今日热闻!【英语阅读】电子游戏《流浪猫》为流浪动物筹集资金
A new video game that includes a brave cat is popular with cat lovers.
一款新游戏，游戏中有一只勇敢的猫，在爱猫人士中大受欢迎。
Some of them are using the game to raise money for real cats.
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一些人利用这款游戏为真正的猫筹集资金。
The game was released last month.
这款游戏于上个月发布。
It is called "Stray." A stray animal is one without a home.
游戏叫《流浪猫》。流浪的动物是无家可归的。
Many stray cats and dogs live on city streets.
许多流浪猫和流浪狗流落街头。
Thanks to online fundraising services, gamers are playing "Stray" live for audiences to raise money for animal shelters and other cat-connected organizations.
多亏了在线筹款服务，游戏玩家们开始给观众直播玩《流浪猫》，为动物收容所和其他猫救助组织筹集资金。
Annapurna Interactive, the game"s creator, publicized "Stray" by offering two cat rescue and adoption agencies copies of the game to give away.
该游戏的创建者Annapurna Interactive向两家猫救援和领养机构提供了该游戏的副本，以此来宣传《流浪猫》。
Livestreaming game play for charity is not new.
为慈善机构直播游戏并不是什么新鲜事。
But the quick popularity of "Stray" is a bit unusual.
但《流浪猫》的迅速走红有点不同寻常。
It was the fourth most watched game on the day it was first shown on Twitch, the video game streaming site.
在视频游戏流媒体网站Twitch首次播出当天，这场比赛的收视率排名第四。
Viewers watch as players send the game"s cat through a city to solve problems and escape enemies.
观众看着玩家把游戏中的猫送到一个城市去解决问题和躲避敌人。
The cat in the game does all this while doing usual cat activities, like scratching, jumping or hitting things off tables.
游戏中的猫既要完成任务又要做一些寻常的猫咪活动，比如抓挠、跳跃或砸桌子上的东西。
About 80 percent of the game"s creative team are "cat owners and cat lovers," the game"s producers said.
游戏制作人说，大约80%的游戏创意团队都是“猫主人和爱猫人士”。
"I certainly hope that maybe some people will be inspired to help actual strays in real life," said Swann Martin-Raget.
斯旺·马丁-拉吉特说：“我当然希望有些人会受到启发，在现实生活中帮助真正的流浪动物。”
He is a game producer of Stray and works at the Blue Twelve gaming studio in France.
他是《流浪猫》的游戏制作人，在法国的Blue Twelve游戏工作室工作。
Annapurna Interactive contacted the Nebraska Humane Society to discuss a partnership before the game"s launch on July 19.
在7月19日游戏发布之前，Annapurna Interactive联系了内布拉斯加州人道协会，讨论了合作事宜。
The humane society jumped at the chance, marketing specialist Brendan Gepson said.
营销专家布伦丹·格普森表示，人道协会欣然接受这个机会。
"The whole game and the whole culture around the game, it"s all about a love of cats," Gepson said.
格普森说：“整个游戏和围绕游戏的整个文化，都是对猫的热爱。”
"It meshed really well with the shelter and our mission."
“该游戏所有任务与流浪猫收容所非常契合。”
The shelter received four copies of the game to give away.
流浪猫收容所收到了四份游戏副本，免费赠送。
People donated $5 for a chance to win one of the games.
人们捐赠5美元，就会获得一次赢得其中一场比赛的机会。
In one week, the shelter raised $7,000, Gepson said.
格普森说，在一周内，流浪猫救助站筹集了7000美元。
Most of the 550 donors were new to the shelter, including people from Germany and Malta.
550名捐赠者中的大多数都是流浪猫救助站新成员，包括来自德国和马耳他的人。
Jeff Legaspi is Annapurna Interactive"s marketing director.
杰夫·莱加斯皮是Annapurna Interactive的营销总监。
He said it made sense for the game"s launch to do something "impactful," or making a powerful influence.
他说，这款游戏的推出是有意义的，因为它做了一些“有影响力的”事情，或者说产生了强大的影响。
He added that he hopes the game will "bring more awareness to adopting and not shopping for a new pet."
他补充说，他希望这款游戏能“让更多人意识到收养宠物，而不是购买新宠物。”
The game is available on PlayStation and the Steam online game platform.
这款游戏可以在PlayStation和Steam在线游戏平台上使用。
Steam monitor SteamDB said "Stray" has been the number-one purchased game for the past two weeks.
Steam数据库网站SteamDB表示，在过去的两周里，《流浪猫》一直是最受欢迎的游戏。
Annapurna did not release sales numbers or download numbers for the game.
Annapurna没有公布这款游戏的销售量或下载量。
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