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It is said that thousands of years ago people lived to a very old age. Scientists cannot prove or disprove these accounts. Perhaps Methuselah lived hundreds of years. Perhaps this is only an exaggerated account. The greatest age to which a person has lived in our time was only a little more than 113 years. Mrs. Delina Filkins died at the age of 113 years, 214 days. Scientists are sure of her birthday and the date of her death.
    據(jù)說數(shù)千年前人們的壽命很長??茖W(xué)家們不能證實也沒辦法反駁這些說法。可能Methuselah是活了幾百年,也可能這只是一個夸張的記述。在我們的時代最長壽的一個人也只活了113歲多一點。 Delina Fikins死時是113歲零214天??茖W(xué)家們確定她的生辰和死亡日期。
    注:Methuselah n.瑪土撒拉(《圣經(jīng)·創(chuàng)世記》人物,據(jù)傳享年969歲)