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中考英语复习精品资料 阅读练习34 EVERYTHING has two sides. One side of SARS is already clear. It is adeadly disease, which causes fear. There were 2,601 cases (病例) recorded on the Chinese mainland on April 24, according to government report. 115 people have died and numbers keep rising. But, there is another side. SARS is areminder (提醒) of how fragile life can be. Suddenly, it’s not just the old people who are thinking about death. Everyone now realizes there might not always be atomorrow. Wang Xinying, astudent in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province came into contact (接 触) with asuspected (疑似) SARS patient in mid-April. He was told to stay at home for at least two weeks. “Watching TV about more and more SARS patients dying, Inever knew that death could be so close. Life is valuable (珍贵的) and I’m going to treasure (珍惜) every single day,” he said. SARS teaches people to be grateful, both for their own lives and for others. Doctors and nurses, for example, have to spend all their time with infected (被感染的) patients. As aresult, more than one fifth of SARS cases in China are medical workers. Xu Bing, astudent of Beijing No. 5Middle School wants to be adoctor in the future. “Although they certainly know the dangers, doctors and nurses kept working hard on saving people’s lives. I’m deeply moved by what they have done. Ithink they are real heroes.” he said. SARS also teaches sympathy (同情). The past few weeks have been terrible for Chinese people. But there are far worse things than SARS in this world, such as war, earthquakes and robberies. Think of the Iraqis, who have been living terrible lives for 20 years. Think of how the Americans felt on 9.11.