房间中，一位头发花白的华裔老人端着一杯茶从厨房走出来，坐在电脑跟前点开邮件。
老人一边喝茶一边看着邮件，表情渐渐凝重，抬头看了看窗外，然后把茶杯放在了桌上，开启了打印机。
几分钟后，老人站起来，取下打印出的邮件，走出门冲庄恕喊道：“Owen.”
庄恕关掉浇水器，转过头问：“爸，怎么了？”
老人走过来，把手上的纸递给他，皱眉道：“这件事，我想你应该知道。也一定会关心。”
庄恕放下浇水器，脱下手套，接过，见纸页上是世界卫生组织发布的关于中国仁合医院，爆发耐药菌株肺炎的通报：
Outbreakofseverpneumoniainchina：Since10daysago，onepatient，a67yearsoldretiredteacherfromjialin，china，wastreatedinHospitalofRenhe，Thepatientdiedsoonafterdiagnosedofaccuratepneumonia，andallofthedoctorsandnurseswhotakingcareofhershowedthesamesymptomthefollowingtwodays，andsoongetintoseverconditionwithinoneweek.Withinonly8days，30patientsinRenhehospitalandanother20patientsinother2hospitalwasfoundthesamesymptomandsuspectedasthesamedisease.Tillyesterday，around100patientsinjialinidentifiedassuspectedcasesandquarantined，25oftheminsevercondition，and5ofthemdied.ThehealthofficialsinchinapaysmuchattentiontothisepidemicandRenhehospitalandtheotherarequarantined.Armedforceincontrolofthearea.Ecoli‘superbug’whichresistanttoantibioticsthoughttocausethisepidemic.
（中国爆发高度传染性急性肺炎：十天前，中国一位六十七岁的女性退休教师因高热、咳嗽、呼吸困难在一所大型综合性医院——