Minisode: Resume Padding (Pre-Intermediate)

Chinese Language Convo Club

A: 我听说你的朋友在找工作。他的简历准备好了没有？ (Wǒ tīng shuō nǐ de péngyǒu zài zhǎo gōngzuò. Tā de jiǎnlì zhǔnbèi hǎole méiyǒu?) I heard your friend is looking for a job. Has he finished his resume? B：哎呀。。别提了。 我看了他的简历。。写得马马虎虎。 所以我们觉得他应该包装一下他的简历。( Āiyā.. Biétíle. Wǒ kànle tā de jiǎnlì.. Xiě dé mǎmǎhǔhǔ. Suǒyǐ wǒmen juédé tā yīnggāi bāozhuāng yīxià tā de jiǎnlì.) Ugh..don't ask... I looked at his resume, but it's not written very well, so we think he needs to polish it up a bit. 包装 - To polish something up, make it look better, to "pad" a resume slightly 简历 - Resume 简历作假 - A Completely "Padded" Resume, Fake Resume 简历造假 - Resume Fraud 撒谎 - To Lie 明知 - Sensible, Wise