兼黑色，喜欢耷拉着眼睛的猫。它每天的例行公事就是睡觉、吃饭和偶尔为了好玩，咬一下邮递员。
Garfield, now syndicated in over 2,500 newspapers, has been the subject of such prime time animated TV specials as Here Comes Garfield, Garfield in the Rough, Garfield in Paradise, The Garfield Halloween Adventure, and A Garfield Thanksgiving as well as his own Saturday morning program Garfield and Friends /CBS/ in 1988~1995 and the theatrical cartoon Garfield: The Movie(2004).
漫画连载《加菲猫》在超过2500家报刊上同时发表过，已被拍成动画片的《加菲猫来了》、《加菲猫未完成》，《加菲猫好莱坞历险记》，《加菲猫在感恩节》都曾在电视的黄金时段播出。1988~1995年，在哥伦比亚广播公司播出的“加菲猫和朋友们”星期天节目也大受欢迎。2004年，戏剧卡通加菲猫被拍成了了电影。
Davis now lives in Muncie, Indiana. In 1981, he started a commpany named Paws. And he and his staff continue to produce the relevant products of Garfield.
戴维斯现在住在印第安纳州的曼西，1981年开办了爪子公司。他和他的员工不断生产与加菲猫有关的物品。
Garfield Says
加菲猫语录
Money is not everything. There’s MasterCard & Visa.
钞票不是万能的，有时还需要信用卡。
One should love animals. They are so tasty.
每个人都应该热爱动物，因为它们很好吃。
Save water. Shower with your girlfriend.
要节约用水，尽量和女友一起洗澡。
Love the neighbor. But don’t get caught.
要用心去爱你的邻居，不过不要让她的老公知道。
Behind every successful man, there is a woman. And behind every unsuccessful man, there are two.
每个成功男人的背后，都有一个女人。每个不成功男人的背后，都有两个。
Every man should marry. After all, happiness is not the only thing in life.
再快乐的单身汉迟早也会结婚，幸福不是永久的嘛。
The wise never marry. And when they marry they become otherwise.
聪明人都是未婚的，结婚的人很难再聪明起来。
Success is a relative term. It brings so many relatives.
成功是一个相关名词，他会给你带来很多不相关的亲戚(联系)。
Never put off the work till tomorrow when you can put it off today.
不要等明天交不上差再找借口，今天就要找好。
Today, I’m gonna do a push-up, push today, and up tomorrow.
今天我要做俯卧撑！……今天先俯卧，明天再撑。
Love is photogenic. It needs darkness to develop.
爱情就象照片，需要大量的暗房时间来培养。
Children in backseats cause accidents. Accidents in backseats cause children.
后排座位上的小孩会生出意外，后排座位上的意外会生出小孩。
“Your future depends on your dreams.” So go to sleep.
“现在的梦想决定着你的将来”，所以还是再睡一会吧。
There should be a better way to start a day than waking up every morning.
应该有更好的方式开始新一天，而不是千篇一律的在每个上午都醒来。
“Hard work never killed anybody.” But why take the risk?
努力工作不会导致死亡！不过我不会用自己去证明。
“Work fascinates me.” I can look at it for hours!
工作好有意思耶！尤其是看着别人工作。
God made relatives; Thank God we can choose our friends.
神决定了谁是你的亲戚,幸运的是在选择朋友方面他给了你留了余地。
When two’s company, three’s the result!
两个人的状态是不稳定的，三个人才是！
A dress is like a barbed fence. It protects the premises without restricting the view.
服饰就像铁丝网，它阻止你贸然行动但并不妨碍你尽情的观看。
The more you learn, the more you know.
The more you know, the more you forget.
The more you forget, the less you know.
So why bother to learn.
学的越多，知道的越多；
知道的越多，忘记的越；
忘记的越多，知道的越少；
为什么学来着！