中英对照读新闻》Kabosu, the face of cryptocurrency Dogecoin, dies at 18加密货币「狗狗币」的表情原型Kabosu辞世，享年18岁
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Kabosu于5月24日辞世，享年18岁。（欧新社）(photo:LTN)◎魏国金
Kabosu, the Japanese dog that became a global meme and the face of alternative cryptocurrency Dogecoin has died at 18, her owner announced.
Kabosu，这只成为全球迷因以及另类加密货币「狗狗币」表情原型的日本犬，以18岁之龄辞世，她的饲主宣布。
"She quietly passed away as if asleep," Atsuko Sato wrote on her blog, thanking the fans of her shiba inu called Kabosu － the face of the "Doge" meme.
「她静静离世，宛如睡着了」，佐藤敦子在她的部落格写道，并向她的柴犬Kabosu——「狗狗币」迷因表情原型的粉丝致谢。
In 2010, two years after adopting Kabosu from a puppy mill where she would otherwise have been put down, Sato took a picture of her pet crossing her paws on the sofa.
2010年，在从一座幼犬场收养Kabosu，否则她将被扑杀之后2年，佐藤拍下一张爱犬在沙发上脚爪交叉的照片。
She posted that image on her blog, from where it spread to online forum Reddit and became a meme that bounced from college bedrooms to office e-mail chains.
她将该图像公布在自己的部落格，并从此处传播到网路论坛Reddit，然后成为从大学寝室红到办公室电邮链的迷因图。
The picture also later inspired Dogecoin, which was started as a joke by two software engineers and is now the eighth-most valuable cryptocurrency with a market capitalisation of $23 billion.
该照片之后也启发出狗狗币，这个起自2名软体工程师的一个玩笑，如今已成为第8大最有价值的加密货币，市值达230亿美元。
新闻辞典
meme：迷因（在网路上爆红的事物）。例句：The image quickly became a meme.（这个图像很快成为哏图。）
put down:（动物）安乐死、贬低。例句：Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody?（为什么你一定要在大家面前贬低我？）
