近日，英國最長壽的人格雷斯·瓊斯（Grace Jones）度過了她112歲的生日。112歲是什麼概念，這意味著她已經活了一個多世紀之久。
那麼，格雷斯·瓊斯保持長壽的秘訣是什麼呢？你一定想不到，接下來為你揭秘~
Britain's oldest person is celebrating her 112th birthday today and has revealed the secret to her long life is a dram of whisky every day for the last six decades.
今天，英國最長壽的人慶祝了她112歲的生日。她也揭示了自己長壽的秘訣，就是過去六十年她每天都會喝一小瓶威士忌。
Grace Jones, known to her friends as 'Amazing Grace', reached the landmark age after the death of Olive Evelyn Boar, from Felixstowe, Suffolk, in August at the age of 113.
她叫格雷斯·瓊斯（Grace Jones），她的朋友都稱她為“天賜恩寵”。在來自薩福克郡費力克斯托港的113歲的奧莉夫·伊芙琳·博阿爾（Olive Evelyn Boar）於8月份去世之後，格雷斯成為了英國最長壽的人。
And, by coincidence, she also takes the title from another Grace Jones, a South Londoner, born 1899, who also died at the age of 113, in November 2013.
巧合的是她也從另一位叫格雷斯·瓊斯的女士那裡接過了這個頭銜。這位與她同名的格雷斯·瓊斯女士生於1899年，是倫敦南部人，與2013年11月份去世，享年113歲。
The new record holder however puts her longevity is down to a nightcap of Famous Grouse single malt whisky every evening for the last 62 years.
然而，“最長壽”的新紀錄保持者格雷斯將她的長壽歸功於一小瓶威雀威士忌。在過去62年裡，格雷斯每晚都會喝這款單一麥芽威士忌。
Mrs Jones, a Liverpudlian by birth, was born on September 16, 1906 - only five years after the death of Queen Victoria.
1906年9月16日，瓊斯在英國利物浦出生。此時，距離維多利亞女王去世僅僅過去了5年時間。
She has lived through 26 prime ministers and survived both world wars.
到目前為止，瓊斯共見證了英國26位首相前後上任，並歷經兩次世界大戰。
The mother-of-one, who lives in Broadway, Worcs, said: 'I never miss my night cap. All I have is the whisky at night.
育有一個孩子的瓊斯現在住在伍斯特郡的百老匯。她說：“我每晚都會喝一小瓶威士忌，從不中斷。”
'Whisky is very good for you'.
'威士忌非常有益於身心健康'。
'I started having a nightly tot of it when I turned 50 so I've been having it every night for the last 60 years and I certainly have no intention of stopping now'.
'當我50歲時，我開始每晚喝少量的威士忌；在過去的六十年裡，我每晚都喝，從未間斷。當然我現在也沒有停下來的想法'。
'My doctor said 'keep up with the whisky Grace, it's good for your heart'.
'我的醫生也說‘快跟上格雷斯喝點威士忌吧，這對你的心臟健康大有裨益'。
'I still feel the same as I did when I was 60'.
'當我60歲的時候，我的感覺還是一點沒變'。
'The best memory of my life was when I married my husband Leonard. He was a true gentleman, the son of a parson'.
'我一生中最美好的記憶就是嫁給了我丈夫萊昂納德。他是一個真正意義上的紳士，是一位牧師的兒子'。
'We were always together and we loved one another'.
我們彼此相愛，從來都是形影不離'。
'I feel fine. I feel full of spirit. I have received lots of nice cards and presents this year and they are still coming in'.
我感覺很好，精神矍鑠。今年生日我陸陸續續收到了許多漂亮的賀卡和禮物，源源不斷的禮物還在寄來的路上'。
'We will be here next year as well.'
‘我們下一年依然會出現在這裡’
The former millinery factory owner will celebrate her milestone birthday with family and friends at Buckland Manor, Worcs, a large country estate tomorrow.
明天，這位前任女帽工廠廠主將與親人和朋友在伍斯特郡的巴克蘭莊園酒店慶祝她具有劃時代意義的生日。巴克蘭莊園酒店在英國是一大塊地產。
瓊斯年輕時候的結婚照
She will enjoy lunch - and of course a customary glass of whisky.
她會吃午餐，當然必備一杯定製威士忌。
Her daughter Deirdre McCarthy, 80, said: 'My mother is extraordinary. She's still very particular over her appearance and insists on always looking her best.
瓊斯的女兒名叫迪爾德麗，今年80歲了。她說：“我媽媽是非凡的，她依然對自己的外表很苛刻，總是堅持要以最好的面貌出現在公眾面前”。
'Once she married my father she very much became a lady of leisure'.
當初她嫁給我爸爸之後，基本就成了一位閒妻。
'She enjoys meeting people and still reads a little and watches television'.
她喜歡社交，還會讀一點書，看一些電視。
'Each week her carer takes her into Broadway where she likes to do a little shopping if the weather is nice; she is in amazing health but her hearing is a little poor.
每週她的司機都會帶她去百老匯，如果天氣好的話，她還會在那裡買點東西。她身體簡直太健康了，不過她的聽力有點不好。
年輕美麗的瓊斯
'She is glamorous, beautiful and intelligent. She is really alert and still with it.
她魅力非凡，漂亮又聰慧過人。她很警覺，現在依然如此。
'She loves her tot of whisky every evening before she goes to bed and why not. Whisky is her thing and she's been having it for the last 60 years.
每晚睡覺前，她都會喝點她最愛的威士忌。為什麼不呢？威士尼是她的最愛，過去六十年他每晚都會喝，從未間斷。
'I must say I certainly take after her in that regard, it's the perfect way to unwind at the end of the day and it's certainly done my mother no end of good.'
我必須得說我當然在這方面有照顧到她，威士忌對她來說是一天結束後最好的放鬆方式，這個習慣當然讓她受益無窮。
Mrs Jones, whose father was a vicar, wed chief engineer Leonard Roderick Jones in 1933 in Liverpool. They were married for 53 years until he died in 1986, aged 79.
瓊斯的爸爸是一位教區牧師。1933年，瓊斯在利物浦嫁給了高級工程師萊昂納德·羅德里克。她們的婚齡長達53年，直到她的丈夫萊昂納德1986年去世，享年79歲。
She lived in Sidmouth, Devon before moving to relocate with her family in Worcestershire in 2005.
在2005年隨一家人搬往伍斯特郡之前，瓊斯住在德文郡的西德茅斯。
The record holder's namesake, Grace Jones was the UK's oldest person when she died on December 7, 2013.
與她同名的格雷斯·瓊斯之前也是英國最長壽的人，不過於2013年12月7日去世。
The Londoner, from Berdmonsey, was the last living British person to be born in the 1800s and had lost her fiancé when he died on active service in the First World War.
來自柏孟塞區的格雷斯·瓊斯是最後一位19世紀出生的活著的英國人。第一次世界大戰期間，她失去了她的未婚夫，她的未婚夫當時因服兵役而死於戰場。
The former seamstress became the UKs oldest person in February 2012 but died just 14 days short of her 114th birthday on November 14, 2013.
2012年2月，這位女裁縫成為了英國最長壽的人。不過，僅僅在114歲的生日過去14天后，也就是2013年11月14日，格雷斯·瓊斯就不幸逝世。
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