2015年ESL之日常生活 25 Proofreading a Document

Proofreading² a Document 

Russell: Hey, LeeAnn, you were an English major, right? 

LeeAnn: Yes. 

Russell: Could you proofread¹ this for me? 

LeeAnn: I don't know. Do you want me to proof it for content or for structure? 

Russell: For everything. 

LeeAnn: So you're asking me to fact check all of the facts and figures and to parse³ each line to find any spelling, grammar, or punctuation⁴ errors. 

Russell: That's right. I used the spell check on it, but some typos may have slipped through. I wouldn't be surprised if it were riddled⁵ with other errors, too. 

LeeAnn: Right. What about the formatting⁶? 

Russell: Check that, too. You can edit out the errors as you go along. 

LeeAnn: You want me to proofread and edit it? 

Russell: Sure, if you don't mind. 

LeeAnn: You do realize that this is a 400-page document, right? 

Russell: Is there a problem? 

Script by Dr. Lucy Tse 

1 proofread   

vt.校正，校对

参考例句：

• I didn't even have the chance to proofread my own report.我甚至没有机会校对自己的报告。
• Before handing in his application to his teacher,he proofread it again.交给老师之前，他又将申请书补正了一遍。

2 proofreading   

校对，校勘( proofread的现在分词 )； 做校对工作； 校读

参考例句：

• Martha, when can you finish proofreading the script? 玛莎，你什么时候可以校对完剧本？ 来自轻松英语会话---联想3000词(上)
• Attention, an important factor in editing and proofreading, affects editing quality directly. 注意力是编校过程中重要的心理因素，直接影响编辑质量。

3 parse   

v.从语法上分析；n.从语法上分析

参考例句：

• I simply couldn't parse what you just said.我完全无法对你刚说的话作语法分析。
• It causes the parser to parse an NP.它调用分析程序分析一个名词短语。

4 punctuation   

n.标点符号，标点法

参考例句：

• My son's punctuation is terrible.我儿子的标点符号很糟糕。
• A piece of writing without any punctuation is difficult to understand.一篇没有任何标点符号的文章是很难懂的。

5 riddled   

adj.布满的；充斥的；泛滥的v.解谜，出谜题(riddle的过去分词形式)

参考例句：

• The beams are riddled with woodworm. 这些木梁被蛀虫蛀得都是洞。
• The bodies of the hostages were found riddled with bullets. 在人质的尸体上发现了很多弹孔。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 formatting   

n.格式化v.使格式化( format的现在分词 )；规定…的格式（或形状、大小、比例等）；安排…的格局（或规格）；设计…的版面

参考例句：

• Select the block of text and-click and choose Default Formatting. 选择目标文字块，点击鼠标右键，选择默认格式。 来自互联网
• There are emerging conventions about the content and formatting of documentation strings. 这里介绍文档字符串的概念和格式。 来自互联网