遇見一只貓,在人生最低谷

1、遇見一只貓 ,在人生最低谷Interviewer 1 ： He's James Bowen， and he's here with his mate Bob today. James， it' s an amazing story. Once homeless recovering heroin addict.I mean ， big time ， and you met Bob at a really ， really dark time in.in your life. But there ' s no cat like Bob ， James. Tell

2、us why.Interviewer 2 ： It 's an extraordinary cat.James： He is just ， he is an absolutely extraordinary cat. He's just so intelligent. I 've never.I've had cats all my life ， and I've never known one to be as smart as this little man ， he just can smell something on my sofa. And

3、he start ' d following me around after I nursed him back to health. It was a stray ， and I found him ， and he'd been injured ， and I nursed him with 1 ) antibiotics I got from the 2 ) RSPCA. Tried to find out where he lived ， but I couldn ' t.Interviewer 2 ： He had no collar or anything.

4、James： No ， nothing like that ， no 3)microchip. I mean I've had him microchipped since ， obviously ， but he was there， and I took him in after taking an interest ， because nobody seemed to know who he belonged to ， and after.after he was better I tried sending him on his way ， but he kept follow

5、ing me about ， and so.Interviewer 2 ： Tell us where you were at in your life at this time， ' cause you'd had a pretty rough time， hadn' t you？James： Yeah， I was on a 4) methadone program at the time， and I was just getting my life back together ，and I'd just moved into a supported ho

6、using program ， having slept rough in many “ 5)bed and breakfasts” and 6) hostels， and slowly moving back up the ladder.Interviewer 2 ： So you were kind of getting there slowly.James： Absolutely ， yeah. I was getting there ， and then he gave me， I would actually say the support and love that I neede

7、d， and.Interviewer 2 ： So do you think ， you know ， he.he found ， you found each other at the right time ？James： Oh， absolutely ， yes. He needed me， that's for sure， and I don' t think I knew it then ， but I definitely needed the love that he gave me， that' s for sure. Bob was always by

8、my side. You know ， he sits by my feet when I 'm 7 ) busking or selling papers.Interviewer 2 ： And he.he hangs ' round your neck sometimes. James： When we're walking along and he doesn ' t want to walk ， he sits ' round my shoulders like a scarf.Interviewer 2 ：And.and.and how muc

9、h， you know，did that make your busking life more profitable ， having a cat？ James： Oh， yeah， it made my life a lot easier. I.I can 't deny it ， you know ， because he loves.he loves the attention， you know ， he loves to be the centre of attention. He likes to perform and do his little tricks and

10、things like that.Interviewer 2 ： And he's a bit of a “ babe magnet” as well， isn' t he？James： Oh， yes. He's definitely ， he definitely attracts the ladies.Interviewer 1 ：But tell.and the.and the whole thingabout the day that you knew it was love or friendship. You found him ， and he was.

11、he was injured， he was bad.James： Yes. After I nursed him back to health ， I did ， like， go， “Go on， on your way，” and he wasn't having a bar of it. He just kept following me about. He decided that he was gonna live with me ， and cats adopt people， people don' t adopt cats.Interviewer 2 ：Do

12、you think it 's， like ， you 're sayingyou were at a bad time in your life. Was it then because you hadto care for him ， that gave you a.James： Oh ， Absolutely ！Interviewer 2 ： .kind of sense of purpose that you' d found too 8 ) patronizing.James： .gave me.you got it.you got it right on t

13、he. right on the bar there. You know ， he gave me reason. He gave me unconditional love ， and in return I took care of him ， and all he ever asks is a love， a bit of a 9 )stroke and a few biscuits ， and that' s.采訪者甲： 他叫詹姆斯 ?鮑文，今天他帶著伙伴鮑勃來到 這里。詹姆斯，這是個(gè)很奇妙的故事。一個(gè)曾經(jīng)無家可歸、 掙扎著想過上正常生活的癮君子 , 我的意思是，當(dāng)時(shí)你的 毒癮

14、很大，你是在人生中一個(gè)無比黑暗的時(shí)刻遇見了鮑勃。 但鮑勃可不是一只普通的貓，詹姆斯，跟我們說一下他的特 別之處吧。采訪者乙：這是一只非同尋常的貓。詹姆斯：沒錯(cuò)，他絕對(duì)是一只非凡的貓咪。他真的非常 聰明。我從沒 , 我這輩子養(yǎng)過很多貓，但從沒見過像這只 小家伙一樣機(jī)靈的貓，他連我沙發(fā)上的東西都聞得出來。他 在我的照料下恢復(fù)健康之后，我去哪里他就跟到哪里。他是 只流浪貓，我發(fā)現(xiàn)他的時(shí)候他受了傷，我從防止虐待動(dòng)物協(xié) 會(huì)那里拿了些抗生素來給他用。我想找出他原來的住處，但找不到。采訪者乙：他沒有項(xiàng)圈之類的吧。詹姆斯：沒有，什么都沒有，也沒有芯片。當(dāng)然了，從 那之后我就給他植入了芯片。 當(dāng)時(shí)他就在那里，

