【新唐人2012年5月1日讯】【看新闻学英语】
World’s Oldest Man Still Going Strong at 115
世上最年老的男人，115岁仍健壮
By Jessie Chen, David Lee
【新闻关键字】
1. record: [rɪˋkɔrd] v. to set down in writing or the like记录
2. around: [əˋraʊnd] adv. about大约
3. worldwide web: n.网际网路
4. longevity: [lɑnˋdʒɛvətɪ] n. a long individual life长寿
5. resident: [ˋrɛzədənt] n. a person who resides in a place.
居民
6. thanks to: [θæŋks] [tu] ph. On account of, because of,由于、幸亏..
7. towards: [təˋwɔrdz] prep. in the direction of朝、面对
8. keep: [kip] v. to have or retain possession of保持
9. active: [ˋæktɪv] adj. in a state of action活跃的、活拨的
10. learn: [lɝn] v. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience学习
11. centenarian: [͵sɛntəˋnɛrɪən] n. a person who is at least 100 years old百岁的人
12. quite: [kwaɪt] adv. actually, really, or truly:相当的
The world’s oldest man with his youngest great, great, grandchild.
世界上最老的男人和他最年轻的曾曾孙子。
At 115, Jiroemon Kimura is the third oldest man ever reocorded.
Jiroemon Kimura 115岁，是第三位创有被记纪录的最年老的男人子。
Born on April 19th, 1897 he was around for the first flight by the Wright brothers, he was 64-years-old when Yuri Gagarin first flew into space and he was already in his nineties for the birth of the Worldwide Web.
他出生于1897年4月19日，约在莱特兄弟首次飞航时。加加林首次飞进太空时，他64岁。网际网路誔生时，他已90岁。
And his secret to longevity?
他长寿的秘诀是什么呢？
[Jiroemon Kimura, 115-Year-Old Kyoto Resident]:
“I don’t know exactly … maybe it’s all thanks to the sun above me. I am always looking up towards the sky, that is how I am."
115岁京都居民Jiroemon Kimura说：
“我并不是很清楚。或许都要归功皆由于头顶上的天吧！我常仰望天空，这那就是如何达到的原因吧我。”
Kimura says he keeps his mind active by learning new things.
木村说，他藉由学习新事物，保持思维活跃。
[Jiroemon Kimura, 115-Year-Old Kyoto Resident]:
“‘Thank you very much. You are very kind man. I’ve been learning to speak in English."
115岁京都居民Jiroemon Kimura说：
“非常谢谢你。你是很善良的人。我一直在学习讲英语。”
The centenarian has 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 13 great, great grandchildren.
这名百岁老人有14个孙子，25个曾孙和13个曾曾孙。
That’s quite a family.
那真是规模相当大的一个家庭。
本则影音新闻出处：新唐人电视台英语新闻
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_asia/2012-04-21/world-s-oldest-man-still-going-strong-at-115.html#video_section
本专栏由前卫英语李德良老师主编 www.davidlee.url.tw
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He is the third oldest man ever reocorded.
他是第三位创纪录最年老的男子
He keeps his mind active by learning new things.
他藉由学习新事物，保持思维活跃。
He was already in his nineties for the birth of the Worldwide Web.
网际网路誔生时，他已90岁
Maybe it’s all thanks to the sun above me.
或许都要归功皆由于头顶上的天吧！
