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The World Oldest Man Dies at Age 112
世界最長壽老人去世
Officials said, the world's oldest man died Tuesday at the age of 112 after suffering chronic heart problems.
據報道，周二凌晨世界最長壽老人因慢性心功能衰竭去世，享年112歲。
Japanese Yasutaro Koide (pronounced "Ko-ee-deh")had said his secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink or overdo it.
出生于日本的小出保太郎曾透露：長壽的秘訣就是不飲酒不吸煙，或者適量飲酒吸煙。
Koide, who was born on March 13, 1903, died two months short of his 113th birthday.
小出保太郎出生于1903年3月13日，令人扼腕的是，距離小出保太郎113歲生日僅差兩個月。
In the year he was born, the Wright brothers made their historic first flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,
1903年是不平凡的一年，那年萊特兄弟在美國北卡羅來納州基蒂霍克進行了人類第一次歷史性的飛行；
and a modernizing Japan was embroiled in a dispute with Russia over Manchuria that would erupt into the Russo-Japanese War in early 1904.
那年日本為爭奪中國遼東半島控制權與俄國發生沖突，緊接著在1904年爆發了日俄戰爭。
Koide (pronounced "Ko-ee-deh") worked as a tailor when he was younger.
小出保太郎年輕時曾做過裁縫。
He was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest man last August.
去年8月，他被吉尼斯世界紀錄認定為全球最長壽的男性。
