人生易老天难老，岁岁重阳。

　　今又重阳，

　　战地黄花分外香。

　　一年一度秋风劲，不似春光。

　　胜似春光，

　　寥廓江天万里霜。

　　The Double Ninth

　　Man ages all too easily， not Nature；

　　Year by year the Double Ninth returns.

　　On this Double Ninth，

　　The yellow blooms on the battle field smell sweeter.

　　Each year the autumn wind blow fierce，

　　Unlike string's splendour，

　　Yet surpassing spring's splendour，

　　See the endless expanse of frosty sky and water.

　　段子：

　　文章又认为，SARS流行也使得中国的信息传递方式出现爆炸性的改变。电信行业，特别是手机通信行业因此获得不菲的收益，这将进一步刺激公众对大众化信息的需求，此后是供给跟上来。SARS对社会和心态的影响也是潜移默化的。作者曾打电话给在北京的一些同窗好友，从他们凝重的口气以及反复叮咛注意健康和预防SARS，作者发现亲情友情是如何在大事件下改观的。文章说，SARS表面上拉开了人们相互接触的距离，但实际上却教会人们，在这个因航空和通信而显得日益狭小的地球村里，每一个人都是相互依存的。面对SARS，人们暂时也没有高低贵贱之别。

　　译文：

　　According to the article， SARS fundamentally changed the way in which the Chinese people exchange information. Telecommunication， especially mobile telecommunication got quite considerable returns， which will further stimulate the need from the public for the public information. A promising market thus came into being. SARS also affected people in a subconsciously way. When calling some good friends in my school life， I was urged again and again by them to give priority to my health， and take great caution against SARS. The relationship between family members and friends changed too for SARS， an unexpected attack to human being. it also shows that people， isolated physically because of SARS， came to learn that everyone depend on others in such a global village ever narrowed by aviation and telecommunication. For a moment， people leave aside their difference in status.