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原文：
The field of medicine has not traditionally distinguished between someone who is merely "not ill" and someone who is in excellent health and pays attention to the body's special needs. Both types have simply been called "well". In rencent years, however, some health specialists have begun to apply the terms "well" and "wellness" only to those who are actively striving to maintain and improve their health.
對於僅僅是“沒有生病”和身體非常健康、非常注意身體特殊需求的兩種人，傳統醫學並沒有嚴格區分。這兩種人都被簡單定義為“身體健康”。然而近些年來，一些醫學專家開始認為，只有那些主動維持和改善其身體狀態的人才稱得上“身體好”和“健康”。
People who are well are concerned with nutrition and exercise, and they make a point of monitoring their body's condition. Most important, perhaps, people who are well take active responsiblity for matters related to their health. Even people who have a physical disease or handicap may be "well", in this new sense, if they make an effort to maintain the best possible health they can in the face of their physical limitations.
健康的人非常關注營養均衡以及運動，他們非常重視監控自己的身體狀況。最重要的可能是健康的人主動承擔起改善自己身體狀況的所有責任。在這種意義上，只要他們能在他們現有的身體限制條件下儘可能地保持最好的狀態，即使是一個有着生理疾病或缺陷的人都可能是“健康”的。
"Wellness" may perhaps best be viewed not as a state that people can achieve, but as an ideal that people can strive for. People who are well are likely to be better able to resist disease and to fight disease when it strikes. And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
對“健康”的最佳理解可能不是人們能達到的一種狀態，而是人們能追求的一個理想。健康的人更有可能預防疾病和在疾病發作時戰勝它。通過關注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念還能對人們如何面對日常生活的挑戰產生積極的影響。
1. excellent adj. 優良的，傑出的.
eg: Thomas Alva Edison is an excellent inventor.
愛迪生是一位傑出的發明家。
短語：
excellent feature 優點
excellent quality 優良品質
同根詞：
excellently adv. 極好地
excellence n. 優秀，美德，長處
2. specialist n. 專家
eg: We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment.
在這個關鍵時刻我們最好請一位專家來。
短語：
specialist system 專家系統;專家制度
heart specialist 心臟病專家
3. strive v. 努力，鬥爭
eg: He is hard to strive against disease.
他很努力與疾病鬥爭。
短語：
strive for 爭取，奮鬥
strive after 奮鬥;爭取
strive against 反抗
4. maintain v. 保養，維持
eg: It was supposed to maintain the convertibility of the currency into gold.
它的作用在於保持，貨幣與金子間的轉換。
短語：
maintain in 維持......
maintain contact with 與......保持聯繫
maintain world peace 維護世界和平
5. monitor v. 監督，監視
eg: He was watching a game of tennis on a television monitor.
他那時正在電視監控器上觀看一場網球賽。
短語：
monitor system 監控系統
computer monitor 電腦顯示器
fire monitor 防火監控器
patient monitor 病人監護儀
6. handicap n. (身體或智力的)缺陷
eg: Kate didn't abandon herself because of the physical handicap.
凱特並沒有因為生理上的缺陷而自暴自棄。
短語：
mental handicap 心理缺陷
physical handicap 生理缺陷
cultural handicap 文化上的障礙
7. resist v. 抵抗，抵制
eg: Many young people could not resist the spiritual pollution.
很多年輕人不能抵制精神污染。
短語：
hard to resist 人見人愛;惹人喜愛
resist no longer 無法抵抗
佳句採摘：
And by focusing attention on healthy ways of living, the concept of wellness can have a beneficial impact on the ways in which people face the challenges of daily life.
通過關注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念還能對人們如何面對日常生活的挑戰產生積極的影響。
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