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.
对于仅仅是“没有生病”和身体非常健康、非常注意身体特殊需求的两种人，传统医学并没有严格区分。这两种人都被简单定义为“身体健康”。然而近些年来，一些医学专家开始认为，只有那些主动维持和改善其身体状态的人才称得上“身体好”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.
健康的人非常关注营养均衡以及运动，他们非常重视监控自己的身体状况。最重要的可能是健康的人主动承担起改善自己身体状况的所有责任。在这种意义上，只要他们能在他们现有的身体限制条件下尽可能地保持最好的状态，即使是一个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.
对“健康”的最佳理解可能不是人们能达到的一种状态，而是人们能追求的一个理想。健康的人更有可能预防疾病和在疾病发作时战胜它。通过关注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念还能对人们如何面对日常生活的挑战产生积极的影响。
英语单词词汇整理:
1. excellent adj. 优良的，杰出的
eg: Thomas Alva Edison is an excellent inventor.
爱迪生是一位杰出的发明家。
短语：
excellent feature 优点
excellent quality 优良品质
同根词：
excellently adv. 极好地
excellence n. 优秀，美德，长处
2. specialist n. 专家
eg: We had better call in a specialist at this critical moment.
在这个关键时刻我们最好请一位专家来。
短语：
specialist system 专家系统；专家制度
heart specialist 心脏病专家
3. strive v. 努力，斗争
eg: He is hard to strive against disease.
他很努力与疾病斗争。
短语：
strive for 争取，奋斗
strive after 奋斗；争取
strive against 反抗
4. maintain v. 保养，维持
eg: It was supposed to maintain the convertibility of the currency into gold.
它的作用在于保持，货币与金子间的转换。
短语：
maintain in 维持......
maintain contact with 与......保持联系
maintain world peace 维护世界和平
5. monitor v. 监督，监视
eg: He was watching a game of tennis on a television monitor.
他那时正在电视监控器上观看一场网球赛。
短语：
monitor system 监控系统
computer monitor 电脑显示器
fire monitor 防火监控器
patient monitor 病人监护仪
6. handicap n. （身体或智力的）缺陷
eg: Kate didn't abandon herself because of the physical handicap.
凯特并没有因为生理上的缺陷而自暴自弃。
短语：
mental handicap 心理缺陷
physical handicap 生理缺陷
cultural handicap 文化上的障碍
7. resist v. 抵抗，抵制
eg: Many young people could not resist the spiritual pollution.
很多年轻人不能抵制精神污染。
短语：
hard to resist 人见人爱；惹人喜爱
resist no longer 无法抵抗
佳句采摘：
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.
通过关注健康的生活方式，健康的新概念还能对人们如何面对日常生活的挑战产生积极的影响。 |