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jiārè guò de huángjiǔ ，yíngyǎng fēngfù ，jiǔ xiāng sìyì ，nuǎn wèi huó xiě ，yóuqí shìhé zài Jiāngnán de dōngjì xiǎozhuó 。zài lǎojiē de jiǔpù lǐ ，jiàndào nàxiē huá wūpéngchuán de lǎodiēdie ，zuò zài sì tiáo tuǐ de fāng zhuō páng ，qǔ yī zhī qiǎnqiǎn de tǔtáowǎn ，dào yī wǎn huángjiǔ ，bāo jǐ lì huíxiāng ，xì pǐn màn jiáo ，yōuránzìdé 。

Warm huangjiu is very nutritious and particulary fragrant. It will warm your belly and improve your circulation. It's particularly suitable for drinking in winter in the area south of the Yangtze river. You see those old men who row the famous black-awning boats in the wine shops of the old street sitting beside the four legged square tables, picking up a shallow clay bowl, pouring in huangjiu, and peeling a few aniseed flavoured broad beans, sipping daintily at the wine while chewing slowly, at ease and content.

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曾晶介绍，味觉和咀嚼功能减退、胃肠蠕动减慢、消化液分泌减少，这些都会影响老年人的食欲和消化吸收能力；空巢状态、独居老人可能会饮食上更为简单随意。这些都会导致老年人饮食营养摄入不均衡，最终影响健康。

zēngjīng jièshào ，wèijué hé jǔjué gōngnéng jiǎntuì 、wèi cháng rúdòng jiǎnmàn 、xiāohuàyè fēnmì jiǎnshǎo ，zhèxiē dōu huì yǐngxiǎng lǎoniánrén de shíyù hé xiāohuà xīshōu nénglì ；kōngcháo zhuàngtài 、dújū lǎorén kěnéng huì yǐnshí shàng gèngwéi jiǎndān suíyì 。zhèxiē dōu huì dǎozhì lǎoniánrén yǐnshí yíngyǎng shèrù bù jūnhéng ，zuìzhōng yǐngxiǎng jiànkāng 。

Zeng Jing explains reduction of taste and chewing function, gastrointestinal motility slowed down, and decreased digestive juice secretion, which all affected the appetite and digestion and absorption capacity of the elderly; empty nest state, elderly people living alone may be more simple and casual. These will lead to an imbalance in the nutritional intake of the elderly and ultimately affect their health.

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是的是的。我一用左边牙齿嚼东西，就会有钻心般的疼痛，真难受。

shìde shìde 。wǒ yī yòng zuǒbian yáchǐ jiáo dōngxi ，jiù huì yǒu zuānxīn bān de téngtòng ，zhēn nánshòu 。

Yes, yes. As soon as I use the teeth on the left side of my mouth to chew things, I feel a piercing sort of pain. It’s really terrible.

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哈！他可是在你背后说了你不少“好话”呀，被人陷害都还不知道，你呀，不够聪明就不要学人在背后嚼舌根。

hā ！tā kě shì zài nǐ bèihòu shuō le nǐ bùshǎo “hǎohuà ”ya ，bèi rén xiànhài dōu hái bù zhīdào ，nǐ ya ，bùgòu cōngming jiù bù yào xué rén zàibèihòu jiáoshégēn 。

Ha! He always has a lot of "good" things to say about you behind your back. You don't even know when you're being sabotaged. If you're not clever enough to carry it off, don't gossip behind other people's backs.

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也行。不过，吃饭的时候不要把嘴巴张得很大。还有，咀嚼食物的时候不要发出很恶心的吧唧吧唧的声音，那样会显得很没教养。

yě xíng 。bùguò ，chīfàn de shíhou bù yào bǎ zuǐbā zhāng de hěn dà 。háiyǒu ，jǔjué shíwù de shíhou bù yào fāchū hěn ěxīn de bājībājī de shēngyīn ，nàyàng huì xiǎnde hěn méi jiàoyǎng 。

That'll work. However, when you eat you shouldn't open your mouth too wide. Also, when you chew your food you shouldn't make really disgusting chewing and chomping noises; it makes you look like you weren't raised well.

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哎哟，你们这些中年妇女就喜欢嚼舌根，传这个传那个。

āiyōu ，nǐmen zhèxiē zhōngnián fùnǚ jiù xǐhuan jiáoshégēn ，chuán zhè ge chuán nàge 。

Oh, goodness. You middle-aged women just love to gossip. Talking about this and that.

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