Rory: Could you be my editor and proofread my resume?
Stan: Dear Sir, I am, hard, working, trustworthy, energetic, and, I, know, I could, be, an asset, to, your, business. What, did they have a sale on commas?
Rory: Look, I asked you to edit it, not to stifle my creativity.
editor n. 编辑
proofread vt. 校对
I have proofread twenty pages.
我已经校对完二十页了。
resume n. 简历
trustworthy adj. 可信赖的
energetic adj. 精力旺盛的
asset n.有价值的人
have a sale: 廉售
comma n. 逗号
edit vt. 编辑,校订
He edit a daily paper before he come to teach at our college.
他来我们学院任教之前充任过一份日报的主编。
stifle vt. 扼杀,抑制
creativity n. 创造力
【参考译文】
Rory:你可以做我的编辑来校对下我的简历吗?
Stan:尊敬的先生,我,工作很努力,值得信赖,精力旺盛,而且,我,知道,我可以,成为,你的,买卖,的得力助手。什么?这些句子有如此多的逗号,逗号在搞便宜出售吗?
Rory:看看,我让你来校订简历,不是让你来扼杀我的创造力。