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ID: 2423 Intermediate
It's time to bake a cake! In this lesson, someone is getting into baking and asks their friend for advice. Learn about all the ingredients and tools needed for baking a cake.
Wed Apr 16 2014 | Greg, Vera
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
蛋糕 dàngāo cake
惊喜 jīngxǐ surprise
松软 sōngruǎn soft
涂 tú to paint, spread
丽丽，你下周日有空吗？能来我家教我做蛋糕吗？
Lìli ，nǐ xià zhōurì yǒukòng ma ？néng lái wǒ jiā jiāo wǒ zuò dàngāo ma ？
Lili, are you free next Sunday? Can you come to my house to teach me how to make a cake?
有啊。你怎么突然想做蛋糕了？
yǒu ā 。nǐ zěnme tūrán xiǎng zuò dàngāo le ？
Yes. Why do you want to make a cake all of a sudden?
下个月我男朋友生日，想给他个惊喜。
xià gè yuè wǒ nánpéngyou shēngrì ，xiǎng gěi tā gè jīngxǐ 。
Next month is my boyfriend's birthday. I want to give him a surprise.
你想做什么蛋糕？
nǐ xiǎng zuò shénme dàngāo ？
What kind of cake do you want to make?
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