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My name is Matt, I am 23 years old. I did two years in prison for grand larceny and burglary
我叫馬特，今年23歲。我因?yàn)橹馗`和入室盜竊做了兩年牢
My name is Joey, I am 38 years old. I did twelve years in prison for armed robbery
我叫喬伊，今年38歲。我因持械搶劫坐了12年牢
When I got out, I didn't really know what to do with myself
當(dāng)我出獄時(shí)，我不知道自己該做什么
I felt really lonely walking around the city and didn't really talk to anyone. It's really strange to me
我自己走在城市中，覺(jué)得很孤單，也沒(méi)人和我說(shuō)話。感覺(jué)真的很奇怪。
At first when I got out, I couldn't even deal with the reality of being outside
我剛出獄時(shí)，完全無(wú)法適應(yīng)外界，
Everything had changed. Things that didn't exist had now existed
所有的事物都改變了。有很多東西是之前沒(méi)有的。
My mom and grandmother died on the same day and other than that, I don't have any other family
我的母親和外婆在同一天去世，除了它們之外，我就沒(méi)有親人了。
When I got home to the empty house, I realized that I was truly alone and that I was pretty scared for my future
當(dāng)我回到空蕩蕩的家，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我真的很孤獨(dú)，我對(duì)未來(lái)感到很恐懼。
My dad told me I should get my act together before I can come home
我爸爸告訴我，在回家之前要振作起來(lái)
So I went to this motel. That's all I can do at the moment
所以我去了一家汽車(chē)旅館。我當(dāng)時(shí)只能這么做。
I wasn't sure if I can deal with the life out there
我不知道我是否能在這里找到動(dòng)力。
I went down to the animal shelter
我去了動(dòng)物收容所，
and when I walked in there, there were so many different dogs that I kinda wish I could take all of them home with me
當(dāng)我走進(jìn)去的時(shí)候，我看到了里面有各種各樣的狗，真希望我能把它們帶回家。
they all look kind of sad and lonely just like I was caged in
他們看起來(lái)都很傷心和孤單，跟我一樣被關(guān)了起來(lái)，
When I went to the shelter, I know that everyone of these dogs will die eventually if someone doesn't adopt them
當(dāng)我來(lái)到收容所的時(shí)候，我知道如果這些狗沒(méi)有被收養(yǎng)，最后會(huì)被安樂(lè)死。
I made a decision to adopt at least one of them and then I came up on Sadie
所以我決定至少收養(yǎng)一只，然后我就遇到了沙迪。
When I saw Jeanie, I fell in love with her. She is just an awesome dog. She is great. You cutie!
當(dāng)我看到珍妮的時(shí)候，我就愛(ài)上了它。它是一只很棒的狗。你好可愛(ài)。
There was a moment that I knew Sadie is the one I need to get or what I need to have to get my life in order.
在某個(gè)瞬間，我知道自己需要沙迪，才能讓我振作起來(lái)。
I filled out paper work, and I adopted Jeanie. I took her back to the motel with me.
我填好了文件，領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了珍妮。我把它帶回了我的汽車(chē)旅館。
I gave her a bath. It's funny to see her reactions.
我?guī)退戳嗽瑁姆磻?yīng)真的很有趣。
I adopted Sadie and took her home. We played ball and ran around, trained a little bit. I took her to the lake.
我領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了沙迪，把它帶回了家。我們一起玩兒球，跑來(lái)跑去，稍微訓(xùn)練一下它。我?guī)チ撕叀?/div>
I took her to a couple parks. She is super friendly.
我?guī)チ艘恍┕珗@，它非常友善。
And it's funny cause people started coming up and talking to me because of Jeanie.
說(shuō)來(lái)有趣，有些人會(huì)因?yàn)檎淠荻^(guò)來(lái)和我說(shuō)話。
She is gorgeous. Cause she is so cute and such a great dog.
它很漂亮。因?yàn)樗芸蓯?ài)，又是只很棒的狗。
Having a dog with me in this house was so much better no more lonely or being alone anymore. Sadie and I became a family.
能有只狗在家陪我真是好極了，不再孤單，再也不會(huì)一個(gè)人。我們成了一家人。
Things start looking up. So I decided to get cleaned up and look for a job
我的狀況開(kāi)始有了起色。所以我決定開(kāi)始找工作，
got a haircut, and got some new clothes and started walking around and filling out job applications, trying to find some work
我剪了頭發(fā)，買(mǎi)了新衣服，到處填求職申請(qǐng)，試著找工作。
I got a phone call from Alexis.
我接到阿麗克西斯的電話。
She runs the canil and told me she has a job for me that I can start training dogs for a few weeks a time
她是動(dòng)物之家的經(jīng)營(yíng)者，說(shuō)有工作要找我做，我要每星期訓(xùn)練狗狗許多次
And that's exactly what I need to be doing
這個(gè)工作非常適合我
And that wouldn't have happened if I wouldn't have been in a dog program in prison
要不是因?yàn)槲以讵z中參加了狗狗計(jì)劃，這就不會(huì)發(fā)生。
And once she dropped Lacie off, Sadie got along with her immediately. Our family was growing.
她把蕾西帶來(lái)的時(shí)候，沙迪馬上就和它相處得很好。我們的家庭正在壯大
I called my dad and asked him to come meet me.
我給我爸打了電話，讓他來(lái)和我見(jiàn)面。
You got a new friend? Yep, this is Jeanie.
你交到了一個(gè)新朋友？是的，這是珍妮。
Hi, Jeanie. I adopted her. She is a good girl! Yeah, she is.
嗨，珍妮。我養(yǎng)了它。它很乖啊。是的。
You look good, buddy. Thank you. All cleaned up and got a hair cut.
你氣色不錯(cuò)，小子。謝謝。特別打扮了一下，還理了頭發(fā)。
Yep, I had a job interview today. How's that going?
是啊，我今天有個(gè)面試。怎么樣？
At the motorcycle shop, it went good, I think.
是在機(jī)車(chē)行，我覺(jué)得還算順利。
You ready to come home? Yeah, I love to come back home. Yeah? Come here, buddy.
你準(zhǔn)備好要回家了嗎？是，我很想回家。是嗎？過(guò)來(lái)，小子。
I feel like my future is bright again with Jeanie there with me. I love her. She is my best friend.
有珍妮陪伴，我覺(jué)得我的未來(lái)又充滿了希望。我愛(ài)它。它是我最好的朋友。
