27 The Anti-ageing Berry （慢速带读）

High in the upper reaches of North-WestChina lies a land filled with riches. For it’s here, on the banks of the YellowRiver and in the shade of the mist-covered Liupan Mountains that the people ofthe Ningxia 're·gion have been growing one of Asia’smost sought-after foods for 'cen·tu·ries.

This small, oval-shaped berry has beencalled the “red diamond” as it is thought to have anti-ageing powers and has a·'chieved newfound global status as a superfood,but to the people of China, who have being using it me·'di·ci·na·lly sincethe 3rd Century, it’s simply called the goji berry or 'wolf·ˌbe·rry.