Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話 B: _# K! J: s, d3 L% G
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"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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1 m! v3 j1 D: f0 ?Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? ) _9 x$ l) c0 x4 U
+ d+ z& v$ w! Y* f# N) |% V0 j' R( T"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." 7 y' O' l' [) h- c0 W( I3 s
2 H; n( w# [' f- v1 C* ]% t I( u是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" $ ]: _8 p" ?8 p9 R
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您有什麼問題呢 ? : |- s& I7 v+ |# Z" n
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." ; U" Y5 t' z+ k) k4 t
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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。 8 G8 n+ D& C% b4 W( n; k1 G
9 K* a( j/ M0 \: C"Went away?"都不見了。
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: Q; y% \' g7 w( m. a9 S"They disappeared." " K0 G, a8 q+ W" ^
5 Z/ L- a1 n) f: i它們都不見了。 5 C4 L/ D0 B4 H0 \/ {
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 5 j$ a& ]% U& u: ~/ I* K" w6 x" V
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ " ] a: M% \+ v# h
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"Nothing." ; `$ G/ n. `7 b, _ u0 {4 t0 g9 e
% N- `" o; o5 N0 R2 A$ D沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?"
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" Z0 ~" ?2 Q" w! `" H' n; b沒有任何東西？
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& w/ m i- H9 C7 s1 @"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." % W9 a1 `# ]+ J
3 G' ~! t, I$ D) n螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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0 L' c) O8 J6 h"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" * E/ H2 k* ^& M5 r1 A
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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- _, ], G6 x) c& j6 F* ~"How do I tell?" , o# y$ o% [- M- \3 o" @ \
2 \: W5 I W2 A( }9 }8 G# `) {我要怎麼說明呢？ ( e2 ?0 [' ?, Z8 z# Z2 }: L
% J1 J6 h x* Z) d* x"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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% T/ u# a9 n' g7 _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?"
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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+ u4 e7 z2 Y! Z9 S! b"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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% C% G6 n- T# E! L5 m/ W; N% }不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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! d. g9 W+ g& U* Y"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." / ?. S( C* N7 Z+ r4 J* {
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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。
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"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ ' {+ t9 ~/ E0 u5 C
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"What's a monitor?" . B, P# e! v6 y4 l( U
: o% e2 o7 t8 r- Y* E( k8 z/ M9 W什麼是顯示器？ 4 ^5 s# u: W2 n- n k
3 i" @1 T; I9 \/ M% W- _"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. ( ?1 g$ }. ]. S W
3 I% }* j1 u# d/ @Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， 2 F/ y5 V- w+ p S# H0 J5 X6 g& B3 \# N
4 i8 b9 v/ D; J: V4 ^ A8 z3 K4 T有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know." 3 m/ K) E& l- F% s/ y9 ^$ d
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我不懂耶。 \; a. |2 E$ K; }2 c
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 1 w7 g1 }- t/ r0 }" }' U+ K
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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？ ! u/ d. i" U1 b: i
* J+ n- e8 L1 g s. h k- E"....Yes, I think so." / t" n/ _5 R6 | h
9 ]2 n* Y j1 i0 k0 F3 ?8 R# q是，我想我看到了。 : C. H$ V K% K. p
7 E( `5 h+ M" a& P% q+ i"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." - t! R4 `$ T- M
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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." 7 ` a; _. O$ S0 U+ U. X4 }* t
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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; P9 ^8 Q7 Z9 M) B; D2 n; vtwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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0 Z6 R9 |2 g. I# o3 m* I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？ P5 N2 l$ f3 w4 g$ j' i. U
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"No."
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沒有。 6 A* c x) z) }: m
4 o8 [# W& t) i/ L! E"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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theother cable."
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% S7 @& }: Z7 t4 ?就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。
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9 E( U- `6 y2 Q% s3 o* L8 i9 M"....Okay, here it is." 5 o. b X% J8 D( u7 j' Z
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OK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into * W+ I$ v$ |2 q' }( h% A! h
3 n8 n8 c1 t4 q" A6 U5 rtheback of your computer." $ U( \7 B- C4 j; k0 B5 {
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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。
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"I can't reach."
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$ v8 r& }6 r( x( `我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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! R; t4 s9 T; e( j& r6 D+ s嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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% y" Y- C$ b2 J) ~"No."
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"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？ ; M9 K* C/ Y- }1 L
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"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。 8 G! X! U" ~. Y* q; w" g4 I5 Z
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"Dark?" 7 ?2 g6 h- W7 g s
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太暗？ " z/ u8 k) d/ h5 v1 w
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 2 q) J) e! e' b: q/ a
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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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2 X! |! b- K m4 A/ o4 H4 I"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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; t* ^- D: W! j1 u2 @, y/ p& h"I can't."
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% _5 V v. j0 \) M7 u$ _沒辦法。 $ v) I# U; V, {; c# D$ S' r B
! m/ Y- C( C0 a: ~; S"No? Why not?" ' W- H( V/ o7 h' g- K+ F
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沒辨法？為什麼？ ( U) R8 a: I7 U7 B- S6 N8 V/ ~) W
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"Because there's a power outage."
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因為停電啊!
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. Y- z. e1 p3 V4 H3 N"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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+ U$ o& Q r1 vDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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. F5 o9 h& O! r2 a/ o0 ^& cyourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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6 p) U+ z" _2 W* I+ [$ `: u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." 7 \3 t# B4 Q# B
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 4 G/ [% r2 c! p
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike + A; `6 ~ {- x# S
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很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， ' I g- |# U! o2 E
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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。 " `+ u3 `9 Q# g8 o9 j
+ _# l0 A3 d. S8 U"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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3 H2 o# k+ h! R0 h# c& e' B"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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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?" / `' w2 B" w# Z6 {3 {
8 o4 a1 G% Q' l, o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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8 c9 I% P/ q+ g9 J8 @"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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$ {) S3 [8 e- c i就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
