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. proofread vt. 校对 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 stifle vt. 扼杀,抑制 creativity n. 创造力 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。
editor n. 编辑
I have proofread twenty pages.
我已经校对完二十页了。
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。
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Rory:你可以做我的编辑来校对下我的简历吗?