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The Birthday Cake

Un pastel de cumpleaños sale muy mal, pero la fiesta no.

Palabras clave de esta historia

  • cream · crema
  • oven · horno
  • to bake · hornear, hacer (un pastel, pan)
  • strawberry · fresa, frutilla
  • flour · harina
  • smoke · humo
  • burned · quemado
  • to drop · dejar caer, tirar sin querer

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Palabras útiles (11)
  • to bake · hornear, hacer (un pastel, pan)
  • cream · crema
  • strawberry · fresa, frutilla
  • flour · harina
  • oven · horno
  • smoke · humo
  • burned · quemado
  • to drop · dejar caer, tirar sin querer
  • upset · disgustado, afectado
  • sweets · caramelos, dulces
  • flat · plano, aplastado

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Last Saturday was Emma's dad's sixtieth birthday. Emma lives in Leeds, in the north of England, and she wanted to a perfect cake for him: chocolate, with and "I don't need help," she said to her brother. "It's easy."

On Saturday morning she started early. She mixed the eggs, the sugar, the and the chocolate. She placed the cake in the and then she answered a phone call from a friend. They talked for forty minutes.

When she opened the the kitchen was full of The cake was black on top. "It's okay," Emma said. "I can cut off the part." She carried the cake to the table... and it on the floor.

Emma was very She didn't cry, but she wanted to. Her brother looked at the cake and then at her. "Don't worry," he said. "Dad doesn't need a perfect cake. He needs a funny one."

They picked up the biggest piece. They covered it with and decorated it with chocolate buttons and a small plastic football. It wasn't beautiful. It was strange and a little

At the party, Emma's dad looked at the cake and laughed for a long time. "This is the best cake of my life," he said. Everyone loved it. And Emma? She was happy. The cake wasn't perfect, but the party was.

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0/4 respondidas

1. ¿Para quién era el pastel?

2. ¿Por qué se quemó el pastel?

3. ¿Qué hicieron Emma y su hermano con el pastel?

4. ¿Cómo reaccionó el padre de Emma?