It is just past five o’clock on the Chinese New Year’s Eve, and the dinner table     1     (cover) with white china plates and bowls, full of all sorts of dishes: chicken, duck, pork, fish and vegetables. Luo Yan, 29, lifts the cover of a large bowl     2     (breathe) in the rich smell of the soup his wife and mother have prepared. Luo Yan’s son, Bofeng,     3    (happy) takes a bite of the chicken his grandfather has selected for him.

Samovar, a very special teapot, plays a big part in Russian history and is a central part of Russian family life. There is a very old samovar in my home,    1    belonged to m great-grandmother's great-grandmother. The story of how she bought it has been passed down     2     generation to generation. Every time we have a special occasion in my family, the samovar     3     (take)out.The samovar symbolizes     4     (happy),and that's one thing want to keep in my family forever!