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Ordering a Cake

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ID: 2409 Intermediate
You can't have a birthday party without cake! In this lesson, learn how to pick one up for that next big birthday bash.
Fri Mar 28 2014 | Shanell, Jenny
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
服务员 fúwùyuán waiter
蛋糕 dàngāo cake
的话 dehuà if
差不多 chàbuduō more or less
服务员，我要给孩子买个生日蛋糕，大概10个人吃。
fúwùyuán ，wǒ yào gěi háizi mǎi gè shēngrì dàngāo ，dàgài shí gè rén chī 。
Waiter, I want to buy a birthday cake for my child. It's for about 10 people.
10个人的话，12寸的蛋糕应该差不多了。
shí gè rén dehuà ，shíèr cùn de dàngāo yīnggāi chàbuduō le 。
If there are 10 people, a 12-inch cake should be about right.
那你们有哪些种类的？
nà nǐmen yǒu nǎxiē zhǒnglèi de ？
Then what kinds of cake do you have?
鲜奶水果蛋糕，巧克力蛋糕，慕斯蛋糕，芝士蛋糕我们都有。
xiānnǎi shuǐguǒ dàngāo ，qiǎokèlì dàngāo ，mùsī dàngāo ，zhīshì dàngāo wǒmen dōu yǒu 。
We've got fruit and cream cake, chocolate cake, mousse cake and cheese cake.
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