If you want to stay young, sit down and ahve a good think.This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result,we are aging unnecessarily soon.
Professor Taiju wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age and how the process of aging could be slowed down.
第二段中Professor Taiju wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think
里otherwise什么意思？

If you want to stay young, sit down and ahve a good think.
如果你想留念青春,就坐下来好好的思考(用脑).
This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise and as a result,we are aging unnecessarily soon.
这是一组日本医生的研究结果,他们说我们大脑的大部分都没有得到足够多的活动(练习),结果导致我们不必要的衰老.
Professor Taiju wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age and how the process of aging could be slowed down.
泰九教授(我不知道日本人的名字怎么译,姑且译成"泰九"!)想知道为什么在日本北部不同的农民好像会失去思考的能力,(衰老)年龄相对较早的原因和怎样减缓衰老的过程.


⑴oth·er·wise 1 adv.
Pronunciation: -ˌwīz
Function: pronoun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English (on) ōthre wīsan in another manner
Date: before 12th century

: something or anything else : something to the contrary <was ordered to testify and could not do otherwise>

⑵otherwise 2 adv.
Function: adverb
Date: 13th century

1 : in a different way or manner <glossed over or otherwise handled ― Playboy>
2 : in different circumstances <might otherwise have left>
3 : in other respects <an otherwise flimsy farce ― Current Biog.>
4 : if not <do what I tell you, otherwise you'll be sorry>
5 : NOT ― paired with an adjective, adverb, noun, or verb to indicate its contrary or to suggest an indefinite alternative <people whose deeds, admirable or otherwise ― John Fischer> <almost thirty thousand women, Irish and otherwise ― J. M. Burns> <his opinion as to the success or otherwise of it ― Australian Dict. of Biog.>

⑶otherwise 3 adv.
Function: adjective
Date: 14th century

: DIFFERENT <if conditions were otherwise>


以上是<<韦氏大学词典>>中关于"otherwise"的解释!
请注意一下第(3)条!
还可以当"不同的"来解释!

这样一来Professor Taiju wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think 这一句就可以翻译的比较通顺了!

泰九教授(姑且译成"泰九"!)想知道为什么在日本北部不同的农民好像会失去思考的能力



不知我是不是断章取义!!
如有谬误之处,还请高手批评指教!!
谢谢.