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 HYPERLINK 美联英语提供：美联英语：6招教你如何像法国女性一样优雅变老 小编给你一个美联英语官方试听课申请链接： HYPERLINK /?tid=16-73374-0 /?tid=16-73374-0 Before moving to the New York City area, I lived in London for seven years. During that period, I traveled more than two dozen times to France, a place where five- or six-week vacations are the norm and many people retire comfortably at 60 or younger. I made many wonderful French friends and was more than a little awed at the way they aged so gracefully. Are they perfect? Of course not. But certainly I admired how so many of them stayed trim while enjoying coq au vin, baguettes, andouillettes, eclairs and fondue while Americans struggled with their weight while gorging on diet soda and Lean Cuisines. I also admired the way they purchased clothes selectively, carried themselves confidently and devoured life every chance they got. After speaking with a few of these friends, Ive come up with a list of six things the French can teach us about aging well. Do you agree? Let us know in comments. And if there are things the Americans can teach THEM about aging, wed like to hear about that as well. 1) That women of all ages can be the sensual love interests -- and not just the matronly grandmothers -- in popular movies. Just consider Catherine Deneuve, 69, or Isabelle Huppert, 60, or Juliette Binoche, 49. These and other older French actresses such as Nathalie Baye, 65, and Sandrine Bonnaire,46, continue to nab meaty roles. In an American movie industry dominated more by the teeny-bopper set, its hard to even name an older sex symbol other than, perhaps, Raquel Welch whos still, at 72, pretty darn sexy. 2) That less is best when it comes to makeup -- but that doesnt mean you should skimp on skincare. Studies show that French women spend more on facial skincare products than their neighbors in Italy, Spain, Germany or the UK. Overall, nearly two-thirds of French women -- or 62 percent -- use anti-wrinkle products. (In France, a girl will begin applying anti-aging