He told me that in the dream his wife brought him his favorite cake - but it was stale and had some poison in it.

他告诉我说，在这个梦境中，他太太给他带来了他最爱的蛋糕——但看起来并不新鲜而且还有毒。

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Ryan Abood, CEO of GourmetGiftBaskets.com, assembled a cupcake "dream team" including master-baker George Algarin to begin making the cake on August 12, five days before the scheduled unveiling.

“美食礼品篮”网站的首席执行官莱恩•阿布德组建了一支制作杯蛋糕的“梦之队”，其中还包括特级面包师乔治•阿尔加林。

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In the dream he knew that the cake was stale and poisoned, but he didn't want to upset her.

在梦中，他知道蛋糕不新鲜而且有毒，但他显然不想让她扫兴。

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Actually, they simply want to have their cake and eat it too: they dream of a way out of a crisis generated by an excess of public debt that does not entail a retrenchment of government activities.

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