英国网络名狗:洗衣服接孩子都精通

　　His latest TV commercial has been watched a million times on YouTube and voted Advert of the Year, and he has 10,000 friends on Facebook. He is not an ordinary celebrity for another important reason: he has four legs. And he is Harvey - the dog who captured the whole UK's attention.

　　他的最新广告视频在Youtube网站上获得了百万点击量，且被评为英国“年度最佳广告”，他在Facebook社交网站上拥有过万“粉丝”。他不是一位普通的明星，因为还有一个重要原因：他长有四条腿。他就是引起全英国关注的狗狗“哈维”。

　　In the advertisement, Harvey is an unwanted mutt longing for a new owner as he waits in a rescue center's kennels. On seeing a young couple, he presses the play button on a short film he has made to demonstrate his extraordinary domestic skills - doing the washing and the ironing, mowing the lawn, cleaning the shoes and windows, cooking, playing chess, fetching the children on the school run and tucking them into bed at night. When the film ends, the couple look down to see that Harvey is sitting waiting for them, suitcase already packed. "Every home needs a Harvey," says the caption. And a superstar is born.

　　在广告视频中，“哈维”是一条在收容所等待新主人的流浪狗。见到一对年轻夫妇到访，它按下播放键，播放自己制作的短片来展示自己超凡的持家本领——不仅会刷鞋、擦玻璃、剪草坪、洗熨衣物，还能陪人下棋、开车接小孩放学、晚上看着他们睡觉。短片播放完毕，这对夫妇低头再看哈维，只见它已把行李箱收拾好，蹲坐着等待他们把自己领回家。广告最后打出字幕：“家家需要哈维”。一个超级明星就此诞生。

　　In real life, Harvey's name is Skyes, who is one of the most successful dogs trained in the Action Stunt Dogs And Animals, a company run by Gill in Oxfordshire. Acturally the seven-year-old's domestic talent is just for show. That Skyes is able to give such a compelling performance may partly be down to the fact that he was once an abandoned pooch himself.

　　英国《每日邮报》报道称，在现实生活中，明星“哈维”真名为“赛克斯”，是其女主人吉尔开设在牛津郡的狗狗及其他动物动作特技公司中的明星狗中的一个。事实上这条七岁狗狗的家政技能只是徒有其表，用作表演而已。而它能表演得如此引人入胜可能部分源于他的本色出演，因为它曾经也是一条流浪狗。