Mark Roswell returned to his house in Milan, Italy, from visiting his parents-in-law in Beijing. No sooner had he got off the plane 1 he put himself straight into quarantine (隔离) in his bedroom for 14 days, 2 from his families and relatives. "Having learned about the COVID-19 disease, we knew what was happening currently in our 3 and we were afraid for ourselves, our families and friends," said the 48-year-old Italian.
14 days later, he walked outside into the street, 4 a mask and gloves. His Italian friends 5 looked at him, laughing at him about his behavior. "I tried my best to 6 that I should wear them in order to avoid communicating the 7 to others, but no one understood," Roswell said.
Back from China, many Italians were fully aware what was coming and 8 the word: stay at home. So as most Italians enjoyed themselves in the get-together or 9 into cafes and bars as 10 , the Chinese residents of Milan had seemingly 11 .
In late February and early March, there was a sudden 12 in Italian infections with the epidemic (流行病). Some families, who keep Chinese citizenship, even began to send children to relatives in China, 13 at the attitude and 14 of Italians around them.
Soon enough the epidemic took away many lives and perhaps it was then that the locals came to realize how 15 the Chinese were behaving.