Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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# n) K( |9 c1 k' h1 I4 V& _"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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2 U R' P. w8 ]4 T3 a3 ]: o1 n7 n7 qRidge 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." + J+ D3 F$ k8 J( B4 G
^" g3 ^4 q- d是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 6 u* d. v' i: A" s
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"What sort of trouble?" ( ^7 {. p5 k! s3 h( u/ R6 X
8 ~; Y1 A2 e2 V& B3 I: d# Q, B8 V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." ) X5 t, i; A2 o
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我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 + @2 [/ m" f* r. o5 @
9 W# n! g% L- m% ~6 ~+ f"Went away?"都不見了。
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# @9 U3 v9 v2 F9 d y* N% p+ j"They disappeared." 8 [3 k. ~" C% d0 s; I/ J( l% u
# ~. F2 ]; a0 J( }4 ?/ D9 f它們都不見了。
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" - V. D1 b+ L+ L# k, q
2 x" K' F5 P) H, I; N5 S% b3 S* c* d- H嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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) i" i ^8 \- z8 g3 a( F"Nothing." + {0 @- M2 z/ z6 U( B K& H* e
5 T6 z1 z9 K: _沒有任何東西。
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2 q+ g! K. c; Q3 Q2 x"Nothing?" # O$ q$ H6 @# Q, Q3 j( t* ^
4 c2 C9 Z( O2 J; F1 a' q沒有任何東西？
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, e+ C% M3 k8 c; H9 U) D"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。
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7 Q" J0 M. b: j1 A; l2 ?"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" . d/ E; m6 ^3 S! P1 H' [8 R ?
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 4 m4 l2 {# C9 ?, X7 s5 j
/ |( u7 X, P* F0 i"How do I tell?" % c3 e! I a" A" a: `& j% G& ]
! t2 b# e; q7 b我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" & N! X7 z3 `- P/ J- q
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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; \, a. a* F$ ^) ^% U"What's a sea-prompt?"
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7 c; W# ~/ J0 }. ^+ F% K什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) 1 }: O% [) c! ?0 @* X: E) y
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"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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1 W4 w8 U: U: D; S' r0 R* U不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." : ^ w5 H+ C8 a
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螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 3 ]8 c* P' |' L" z+ k1 a2 W
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" , v+ q. o, A0 e$ `
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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; q1 C1 ^0 e9 x Q E" B& V* i' Z"What's a monitor?"
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什麼是顯示器？ 9 o6 ^6 X7 v: N5 |) p/ S; b2 G! g/ K
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. . P" D0 [# Y# L& U# y3 {( f
/ }! [3 K" E4 R. u' ]6 u+ RDoes ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" ; s3 ?. _( U3 g9 E, E& T4 n) q
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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7 }5 Z9 F5 C4 G8 | x有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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* R2 I, `% w0 w8 d# `8 h4 WI don't know." + \9 ~5 C8 j+ F! f3 C
9 k8 S3 G1 b: C: X: u' g我不懂耶。 ' M1 t# q/ O7 }' E0 q
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 4 z8 O) O' d! r( W& ?
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" ( \% p+ n! _) @! p& e
5 g% i; `- S$ I( _那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ % ^, y- b# a) t5 s m% R4 A7 D
0 h8 w. |6 l/ D3 |"....Yes, I think so." . g8 x* @" D2 V# V. u% W0 C
0 i7 C1 k0 q/ @" Y$ \9 M3 C是，我想我看到了。
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0 P! e$ w$ m+ t+ U"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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"....Yes, it is." 5 [" m# t, v2 l1 P6 l1 I
" \# i ?) O/ u2 A" D K' O有啊! 8 V7 \3 c4 [" f3 @
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were ; X. H1 d D$ k& ~$ z
: d* }% q$ E6 p1 f: Ktwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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' n) B' J" Q# ], Z. B. \8 Y* E3 j2 e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？ ' y* R7 P* f6 e( F4 U
& m! G) }2 H& V# @5 x1 f"No." ' R d# Y4 M m6 R
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' O; t! u+ j% a"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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! ^3 Z5 d) W6 y/ _9 f3 m就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。
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"....Okay, here it is." # J: f) ~& T) g1 v
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OK，找到了。 # G" w$ c7 N! J0 T) Q9 z' i
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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. W# v3 j" ?4 U! b7 G# wtheback of your computer."
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! R* i" o* q! x- F6 M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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( i% ^- s$ N5 A1 s& i& Y# G# l"I can't reach." 9 Y8 F7 ^! O1 U* Q. B! `
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我搆不到。 & C8 J! t- l, T5 ~3 @2 P
6 c% W6 n# ~% I& R/ ? \% v"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" + [3 E0 O/ B( e2 i/ P" n8 q3 Y
; c2 {0 ]5 m5 o8 M嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ 3 H6 \5 _& {7 H2 A- w3 H
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"No." 6 V" Z" v2 D2 V4 y7 B. Z
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看不到。
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+ s X! }, @4 f( U"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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6 Y; R" C4 d- q" l"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark."
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2 T3 r! b& [1 F$ Q喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 5 C1 K% m" z; n6 B
# p+ P+ g; S2 J4 @ u0 q"Dark?"
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太暗？
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' H- j: j9 z9 d' Y+ b"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 ; }4 n4 ?, e- s( U2 r9 R1 s# |4 _
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"Well, turn on the office light then."
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 2 p0 ]# {0 x, z2 x
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"I can't."
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7 I; W; _4 l U" {' i/ M2 J沒辦法。 ! P! | J0 o: i
; p9 A" g" p6 S" s# t4 S2 X) R"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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) O2 D7 A- B H4 X' Y" b6 F. S"Because there's a power outage." ! X: _+ F% B& D1 [3 r7 ?
3 @1 H: } _! A6 y& i- s5 I因為停電啊!
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0 i6 H: [% Q {) ?- |"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 0 h2 w! e8 {& c1 h7 k
) Z2 ^' q. f- D+ N# B5 n# \5 z+ c: kDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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yourcomputer came in?" ( X% { [% S4 a- o; r
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， . D+ E4 ]# x, Y
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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."
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 3 V9 ^5 s# G+ y- |& n9 x# c
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." 2 q0 r2 t! A7 {' F
: H) X1 l+ N* I# ?3 H2 O很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 ) R. C. D2 {* @0 q
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"Really? Is it that bad?" ( w9 m* m5 t F& G
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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6 e, n1 r9 i1 `: o7 m"Yes, I'm afraid it is." ' C$ R6 f+ Y, Z0 y
1 U" c3 j K ?* r6 i是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 2 ^0 A2 \5 E: g x1 X' U, ?# x
' W. P# C8 k7 t0 T6 j" Q) k/ ]"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" ; l. j& M" }- S9 c0 X# |" ~1 d
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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."
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就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
