A cat called Mayor Stubbs is celebrating 15 years in charge of the town of Talkeetna, Alaska.

一只叫做斯塔布斯的貓咪在美國(guó)阿拉斯加的塔爾基特納當(dāng)了十五年的市長(zhǎng)！

Stubbs was elected mayor as a joke by the town's 900 residents just after he was born, and has been in charge ever since.

15年前，市民們對(duì)于市長(zhǎng)的候選人都不滿意，半開(kāi)玩笑地選了剛出生的斯塔布斯，不想它上臺(tái)之后“執(zhí)政”至今。

He does all the things mayors are supposed to do, selling the town to outside investors by appearing in local and national magazines and news articles, meeting the voters as they visit him in the local shop, and receiving official correspondance in the form of cards and letters from wellwishers.

對(duì)于市長(zhǎng)這份工作，它也算是盡心盡責(zé)：頻頻亮相于報(bào)刊雜志，帶動(dòng)了當(dāng)?shù)氐穆糜螛I(yè)；在人們前來(lái)小店圍觀它的時(shí)候接見(jiàn)選民；收到以粉絲賀卡和信件為載體的公函啥的……

Stubb's job comes with some perks - food and a ceremonial chalice (a wine glass with his name written on it).

當(dāng)然作為市長(zhǎng)，福利也是有的——衣食無(wú)憂，還有個(gè)它專用的圣杯（其實(shí)就是一寫了它名字的玻璃杯）。

The town's unusual choice of mayor has made it something of a sensation in the US.

別樣的市長(zhǎng)選擇，使得小城在美國(guó)轟動(dòng)一時(shí)。