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The giant cake

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Part 8 of the Lexayo story in English. The episode opens with “Monday: a big idea” and follows Nuria and her neighbours scene by scene.

Scenes

  1. Monday: a big idea Lunes: una idea grande
  2. The festival posters Los carteles de la fiesta
  3. The secret recipe La receta secreta
  4. Wednesday: the ingredients Miércoles: los ingredientes
  5. Mum has an opinion Mamá tiene una opinión
  6. Ramón trains Ramón se entrena
  7. Thursday: the accounts Jueves: las cuentas
  8. Friday: oven night Viernes: la noche del horno
  9. Saturday: the tower Sábado: la torre
  10. Saturday: the neighbourhood festival Sábado: la fiesta del barrio
  11. One o'clock: the disaster La una: el desastre
  12. Two o'clock: everyone's table Las dos: la mesa de todos
  13. Three o'clock: the omelette contest Las tres: el concurso de tortillas
  14. Eight o'clock: the dance Las ocho: el baile
  15. The end of the party Fin de fiesta
  16. Sunday: the orders Domingo: los pedidos

Sample dialogue

The opening lines, with the Spanish translation underneath.

  • NarratorMonday morning. An ideas meeting at Pixel.Lunes por la mañana. Reunión de ideas en Pixel.
  • LucasRight, team. Second video. Rocío's cake shop.Bueno, equipo. Segundo vídeo. La pastelería de Rocío.
  • LucasI'm the director. I need big ideas.Soy el director. Necesito ideas grandes.
  • NuriaBig? How big?¿Grandes? ¿Cómo de grandes?
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  • LucasVery big. Enormous. Giant.Muy grandes. Enormes. Gigantes.
  • JaviA giant cake?¿Una tarta gigante?
  • LucasThat's it! A giant cake! Javi, you're a genius!¡Eso! ¡Una tarta gigante! ¡Javi, eres un genio!
  • JaviIt was a joke, Lucas.Era una broma, Lucas.

Key words

  • a giant cakeuna tarta gigante
  • my grandmother's recipela receta de mi abuela
  • the ingredientslos ingredientes
  • two hundred grams of flourdoscientos gramos de harina
  • crack the eggsrompe los huevos
  • mix the sugarmezcla el azúcar
  • into the oven, thirty minutesal horno, treinta minutos
  • the neighbourhood festivalla fiesta del barrio
  • the omelette contestel concurso de tortillas
  • careful!¡cuidado!
  • it's my faultes culpa mía
  • it's nobody's faultno es culpa de nadie
  • a fruit saladuna macedonia
  • everyone brings a dessertcada uno trae un postre
  • one big familyuna gran familia
  • twenty thousand viewsveinte mil visitas

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