Extended reading read the feature article about a family dinner on the chinese new year's eve. A precious family dinner IT is just past five o'clock on the chinese new year's eve, and the dinner table is already covered with White china plates and balls full of all sorts of dishes, chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Low yen twenty nine leaves the cover of a large ball to breathe. A rich smell of the supers wife and mother have prepared low yanson. Bohn happily takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him. Six year old buffer has not seen his grandparents for almost a year, and he is full of joy and excitement. Indeed, the whole family could not be happier to be together despite the cold outside, their happy faces fill the air with warmth while mary laughter rings through out the house. u. Yan and his wife and songs have settled in the big city, far away from their hometown. Every year, they travel back for the spring festival for their dream of three generations under the same roof. The luo family's journey back to their hometown was a long entering one just a few years ago. However, the high speed train has made IT much more convenient for them to go back home. During the five hour trip, they chat excitedly with each other, their minds full of thoughts about their sweet home. On their arrival, they find lus parents eagerly waiting for them. Their home has been specially decorated for the joy occasion. From the neat designs of the paper cutters on the windows, to the spring festival couplets on the door, and to the new year painting on the wall, everything represents joy, luck and happiness. Even the fish on the plate expresses a hope for new you. You means both fish and plenty in chinese. May you get more than you wish for every year after dinner, the hours until midnight goes slowly by. The whole family are going to stay up late on the chinese new year's eve. They gather around the television to watch the spring festival gala while eating snacks, chatting with each other and making dumplings that they will eat at the very start of the new year. In the warmth and comfort of the room, luoyang talks about his plan for the future. I hope we won't have to be separated again, he says, looking at his aging parents, my parents are getting old and we should spend more time with them. We'll come back more frequently, and we're also considering taking them to the city to live with us. After all, home is where all family members are together. As midnight approaches, luo yan takes his parents, wife and sons outside to set off firecrackers. The whole village is lit up with colorful fireworks. All over the country, people are celebrating their good fortune, celebrating their families together ness and celebrating their nations. thanks.