At the Pastry Shop 在点心店

What can I do for you，Madam！

夫人，您要买什么？

I'd like to buy two boxes of Chinese moon cakes.

我想买两盒中国月饼。

We have the Guangdong style and the Suzhou style.

我们有广式的和苏式的。

Which do you want？

您要哪种？

Sorry，bananas are out of season now.

对不起，现在是香蕉淡季。

I'll take these ten oranges.

我就买这10个桔子。

Forty yuan for the moon cakes and seven yuan for the oranges.

月饼40元桔子是7元。

That'll be forty seven yuan in all.

一共是47元。

I'd like to buy some Chinese cakes.

我要买些中国糕点。

We have cream birthday cakes，ten yuan each. Do youlike it？

我们有奶油生日蛋糕，每只10元，您喜欢吗？

Give me a cream birthday cake and two boxes of famous Chinese cakes.

请给我一只奶油生日蛋糕，同时还买两盒中国名点。

The skin of the Cantonese style cake is sweet，soft puffy palatable and filled with heavy stuffing.

广式糕点的特点是外面的皮甜，软而松，味美，馅儿多。

The skin of Suzhou style cakes is puffy and filled with fragrant nuts.

苏式糕点外面的皮子松、馅儿味芳香。

Will you wrap them up separately.

请你给我分开包装。

Anything else？

还要什么？

Nothing more.

够了。

Please step in again.

请下次再来。

Dialogue A

A：What can I do for you，madam？

B：I'd like to buy two boxes of Chinese moon cakes.

A：All right. We have the Guangdong style and the Suzhou style. Which do you want？

B：The Suzhou style.

A：OK. Anything else？

B：Let me see. Ah，yes！I want some bananas.

A：Sorry，bananas are out of season now. But we have some good oranges. They are just in from the country.

B：Good. I'll take these ten oranges. How much would that come to？

A：Just a moment，please. Forty yuan for the moon cakes and seven yuan for the oranges. That'll be forty－seven yuan in all.

B：Here you are，sir.

A：Thank you. Here's your change.

B：Thank you. Good-bye.

Dialogue B

（A：shop Assistant B：Mr Smith C：Mrs Smith）

A：Can I help you？

C：I'd like to buy some Chinese cakes.

A：We have cream birthday cakes，ten yuan each. Do you like it？

C：Fine. Give me a cream birthday cake and two boxes of famous Chinese cakes，and help me to pick a variety of them，please.

A：All right. For Chinese style cakes，we have the Cantonese style and the Suzhou style. The skin of the Cantonese style cakes is sweet，soft，puffy palatable and filled with heavy stuffing. The famous Cantonese cakes are moon cakes from Guangdong， Sha―pi―ma….The skin of the Suzhou style cakes is puffy and filled with fragrant nuts.

There are not only sweet cakes but also meat moon cakes.

C：Well，will you wrap them up separately？

A：Certainly. Any thing else？

C：Nothing more. How much altogether？

A：Nineteen yuan and forty-five fen.

C：Here are two ten-yuan notes. Keep the change.

A：For me？Oh，no. We don't accept tips. But thank you all the same.

C：O. K. . Good-bye.

A：Good-bye. Please step in again.

Words and Expressions　

Cantonese    a. n. 广东的，广东人，广东话

puffy     n. 松脆的

palatable    a. 可口的，味美的

stuffing    n. 填塞；填馅

fragrant    a. 芬芳的