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People all want to live longer and lead a healthy life. In Japan, a country that is known as “the land of immortals,” what’s their secret to having the longest life expectancies?
人們總是想要活得健康、活得長久。在有長生之國稱號的日本，他們長壽的秘密是什麼呢？
lead a... life過著⋯⋯的生活immortal(adj.)永生的secret(n.)秘密、秘訣life expectancy預期壽命
According to Takuji Shirasawa, director and researcher at the Shirasawa Anti-aging Medical Institute, among people over the age of 100 in Japan, pork is one of the main staples of their daily diet.
根據日本抗老博士白澤卓二，在日本百歲人瑞中，他們最常吃的食物是豬肉。
main(adj.)主要的staple(n.)主要的食物diet(n.)日常飲食
Pork is rich in vitamin B, which helps to reduce feelings of tiredness, boost the immune system and prevent dementia.
豬肉富含維他命B，可以幫助恢復疲勞、促進免疫系統及預防失智。
rich in富含reduce(v.)減少tiredness(n.)疲憊boost(v.)促進immune system免疫系統prevent(v.)避免dementia(n.)失智
What’s more, meat is one of the most common sources of essential amino acids.
再者，肉類是必須氨基酸的常見來源。
common(adj.)常見的source(n.)來源essential(adj.)必要的amino acid氨基酸
A deficiency in amino acids may lead to depression, insomnia or a loss of appetite.
若人體缺乏氨基酸，可能導致憂鬱症、失眠、沒有食慾。
deficiency(n.)缺少amino acid氨基酸lead to導致depression(n.)憂鬱症insomnia(n.)失眠appetite(n.)胃口
However, having too much meat or pork can cause harm to our bodies since the fat in meat can easily oxidize in our blood.
然而，吃太多肉也會對身體造成傷害，因為肉類中的脂肪容易在血液中氧化。
cause(v.)造成harm(n.)傷害oxidize(v.)氧化
Dr. Shirasawa suggested that people have pork with sweet potatoes to avoid the problem.
白澤卓二博士建議，可將豬肉搭配地瓜食用以避免這樣的問題。
suggest(v.)建議avoid(v.)避免
Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamin E and can prevent lipid peroxidation.
地瓜富含維他命E，能避免脂質過氧化作用。
rich in富含prevent(v.)避免lipid peroxidation脂質過氧化作用