What can I do for you，Madam！

    夫人，您要買什么？

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

    我想買兩盒中國月餅。

    We have the Guangdong style and the Suzhou style.

    我們有廣式的和蘇式的。

    Which do you want？

    您要哪種？

    Sorry，bananas are out of season now.

    對不起，現在是香蕉淡季。

    I'll take these ten oranges.

    我就買這10個桔子。

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

    月餅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.

    我要買些中國糕點。

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

    我們有奶油生日蛋糕，每只10元，您喜歡嗎？

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

    請給我一只奶油生日蛋糕，同時還買兩盒中國名點。

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

    廣式糕點的特點是外面的皮甜，軟而松，味美，餡兒多。

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

    蘇式糕點外面的皮子松、餡兒味芳香。

    Will you wrap them up separately.

    請你給我分開包裝。

    Anything else？

    還要什么？

    Nothing more.

    夠了。

    Please step in again.

    請下次再來。

    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. 廣東的，廣東人，廣東話

    puffy     n. 松脆的

    palatable    a. 可口的，味美的

    stuffing    n. 填塞；填餡

    fragrant    a. 芬芳的