You run among crowded people in a railway station, only to find that the train has left. Do you feel depressed(沮丧的)?     Probably.       But if you are in France, someone may play the piano

The national railroad company SNCF has put pianos in nearly 100 stations across France. They are rented from Yamaha Corporation. The first piano was set up in the Gare Montparnasse in Paris in 2012.

The pianos have proved to be very popular. In 2014, the SNCF and Yamaha organized a nationwide contest called "Your Turn to Play". It asked participants to upload (上传) video clips of themselves using one of the pianos. At last, about 900 people took part in the contest.

So if you miss a train in France one day, perhaps someone will be playing your favourite piece, and that will reduce your anxiety (焦虑) a bit. Or perhaps you'll sit down, roll up your sleeves and play your sadness away yourself.

Boris, a foreign student at Communication University of China, often shares his experiences of Chinese culture on his vlog (视频博客). In one video, for example, Boris shared how he had learned the Chinese word “dongxi”. He translated each part separately into “east west”. And he introduced one theory (说法), about how “dongxi” came to mean “things”. He told people that all marketplaces in ancient Chinese cities were set up along a single road that ran from east to west. “Many of my followers are learning Chinese,” Boris said. “But sadly, they know little about Chinese culture and the country. That’s the reason I started to shoot vlogs to share Chinese culture in 2019.”

Until now, Boris has posted more than 40 Chinese culture vlogs online. They took up him plenty of time and effort. Take reading the poem Second Farewell to Cambridge (《再别康桥》) by Xu Zhimo as an example. “I can understand every word in the poem,” Boris said. “But to touch readers, I need to use proper feelings while reading.” So he needed to look for much background information and make his feelings suit each part of the poem. Though shooting these vlogs takes lots of time, the young man feels proud that his vlogs have inspired many people. Boris said that he wanted to continue bridging the differences between two cultures. “This goal may not be achieved easily, but I will spare no efforts to do my part.”

Henry Bond was about seven years old when his father died. His mother found it difficult to support(抚养 )the large family. However she tried her best to do so. Also, she sent Henry, the eldest son, to school.

At one time, Henry needed a grammar book for his study. His family was so poor that his mother could not buy one.

One morning, Henry found that a deep snow was falling, and the cold wind was blowing. “Ah, " he said, "it is an ill wind that blows nobody good. "With these words, he ran to the house next to his home, and offered his service to move away the snow around it. The offer was accepted. When he finished the work, he received his pay. Then he went to another place for the same thing, and then to another, until he earned(挣得) enough to buy a grammar book.

From that time, Henry was always the first in all his classes. He knew no such word as “fail”, and he succeeded in all he tried to do. Having the will(意志),he always found the way