Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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8 Z8 s! I1 y% U, O' c2 Z8 wRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." - n5 _! j; ^5 a; u3 h1 X l
0 d; x; @0 u6 q/ h; X) \ x是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 ! T8 b0 y# ]: M8 g" Z8 Y
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"What sort of trouble?"
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. u% Q% f% u+ i: x! s" B& |7 j您有什麼問題呢 ?
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." 5 W9 ?' }9 L7 h. [" R" z
/ I, p: J) ^4 b2 q; P y我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。
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"Went away?"都不見了。 " j* c0 x. ]. \1 ~5 V* D9 z4 g" Y
6 k: u. w, n, c% Y5 Z0 G"They disappeared." 8 k1 M( ^! V2 P& T
Y3 H9 D+ N7 z& ]2 R* U它們都不見了。
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?" ( C$ }: P9 B! p
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沒有任何東西？ 6 g/ n7 g9 ~& _. j1 i/ ?) m
% m6 z" l5 D$ w; A"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 6 G! n6 E. Z- s; u( \. ?7 t
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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- v: G: h# @. D9 Q: m5 L您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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' F6 M1 N- t1 S I$ z S+ ^"How do I tell?"
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- ^' `0 f: e! g8 A j) S我要怎麼說明呢？ $ a0 |( r: ?) `
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" : N4 j7 S8 F0 |- N& ~
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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6 B8 S6 h( W( Z; j5 f C"What's a sea-prompt?"
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9 q. `( L5 A- W9 f5 Q' ~3 ?什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) ) q+ @; l" x4 |/ S' K. X) c9 k
$ a: G/ u, F& a" C/ b2 M% z# h"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" + l7 R$ c9 @ b5 i# @7 a
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ % U4 `, ^5 V. W' l, e! U
+ @- y' K" }9 k J; P"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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* T# L# X. U$ L) b7 J螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。
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( I! u9 V$ G2 p8 D* m"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" ; D3 J- S1 }5 m4 V
: v* c& A6 s' ^ h1 P& i) F1 T" L5 [顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ z/ W8 W4 D2 h l+ Q; | n
: g. m. X! J0 _! ]4 q2 O" W/ J"What's a monitor?"
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什麼是顯示器？ / |6 p7 b6 I$ Y' |7 j
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" 8 ]( |6 M* B! T0 e/ d J
7 }1 Z; L( H/ @/ h) m+ G- ^就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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2 d2 y/ O" M3 E, _有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know."
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$ ~3 i7 R: |9 j( P7 u1 Q我不懂耶。
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2 O' k3 l2 A2 n+ E& q8 W# b"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 4 Y ]. R% Q4 J
: R/ }0 b# `' W, vthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ & p$ R _9 X+ T+ L
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"....Yes, I think so." F/ r6 r2 M! d" I+ R4 p
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是，我想我看到了。 + w: E" c$ _- x0 O& N' f
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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0 c1 Q% L8 o- e$ a太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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0 H6 p0 |) d+ b7 Q5 b% a* H"....Yes, it is."
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有啊! $ N+ T# Q0 G( _1 E9 I4 U
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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' W6 P8 D/ k8 b/ f8 S4 E0 Rtwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" 9 ^& t. v8 g) d
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你到顯示器後面看看，有沒有注意到有兩條電線插在後面，不是只有一條哦？ , k" m+ p% D7 _
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"No."
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- S# z6 Q# b3 y. M+ G"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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6 m1 @1 u$ l1 P3 ?; @theother cable."
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就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 A$ I; a" B; I
4 B0 t% N! g; q9 r" Z"....Okay, here it is." & ]/ a+ _5 [5 o8 y$ [
M8 \+ v: r2 F7 WOK，找到了。
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( N, Z. l3 v1 q% u& j. T9 }3 a1 ?"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into 2 r/ ~$ c) i! d
2 V* r* H! n! O! S1 X7 G3 V' |0 qtheback of your computer." ; V( ]. ]. h x+ q. a% l2 u
; t0 p4 [6 l& @" k) a再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。
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4 g$ p) l* y P* X! m: J"I can't reach." ; @/ f. F: @! x. R# v; L( ?% _
& n3 u" q4 C c4 w: d% z我搆不到。 * y2 I- U f0 b! Z4 M8 `
" g8 p) P: r9 l& G# P"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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! P7 K* B s' V! X; {" y嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ 9 [* s4 `2 u9 ^( k9 u- r- z. f, l
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"No."
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8 Z# R( O: O% G& P"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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2 ]3 _" E6 H" `那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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4 m. V9 J0 H I0 U0 ]) v: ["Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." ) q3 B6 l7 J4 f8 O9 }+ o' H9 s" ]
! {& I1 O( B6 ]/ D8 n2 A6 g1 m喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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' U* p, n# r8 H0 T W"Dark?" 5 J o+ n9 q2 R
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% u. n0 J/ g8 a( e"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is j3 c5 d1 }# W2 _2 p& W
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comingfrom the window."
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( a1 ^! c8 V& ~9 k8 V是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 ! ]2 |" d! x, ?1 x6 C
8 q; f! z0 p: F: w( D"Well, turn on the office light then." + k3 D+ R: G3 ]9 m5 d5 X( d
+ a) }4 f9 T0 |8 @2 F那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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7 G2 r& s# x& I+ ]$ U& O: j"I can't." " a( U+ K( g- `- z% O3 s8 a
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沒辦法。 + D& N5 G4 r# u# U) v) `
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"No? Why not?"
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9 j1 \2 k2 ?' `( o沒辨法？為什麼？ 5 o% U3 w- x( K1 P5 H# Y5 C
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"Because there's a power outage."
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3 ^7 K. w7 y& ~, t- U" v4 _8 F因為停電啊!
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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6 ^6 \( n. ~% B- XDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff ! \/ e) s! l( F
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yourcomputer came in?" ! ^- d; G# O; R) u
0 H. O8 `8 p0 A停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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, w9 Y# l" m+ z- B: L* k+ R電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." # c& G2 j1 R- f- P
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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* F: n+ X+ @5 E, e"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 1 r' x, j* o; E- K9 L& n
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， 7 l% P8 a8 \, o. c
: _: M0 ]) f8 Z就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。
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- a' S. [5 ^$ c3 I H"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ ( M5 D/ Q' H) F0 M% F8 `
4 G3 g8 @7 \7 q2 H+ {# {; a"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 4 ]$ U) `" ?6 j% u7 `- c+ u( H5 ?0 K! S
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？
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"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." + `9 N+ T) G8 ] t
5 m z, u9 I2 h) R就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
