Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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! [. j1 M) K/ L+ M"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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8 [9 Q4 K0 `" f5 v2 L3 z' e3 HRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? 5 {+ ?$ F& o& u7 l" s* O2 h
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 & Y; R7 a" G; o. s3 L
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"What sort of trouble?" v3 {1 p( n- m8 Y
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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."
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( o! {& B4 `9 H' `7 r0 w我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 3 n2 _) `, I" v9 W6 B* @
1 c, b( w2 P. M7 d8 E( ^$ k"Went away?"都不見了。 , W4 t; n+ }- W+ P
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"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。 - b7 Y8 `) Y8 t$ S# a, [+ L
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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8 Y, M- U$ N" l. V E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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3 }) E9 u. d' ` ~"Nothing?" + @/ P, G9 D5 e
3 r8 a! a& o6 o t8 \沒有任何東西？
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"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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8 J* R/ V+ H7 z8 z/ W% m"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" % a7 k, W: g/ c4 B$ U; O& L' T$ m7 Q; z
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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* n+ @4 W6 L9 B. ^"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 7 X1 A) S B$ z F0 p% 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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"What's a sea-prompt?" - c0 {6 f5 Q6 y0 \. A( N1 k2 R* x. \# S
# |! J3 t, z; S5 p: v什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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9 f5 C! M' {; T* E"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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2 s* M( p0 g; C5 N不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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0 b. [' T. l+ W& N( M"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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Q' J* T* ^ i/ g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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5 O& P6 \0 x1 d9 {) s"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" ! I' ~7 K* x. i0 E4 o' ?* d
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ 7 X& o' ?# t% a( r% W- t6 ~* ?
- E- @0 j' S/ ]"What's a monitor?" + R+ J- K' w+ c2 h
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什麼是顯示器？ ) T7 T% D4 n; @3 F+ V- a
4 v: r0 {- h- C6 h" @6 K, g8 h9 a"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?" 6 B) A) q+ t5 w5 P" G1 H2 k# W
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， # c5 ^% F8 Y+ n2 O& {6 ^' t. B
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know." : }8 o& q1 i* s% n$ N' f+ O$ W' c( L( C
+ v& h+ m; o2 L$ ^我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where , U- `# b6 h1 ]) i- L% o
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" # X4 G2 z# H' X6 j
2 m, L1 P1 D, Q& a& f那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？
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/ n% z/ [+ t/ \9 n. W"....Yes, I think so."
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是，我想我看到了。
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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4 H) ]! Y. x5 t/ } \) Y3 ^ T太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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. O, e% c$ K) n6 Z"....Yes, it is." 5 K6 l9 p2 r' e" k
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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& C8 }+ X) y0 Ttwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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/ J4 u: L* Q; 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？ ) e; Q/ u Y# ]* R: J) T' O
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"No."
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沒有。
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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- O7 V: Q4 j) d& I9 K! Wtheother 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。
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"....Okay, here it is."
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& P2 l; r, [' h1 z/ o- |OK，找到了。 & @+ n$ B' u3 m7 c; {$ Z
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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; C3 ?9 S4 `7 W5 P' Ztheback of your computer." , N* N) p0 }4 T+ a2 [( j1 P! M
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再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 w9 P6 l8 p+ N% {) D2 Y) T
f! Y2 x; a7 `+ y& z# U& E% q"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。 " y7 \* W0 E# J s, Z1 f
0 b0 O6 ^: \5 ]7 `1 n: ~. @"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" + b( `0 D6 e' d
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No." ' I0 Q8 A/ o: ^$ o7 j3 n
9 \7 q. V4 W& V$ T# Z/ j$ E$ @' i看不到。 # ^4 X4 E& U9 q& w
, G+ s- B2 {+ }) E5 X"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" ) C3 w1 S L- U. E) q X7 D" q, o
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ ) [* C% r) i" G$ U
9 C- p, I2 n, P" Z2 ]! V+ v"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark."
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 & r- D# L0 }! [/ Z
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s# [- p! S% g"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 0 \" A( r' ~# r
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comingfrom the window."
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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。
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5 C, j1 E* p6 r. Q# v* R"Well, turn on the office light then." ! e: N0 }4 E) ]' ?3 G: E
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) T$ D9 W0 H' h$ E- C o. N, ?7 N"I can't." * G" j9 u7 V8 X. n
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沒辦法。
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* a- U; s! H6 t" X9 m"No? Why not?" 8 D' _% K% m) s* ~. C0 V
0 c- `; n8 K0 p" o- r, N沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage." + r& r& {1 Q/ X9 D3 j
" b7 N, |$ i+ D6 r% D因為停電啊!
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4 S- S! m. L. ^"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. . G4 ~1 m, M; W; a
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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# t5 B. A1 r8 u( k* jyourcomputer came in?" 2 q0 N; M% j4 T3 a
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， - R G+ B0 N/ ~: {; D
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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？ - P. K( R% k6 R. k0 {: w
8 N8 A& p: d, j1 [2 L: ?"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." 0 T+ X i; C! p4 c/ O
! X/ |% [/ X; ?1 Z& |嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 6 b0 ~/ s8 E* o. u2 ~( g0 U$ L
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ! z& l4 o' G$ C' ?& O
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." 7 k# D; \) @, e6 a
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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。 , ^3 a, Z- }2 f: |5 |
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"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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9 z9 K' l* h/ Z, \& z% d( \; V1 L- Y8 B"Yes, I'm afraid it is." ) r5 H% Q* I# r* n1 T: a/ J- v
x6 x- p" |1 m$ e9 e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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# C6 W% D& q D% Y" D& r5 D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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) h7 c$ ` x3 C6 G) N! k6 q"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』。
