2018年翻译资格考试初级口译考试模拟试题：蛋糕
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Well, I in my life I have tasted so many birthday cakes, anniversary cakes, and marriage cakes. But after reading the word “special cake”, there’s only one cake which I think is special. So here I would talk about it.
It is a red velvet cake. Red Velvet cake is a red or red-brown layer cake and this cake is usually topped with yummy cream cheese frosting. Unlike normal cakes, this cake has a blood red interior.It'ss common ingredients include buttermilk, butter, cocoa, and flour for the cake, beetroot for the colour.
As it is commonly served on Christmas or Valentine's Day, So I got chance to taste this cake last year.
I tasted this cake in a Christmas Party held at Hyatt Hotel in Ludhiana. Overall, it was a Christmas party with lots of fun and games. Hopefully, I would be going there this year also.
As I said earlier I tasted this cake in a party, so I had this cake with everyone who was present in the party. No doubt, majority of them were not known to me, but while celebrating, we all enjoyed the party together. I was familiar there with only one person, and that was my friend – Barack Obama.
Well, I believe this cake is very special. It is because for the first time in my life, I tasted a cake which was red in colour. Moreover, it was 4 tier cake. And interesting this about this cake is that Red velvet cake is colored with beets, instead of artificial food colouring. This cake is also called as “red Waldorf cake,” “red carpet cake,” “red mystery cake,” “flame cake,” and “$300 cake”.
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好吧，在我的生活中，我已经品尝了那么多的生日蛋糕、周年纪念蛋糕和结婚蛋糕。但是在看了“特别蛋糕”这个词之后，我认为只有一个蛋糕是特别的。这里我要讲一下。
这是一个红色的天鹅绒蛋糕。红色天鹅绒蛋糕是红色或红褐色的蛋糕，而这个蛋糕通常是美味的奶油芝士糖霜。不像普通的蛋糕，这个蛋糕有血红色的内部。它的常见配料有奶油牛奶、黄油、可可和面粉，还有甜菜的颜色。
因为它通常是在圣诞节或情人节，所以我去年有机会品尝这个蛋糕。
我在卢迪亚纳的凯悦酒店举行的圣诞晚会上品尝了这个蛋糕。总的来说，这是一个充满乐趣和游戏的圣诞派对。希望我今年也会去那里。
就像我之前说的，我在一个聚会上品尝了这个蛋糕，所以我和在场的每个人都吃了这个蛋糕。毫无疑问，他们中的大多数人都不认识我，但在庆祝的时候，我们都很享受这个聚会。我在那里只认识一个人，那是我的朋友——巴拉克奥巴马。
嗯，我相信这个蛋糕很特别。这是因为我有生以来第一次尝到了红色的蛋糕。此外，它是4层蛋糕。有趣的是，这个蛋糕是用甜菜上色的，而不是人造的食用色素。这个蛋糕也被称为“红色的华德沃尔蛋糕”、“红地毯蛋糕”、“红色神秘蛋糕”、“火焰蛋糕”和“300美元蛋糕”。
