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世界上最长寿老人每天吃两个生鸡蛋

The oldest living person celebrated a birthday earlier this week. Emma Morano celebrated her 117th birthday on Tuesday. Friends, neighbors and her doctor joined Morano in her small apartment home in the northern Italian mountain town of Verbania.

She blew out three candles on her birthday cake. Each candle represented a number in her age. “She dressed up and she was very proud,” said her long-time doctor, Carlo Bava. “I am happy to turn 117,” Morano told those attending her party. She received a greeting from Italy’s president, Sergio Mattarella. He wished her peace and continued good health.

Emma Morano is thought to be the last living person born in the 1800s. Her doctor noted that when Morano was young, people used to say she was weak and often sick. The world’s oldest person told the others that while she is lucky to have lived so long, parts of her life were not so nice. She worked in a factory until she retired(退休) at 65. Morano once told a reporter that the first man she planned to marry was killed in World War Ⅰ. Then, at 26, she was forced to marry a man she did not love.

Emma Morano says one of her secrets to living so long is eating at least two uncooked eggs every day. Her doctor says she has long life because of her unusual diet, her genes and positive outlook on life.