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?" : s$ N8 @ E1 h4 S: `7 P
' u3 k4 N. ?( A v q& z' DRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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# |; i0 _& j* T4 b2 Y8 h"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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) J7 ]3 T t6 B8 b: J0 n是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?"
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% l9 K/ Y6 r0 ~5 @+ N* M. ~. d您有什麼問題呢 ? - [) P! |, U# Q3 z: F
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." 8 E1 K6 f9 j8 h h, v! V
4 ~) c3 m$ h' j. L8 u9 M* ^' A我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 $ N7 t6 P3 l% d
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"Went away?"都不見了。
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1 A8 f' M' s& R% I* m, B3 x) [2 U! T"They disappeared." ; |! U+ M* c6 c
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它們都不見了。
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3 g3 x2 G) E/ c" x% w( o"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？ ! g) @# t2 _8 m) p- O' E- A" k
$ C; u: ^+ x; S- t, M"Nothing." 7 Y6 w6 m5 ]6 X
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沒有任何東西。
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% B( v8 ?7 Q6 O( y/ q"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." 8 n" c4 N, j. Z0 |) O
- g% { x( e1 Q t* B螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 2 K `5 Y+ R7 j
k8 O6 ~7 t; |; V"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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0 Q7 Y! c2 y" q"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？ 1 T4 o) `! y: t' K0 Q5 l4 r6 b4 s
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" ! q1 I. p) M1 B1 y+ d3 v
% k [- v8 e, O9 j* T" C4 g4 b你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 3 Z5 d4 o" F" W' i" W
) F! Z; n9 Q: [$ Y( d# s, v% o"What's a sea-prompt?" 6 D5 Q: R) G/ V: [
& t1 `2 o ]9 {; R) |什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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7 R/ K8 S/ b0 _' E: |"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ n8 w% D+ k0 B" a7 ^' n, X+ U
: m# j, [6 u+ g/ U5 d6 g"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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2 f9 T1 H; |# H; B6 M螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 d$ T( y. P7 ?
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" 3 M$ x/ z4 m& w& c* h& N
& b8 F O1 z. H0 \3 p) z' a顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ ( i5 Y% T( j+ M6 q0 q! R5 r& ?
% F7 K5 `- k% B8 ]: w1 N"What's a monitor?" 5 l- ]+ I, v% ?# w9 G) D
J2 |5 s) T, V4 s8 @, v+ {什麼是顯示器？
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' y: E5 [2 H# G* V"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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% ^5 e' z* m! C9 p4 k0 m' ]Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" 9 t6 F. f' f) D% A! e
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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! ]/ Z, _: _+ [6 m8 x- ]/ |, ^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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我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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" M, N* y9 R6 S# u4 x# |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& d9 f) z* z+ J% h
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"....Yes, I think so."
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1 E; W) c& c" X( K6 r是，我想我看到了。
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8 W/ a( I2 F$ I2 s"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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; N O) Z' z2 S& X& ?. s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." 1 O; Y- u; j% m' x
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7 S5 X! Y; L2 o$ O1 m3 a! _ j"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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: b5 c+ r, R" t& T [ ]% etwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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! i. j5 H8 Y+ M# @$ h% G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？ ' T# [0 x& }$ [/ j8 ]$ C
( e2 D! r5 k1 x; N" C"No."
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" n; H S% L9 z N& D" q沒有。
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0 |6 @+ b8 I, n- L; T! D+ B"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 8 I) A1 q) o! y z2 i
4 d3 C8 t, v, L+ L( B: w2 Ptheother 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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" h- q0 _4 f) o% x5 }"....Okay, here it is." " W2 C6 o% t( [4 u8 u0 d5 `1 |
- C) A0 h; S: ?6 hOK，找到了。 ( N* }! s3 d& Z) S7 ]
$ c( |. T$ X! N6 _, h"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into 2 U/ F& x4 W( G9 a; M
1 H8 {4 w. C1 Y) u% N) L/ @% ftheback of your computer." & n5 M8 _- h1 C
% e! z2 S# f9 R7 y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 can't reach." 6 _* v F5 s/ Q L8 w
@7 Z$ v4 f5 _9 i6 e我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ # _* K1 @$ c/ I0 n5 f* {
A) T* w9 e* u' A4 \1 t* q) l"No." & S7 d" F4 R/ J+ ]! ]
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看不到。
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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" o& [) n. m' Z! o; o9 B那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ # K- I- b0 Z& V9 X- R
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." g: u# u+ }$ g4 n, S; D
6 f! c" B6 |# a1 J喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 ! M+ N% o2 c" T$ d! i5 Y" v
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"Dark?" Q: S/ r4 S+ H+ U
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太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is ) i$ _. E) v$ P4 F# T
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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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"Well, turn on the office light then."
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't." 6 M% ]$ Z6 t9 e
5 Y! w7 [# O6 u沒辦法。 2 Q2 \2 u' N2 d3 N
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"No? Why not?"
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3 c; _: _, t( L" P- }沒辨法？為什麼？
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9 k' l& K" o- j3 c"Because there's a power outage." 1 A! l b' c0 @9 I) u. O
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因為停電啊!
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 6 } ~6 W) l/ ]6 r0 s+ c' l* @. D
* A4 f; A9 x% uDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff ! V9 a, Q" z9 j+ s6 S/ Q( s$ }
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yourcomputer came in?" % ]* E% o7 o) |: T
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， 6 a# A1 k! k( f. t2 v3 d: w
4 s: Y9 f$ }7 g9 L5 r u0 Q電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ 2 X% T D, v- W7 }4 Z1 y
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." B1 y4 R& I( |
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 # J1 Y8 q- M& B
2 I) O+ a+ i3 ^- q. ^"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." ( C- z( H% w9 C1 }" w) s
8 {/ Y- T& D3 ~8 p7 I$ F, @% f很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， 9 ]! y. T' }& M4 {% C+ V
! E* y: k! o8 T2 s% F0 _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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, T6 T$ Y1 t( C. @" i$ ["Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ + Z2 {- Q% Q, U: q- l
$ l! a: j* y- p3 B5 |& l* e"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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9 D$ z p4 v [* k4 T"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" 1 o. ^- t7 D6 o7 @5 x! a
+ B0 `8 H) k# i1 [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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0 J/ l6 S Q* N8 \0 ]7 ["Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." 5 E# W" z, E1 J" V1 e O& T
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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』。
