Health-care is the work of looking after people’s bodies and minds when they are ill, and of helping them stay well. It covers doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics, medicine, and the systems that pay for all of this.

Health-care is是這樣的工作：when they are ill人們生病時 of looking after照顧 people’s bodies and minds他們的身體和心，and of helping them stay well並幫他們保持健康。It covers它涵蓋 doctors, nurses醫生、護理師、hospitals, clinics醫院、診所、medicine藥，and和 that pay for all of this為這一切付錢的 the systems制度。

Though actually, English cannot quite decide how to write it. Many people write health care as two words when they mean the thing itself, and health-care with a hyphen when it sits in front of another noun — health-care workers, health-care costs. A lot of people now smash it into one word, healthcare, and that is very common too.

Though actually不過其實，English英文自己 cannot quite decide一直沒真的決定 how to write it這個詞要怎麼寫。Many people很多人 when they mean the thing itself指這件事本身時 write health care as two words把 health care 拆成兩個字寫，and when it sits in front of another noun而放在另一個名詞前面時 health-care with a hyphen寫成帶連字號的 health-care——health-care workers醫療人員、health-care costs醫療費用。A lot of people now現在很多人 smash it into one word直接把它擠成一個字 healthcare，and that is very common too這種寫法也非常常見。

In the United States you will hear it in politics all the time, because who pays and who gets treated is a big public fight. In everyday talk it is a slightly grown-up word: you go to the doctor; the news talks about health-care.

In the United States在美國 in politics政治裡 you will hear it all the time你會一天到晚聽到它，because因為 who pays誰付錢、and who gets treated誰能得到治療，is a big public fight是一場很大的公共爭論。In everyday talk日常說話裡 it is它是 a slightly grown-up word稍微大人味的字：you你自己是 go to the doctor去看醫生；the news新聞才 talks about health-care在談 health-care。

It is not the same as being healthy. Healthy is how you feel. Health-care is the help that is offered.

It is not the same as它不等於 being healthy健康這件事。Healthy is是 how you feel你身體的感覺。Health-care is是 that is offered被提供出來的 the help幫助。