other.Paras.90-93 form the second subsection.This section not only brings the story to an end but also contains an insight and revelation by which the narrator's view is altered In this last section,Jingmeitold us that her mother sent her the piano for her thirtieth birthday,a gesture that shows that Suyuan understands the reason behind Jingmei's refusalt play:Jingmei did not regard the piano lessons as something she did for herself.By offering the piano to her daughter as a gift,Suyuan gives Jingmei the opportunity to try again without feeling as though she is doing so for someone else's benefit.Although Jingmei says she did not take the piano right away,she is comforted by Suyuan's expression of faith in her ability to do what she wanted. Jingmei felt sad,because she did not understand until after her mother's death that her conflicts with her mother did not arise from any cruel expectations on Suyuan's part but from Suyuan's love and faith in her-even when Jingmei failed,or even purposefully failed,to live up to that faith.Jingmei comes to this understanding when she sits at the retuned piano.and tries to play "Pleading Child"once again.When she plays the piece on the facing page,"Perfectly contented"and realizes that the two are"two halves of the same song."By this, she demonstrates the fact she has experienced a psychological joumey from a place of pained longing for her mother's acceptance to a place of understanding why her mother pushed her so hard:the pleading child has come to a place of contentment,though the path she has taken may be full of regrets. IV.Some useful words and expressions: down (adv.meaning "in cash"),assortment,give up on (sb.)entrance. trade.for,get away with,square one's shoulders,be caught up (in),fall short (of)(fail to reach a desired result,standard,pick on sb./sth.,lop off.refer to.,follow one's own mind,for good,let go of, other. Paras.90-93 form the second subsection. This section not only brings the story to an end but also contains an insight and revelation by which the narrator’s view is altered. In this last section, Jingmei told us that her mother sent her the piano for her thirtieth birthday, a gesture that shows that Suyuan understands the reason behind Jingmei’s refusal t play: Jingmei did not regard the piano lessons as something she did for herself. By offering the piano to her daughter as a gift, Suyuan gives Jingmei the opportunity to try again without feeling as though she is doing so for someone else’s benefit. Although Jingmei says she did not take the piano right away, she is comforted by Suyuan’s expression of faith in her ability to do what she wanted. Jingmei felt sad, because she did not understand until after her mother ’s death that her conflicts with her mother did not arise from any cruel expectations on Suyuan’s part but from Suyuan’s love and faith in her –even when Jingmei failed, or even purposefully failed, to live up to that faith. Jingmei comes to this understanding when she sits at the retuned piano, and tries to play “Pleading Child” once again. When she plays the piece on the facing page, “Perfectly contented” and realizes that the two are “two halves of the same song, ” By this, she demonstrates the fact she has experienced a psychological journey from a place of pained longing for her mother’s acceptance to a place of understanding why her mother pushed her so hard: the pleading child has come to a place of contentment, though the path she has taken may be full of regrets. IV. Some useful words and expressions: down (adv. meaning “in cash”), assortment, give up on (sb.) entrance, trade.for, get away with, square one’s shoulders, be caught up (in), fall short (of) (fail to reach a desired result, standard, pick on sb./sth., lop off, refer to.， follow one’s own mind, for good, let go of