15、我來了興趣， 就把他帶進(jìn)了屋里，因?yàn)槊菜茮]有人知道他的主人是誰，然 后, 他的傷好點(diǎn)了之后， 我想把他送走， 但他老是跟著我， 所以,采訪者乙：說一下你當(dāng)時(shí)的生活是什么情況吧，因?yàn)槟?那時(shí)剛經(jīng)歷了一段很艱難的時(shí)期，對(duì)吧？詹姆斯：是的，我當(dāng)時(shí)正在接受美沙酮戒毒療法，在努 力讓生活步入正軌。將就著住了很多簡易旅館和招待所之 后，我那時(shí)剛剛搬進(jìn)了廉租房，正慢慢地回歸到正常的社會(huì) 生活中。采訪者乙：就是說你當(dāng)時(shí)正慢慢地做回一個(gè)正常人。 詹姆斯：嗯，沒錯(cuò)，我正努力做回一個(gè)正常人，然后鮑 勃給了我，這么說吧，他給了我需要的支持和愛，還有 ,采訪者乙：那么你是否覺得，你知道的，他遇到了 , 你們?cè)谇‘?dāng)?shù)臅r(shí)候

16、遇到了彼此？詹姆斯：哦，絕對(duì)是，一點(diǎn)不錯(cuò)。他需要我，這是肯定 的，我當(dāng)時(shí)并沒有意識(shí)到的是，我絕對(duì)需要他所給我的愛， 這也是肯定的。鮑勃總是陪伴著我，你知道的，我賣藝或者 賣報(bào)紙的時(shí)候，他就坐在我腳邊 ,采訪者乙：他 , 他有時(shí)還跑到你肩膀上。詹姆斯：我 們一起走路的時(shí)候，如果他不想走了，他就會(huì)坐在我的肩膀 上，像條圍巾一樣。采訪者乙：那 , 那你覺得帶著他是不是讓你的賣藝生 意也好了很多呢？詹姆斯：嗯，的確是， 這讓我的生活好過了很多。 我, 我并不否認(rèn)這一點(diǎn)，你知道的，因?yàn)樗芟矚g人們的關(guān)注， 他很喜歡成為關(guān)注的焦點(diǎn)。他愛表演，搞些小花樣什么的。采訪者乙：他還是個(gè)“美女殺手” ，對(duì)吧？詹姆斯

17、：是 啊，他確實(shí)很招女士們的喜歡。采訪者甲：能不能仔細(xì)地說一下 , 你真正意識(shí)到這份 愛或者說友誼的那一天。你看到他，他受了傷，情況很糟 糕,詹姆斯：對(duì)，我把他的傷養(yǎng)好之后，就跟他說： “走吧， 該干嘛干嘛去。 ”可他一個(gè)字都沒聽進(jìn)去，就一直跟著我。 他是鐵了心要跟我一起生活。這么看來，是貓收養(yǎng)人，而不 是人收養(yǎng)貓。采訪者乙：你會(huì)不會(huì)認(rèn)為，你說你當(dāng)時(shí)正經(jīng)歷著人生的 低谷，那是不是因?yàn)槟阋疹櫵?，所以你才有?,詹姆斯：哦，正是這樣！采訪者乙： , 一種迫使你去作出改變的目的感。詹姆斯： , 給了我, 你說得, 你說到點(diǎn)子上了。你知道的， 他給了我作出改變的理由。 他給了我無條件的愛， 而作為回

18、報(bào)，我照顧他，他所需要的一切不過是愛、幾下輕 撫和幾塊餅干，如此而已 ,Interviewer 2 ： Does he have days when he doesn't want to go busking ， says “I'm not， can't be bothered today”？s tired. IJames： Yeah， he lets me know. We.we communicate ， not on a verbal level ， but we communicate with each other ， you know ， through l

19、ittle gestures and things ， and I know what he wants and what he doesn ' t want. I know when he'know when he needs to go to the loo or something like that.Interviewer 1 ： James， any.anybody who leads a.a relatively normal life and they have a pet in it ， and they'll talk about the joy that pet gives them. Very few p