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The key to living to 100? 英国百岁老太：长寿全靠抽烟喝酒 导读：尽管抽烟对健康有白害而无一利，但来自英国的厅岁老人多 萝西?豪依仍相信每天抽烟和喝威士忌是她的长寿秘诀。 Hardy pensioner Dorothy Howe has reached her 100th birthday 一 despite smoking nearly half a million cigarettes during her life? 老烟枪多萝西?豪依尽管一生中抽了近50万支烟，还是迎来了她 的百岁生日。 The retired secretary took her first drag aged 16 and has puffed her way through 15 Superking Black ciggies every day since then. 这名退休秘书自从16岁起，每天都会抽上15支Superking Black 香烟。 She has smoked around 460, 000 cigarettes over the last 84 years - costing ￡193,000 at today1 s prices? 在过去的84年里，她抽了约有46万支烟，按现在的物价计算下 来她在抽烟上花了 19.3万英镑。 But despite the obvious health risks, Dorothy believes smoking is the secret to her old age 一 and a regular drop of whisky. 尽管知道吸烟明显有害健康，但多萝西仍然相信每天抽烟和喝一 杯威士忌就是她长寿的秘诀。 Relaxing with her favourite tipple of Bell * s, she said： I put my health down to whisky and cigarettes. I only drink when I m out but my doctor said I wouldn t be alive without them. 她最爱喝金铃威士忌，喝酒可以让她放松。她说：“我的健康秘 诀就是威士忌和香烟。我只是在外面才喝酒，但我的医生说离了 烟我就没法儿活。” T m still alive and I can lift my elbows - it s great? I ve had a great life and God has treated me very wel 1. I ve been very lucky.、 我现在仍然活力四射，而且还可以举起手肘，这真棒。上帝真的 很眷顾我，让我能如此长寿，我真的很幸运。” I keep telling myself that Im going to quit smoking when they put the prices up, but thats just not going to happen now. Whisky tastes just as good as it used to though? My pins arent as fast as they used to be, but my mind is still sharp,、she said? 多萝西说：“我一直提醒自己，如果香烟价格再上涨的话，我就 要戒烟。但现在看来戒烟是不可能的了。威士忌的味道倒是一直 都很不错，我的手脚虽然没有以前那么灵活了，但是我的脑袋还 灵光着呢。” On her milestone birthday, friends took Dot to her local pub where she had a couple of drinks before returning home to open her card from the Queen? Friend Lynn Sass said: She has the respect and friendship of a lot of people around here. Shes wonderful and a great character? 在里程碑的口岁生日当天，她的朋友们带她去当地酒吧小酌了儿 杯，后来她回到家后还收到了英国女王寄来的贺卡。她的朋友林 恩-萨斯说：“在我们这里，她拥有很多人的尊重和友谊，她很棒 性格很好。” 、Shes thought very highly of and we hope shes had a great time? It s a real achievement for