As the saying goes, "Ahero is known in the time of misfortune (不幸)". Zhong Nanshan is ahero like this. He is a doctor in Guangdong, who1 many people's lives in 2003.
In 2003, SARS2 in Guangdong. Later, it spread across China andother parts of the world. Patients coughed a lot and got fevers. Hundreds of3 even died from the disease. Even many doctors andnurses got SARS when they treated patients. So everyone was afraid of it. But Zhongwas4 enoughto fight the disease. Zhong spent days andnights to find the cause5 thedisease. And with his way of treating, many patients began to get better. Zhong finally won people's trust.
In early 2020, a disease calledNovel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎) hit Wuhan. It spread6aroundtens of thousands of Chinese people were infected (感染). Zhong, 84, led 7team to Wuhan to fight the illness. Zhong's team took many measures to cure the patientswith Novel coronavirus pneumonia. He advised people to wear masks,8 hands frequently (频繁地), stay at home and not to go to crowed places.
Zhong likes sports very much. 9 hewas 67, he could still play basketball. Now at the age of 84, Zhong still treatspatients in the hospital and10 youngdoctors. "I am just a doctor." Zhong says. But we think he is a hero anda fighter.
