103-year-old man living alone in mountain recesses for 27 years

时间：2007-11-01 08:01:39

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Chinanews, Guangzhou, Oct. 31 - 103-year-old Zhang Donglai has lived alone in a mountain area located in Heyuan, Guangdong Province for 27 years. He has just held his first birthday celebration together with his fellow villagers since 1980.

 

Zhang revealed that as a wild ox had destroyed his old wooden house somewhere in the mountain 27 years ago, he could not but rebuild a new house on present site. From then on, he said that he became a vegetarian1 in living in the mountain for over 20 years. Local government now grants him a subsidy2 of 100 yuan every month, occasionally he collects odds3 and ends from refuse heaps to sell to the salvage4 station to earn some pocket money.

 

Zhang said he had seldom suffered from illness since he moved there. He said at first he hadn’t wanted to hold his birthday party as he thought it would cost a lot of money, but his fellow villagers insisted on holding the party in his honor. 60 years ago on Oct. 29, Zhang came to the mountain village as a refugee during the civil war, and Oct. 29, the date thus had been regarded as Zhang’s birthday by his fellow villagers.

 
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1 vegetarian 7KGzY     
n.素食者；adj.素食的
参考例句：
  • She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
  • I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。
2 subsidy 2U5zo     
n.补助金，津贴
参考例句：
  • The university will receive a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence.那个大学将得到一笔人工智能研究的补助费。
  • The living subsidy for senior expert's family is included in the remuneration.报酬已包含高级专家家人的生活补贴。
3 odds n5czT     
n.让步，机率，可能性，比率；胜败优劣之别
参考例句：
  • The odds are 5 to 1 that she will win.她获胜的机会是五比一。
  • Do you know the odds of winning the lottery once?你知道赢得一次彩票的几率多大吗？
4 salvage ECHzB     
v.救助，营救，援救；n.救助，营救
参考例句：
  • All attempts to salvage the wrecked ship failed.抢救失事船只的一切努力都失败了。
  • The salvage was piled upon the pier.抢救出的财产被堆放在码头上。

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