【新唐人2012年5月1日訊】【看新聞學英語】
World’s Oldest Man Still Going Strong at 115
世上最年老的男人，115歲仍健壯
By Jessie Chen, David Lee
【新聞關鍵字】
1. record: [rɪˋkɔrd] v. to set down in writing or the like記錄
2. around: [əˋraʊnd] adv. about大約
3. worldwide web: n.網際網路
4. longevity: [lɑnˋdʒɛvətɪ] n. a long individual life長壽
5. resident: [ˋrɛzədənt] n. a person who resides in a place.
居民
6. thanks to: [θæŋks] [tu] ph. On account of, because of,由於、幸虧..
7. towards: [təˋwɔrdz] prep. in the direction of朝、面對
8. keep: [kip] v. to have or retain possession of保持
9. active: [ˋæktɪv] adj. in a state of action活躍的、活撥的
10. learn: [lɝn] v. to acquire knowledge of or skill in by study, instruction, or experience學習
11. centenarian: [͵sɛntəˋnɛrɪən] n. a person who is at least 100 years old百歲的人
12. quite: [kwaɪt] adv. actually, really, or truly:相當的
The world’s oldest man with his youngest great, great, grandchild.
世界上最老的男人和他最年輕的曾曾孫子。
At 115, Jiroemon Kimura is the third oldest man ever reocorded.
Jiroemon Kimura 115歲，是第三位創有被記紀錄的最年老的男人子。
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.
他出生於1897年4月19日，約在萊特兄弟首次飛航時。加加林首次飛進太空時，他64歲。網際網路誔生時，他已90歲。
And his secret to longevity?
他長壽的秘訣是什麼呢？
[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歲京都居民Jiroemon Kimura說：
「我並不是很清楚。或許都要歸功皆由於頭頂上的天吧！我常仰望天空，這那就是如何達到的原因吧我。」
Kimura says he keeps his mind active by learning new things.
木村說，他藉由學習新事物，保持思維活躍。
[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歲京都居民Jiroemon Kimura說：
「非常謝謝你。你是很善良的人。我一直在學習講英語。」
The centenarian has 14 grandchildren, 25 great grandchildren and 13 great, great grandchildren.
這名百歲老人有14個孫子，25個曾孫和13個曾曾孫。
That’s quite a family.
那真是規模相當大的一個家庭。
本則影音新聞出處：新唐人電視台英語新聞
http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_asia/2012-04-21/world-s-oldest-man-still-going-strong-at-115.html#video_section
本專欄由前衛英語李德良老師主編 www.davidlee.url.tw
【看新聞學會話】
He is the third oldest man ever reocorded.
他是第三位創紀錄最年老的男子
He keeps his mind active by learning new things.
他藉由學習新事物，保持思維活躍。
He was already in his nineties for the birth of the Worldwide Web.
網際網路誔生時，他已90歲
Maybe it’s all thanks to the sun above me.
或許都要歸功皆由於頭頂上的天吧！