世界頭髮最長老漢去世 生前蓄髮6.8米
A Vietnamese man who was thought to have the world's longest hair has died.
The exact length of Tran Van Hay's unwashed hair was unclear but some estimates put it as long as 6.8 metres.
China's Xie Qiuping is on record as having the world's longest hair, measured at 5.6 metres in 2004, according to the Guinness World Records.
Hay began to let his hair grow more than 50 years ago because he often got sick after a haircut, the Vietnam News quoted his wife, Nguyen Thi Hoa, as saying.
Media reports said he lived a simple life as a herbalist, but his hair could complicate things. Reports said no motorcycle taxi would carry him because he could not wear a helmet. In the daytime he balanced his hair on his head like a basket, protected by a scarf.
Hay, whose hair weighed several pounds, died at home Wednesday in the southern province of Kien Giang at the age of 79, Vietnam News said.
被認爲擁有全世界最長頭髮的越南老漢陳文海近日去世。
陳文海的頭髮常年不洗，其頭髮的確切長度不得而知，但據估計有6.8米。
據《吉尼斯世界紀錄》，此前中國人謝秋萍被認爲是全世界頭髮最長記錄保持者，2004年她的髮長達到5.6米。
《越南新聞》援引陳文海妻子阮氏華的話稱，陳文海50多年沒剪過頭髮，因爲他一理髮就生病。
據媒體報道，陳文海生前是一名採藥人，過着簡樸的生活，不過他的長髮也給他帶來了諸多不便。報道稱，由於頭髮太長無法戴頭盔，所以沒有“摩的”願意搭載他。白天的時候，陳文海把頭髮盤在頭上，用頭巾包起來，看上去像頂着個籃子。
《越南新聞》報道稱，陳文海的頭髮已達數磅之重，他於本週三在越南南部建江省的家中去世，享年79歲。
Vocabulary:
herbalist：person who collects or deals in herbs, esp. medicinal herbs（草藥醫生）
motorcycle taxi：摩的
