Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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0 v0 P. G. t" N0 y0 K( d6 b"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?" 7 @. V& h, |, y0 _: }
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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? 4 Q- l& H, r! g+ Y
; s1 j: |& m, h0 R! W0 E"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." . P7 H& {$ C& @' T; ]* ~1 b
% f/ K0 q0 M' O6 \是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 7 V: {; t+ Y, y8 o
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"What sort of trouble?" + v0 t- I+ L$ C7 g
& ^$ \# [! A7 w: C% t3 a+ V您有什麼問題呢 ? 9 W) R& ~( m/ T' l
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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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。
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"Went away?"都不見了。 1 {4 ?" N0 S; \
% r' A+ S' f9 g5 w5 E"They disappeared." 5 U% s$ z ^9 S# z2 F! y5 r2 X* V3 }
' y3 u, _5 `8 T' w M0 m3 V- v它們都不見了。 + R! N R7 ^% L; b9 z0 J
7 N5 z8 e4 F H. J K$ A$ i3 }, X3 Z( V"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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/ @; a# _- z( x2 Z# F( h& A嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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! H- y1 U5 @- C"Nothing."
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o8 D8 g- o& }7 w0 ?' d2 T沒有任何東西。 4 b- ^3 R1 z3 F- s
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"Nothing?" " _7 f" X0 z; Y6 ?% G% P4 y
! @& C( r- E% o沒有任何東西？
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" k" x) l) F; l: }. \"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." $ \ k. }1 f, c1 r6 k* b
# |" z5 s$ a: E- m. H2 s( @螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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5 D' P3 `; U" T您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 8 r' W! X! Y* F6 _; W
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"How do I tell?" , ^7 i. P+ @3 l0 P1 J7 k4 _8 h
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我要怎麼說明呢？ 5 o& S4 U2 @/ B
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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& f; ]6 ]- }8 H( O: e你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ , @. Y9 H0 W! _4 f* Z" N
, ] D* k+ ?9 v5 k4 a"What's a sea-prompt?"
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8 Y# z) Z& w, v, T/ a什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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$ m( u# B8 a" i+ ^& k8 ~/ ]# H"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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+ y1 b, M+ m* d3 }4 ?不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ ' N6 o+ i/ ]) v4 Z
) D; X$ x9 T8 d, I"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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; N" S1 k: N' W3 S$ D- R+ n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?" " A+ D" n0 U' s$ o; M1 L' i
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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5 L# K( V! G u: D"What's a monitor?" , c' S2 F: N; c1 i1 G1 D/ j
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什麼是顯示器？ / O( e5 e' r5 f$ u
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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?"
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- o f+ |3 X) d就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， 4 N6 O+ S1 c8 l0 s3 [ V
6 r7 G/ c, K8 P$ T( P4 l有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ " k' P# u2 B. n! D& @
( a# z; W# v$ xI don't know." . ^. z F2 o+ e( _! X/ Z9 n
, u2 n' O8 I: y7 e( d$ ]我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where ) J- q, b) s$ F( q4 v
! P2 @) I" }2 Rthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 7 j0 f- y! r7 L% K3 K
+ W6 P5 j v# m- S2 r& 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？
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+ X, _4 ?0 I; Z- G0 p7 g"....Yes, I think so." ) `0 b; T2 ?. Y6 K
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是，我想我看到了。 : c+ B. m: Z1 T7 s
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." 3 k+ G+ [5 T' ?: a) }" H
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ T4 V/ k' z8 J: E6 s7 h a9 F
+ U: |5 p( `: ]# V$ ^"....Yes, it is." n2 L* X ?' U0 f3 L
1 B6 l& F# g3 K有啊! 6 e& }9 ]0 V# j8 D* u7 j# o, X
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were : d2 \5 I! }" _6 K2 f8 |
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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4 H6 |2 L* K. m" X! o+ Y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？ . ~( S1 _" R1 f9 [; e, @
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"No."
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沒有。 ! P7 E' j) Z( Y
4 g+ s. ~) }5 O"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find ( D- l" Y7 v' y( u1 a+ h) Q( R; O
/ D* Z0 A4 V8 i$ k/ }6 A0 ctheother 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。 4 }9 R! ]" Q, q/ [+ \
z/ H( T2 C; A* @- D( @$ h4 \# L"....Okay, here it is." - I! I. S9 n! d& K% o' }0 t0 K
7 y. h" s" T2 y3 fOK，找到了。 . E. n) W# R8 o$ E- `: |# B( x( s0 f
: k/ Y9 ?& b% `# ?# q( r: W0 x+ n"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into ) i5 O+ n; a& I( X$ D
1 E q* d2 f) f' ~( [1 l+ ]" B9 Htheback of your computer."
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+ v0 u" F: C/ o# w- t" U再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 j; T3 g) g% }$ {
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"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。 6 _. W6 i2 \. r6 J% i
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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+ e, u6 w S: y6 t嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ / n0 o! a w+ G% y9 n2 z$ A' e
- y; n' @: x2 H"No."
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看不到。
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9 r6 m2 B$ I/ r* m1 @"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 7 V! `& p# n* G; ^6 K
6 {4 T5 Z2 K m5 n4 H7 j M那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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8 S4 U4 u" [& O"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。 6 D+ ?4 V* Y( e& D: m9 ^) x
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"Dark?"
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k$ b |" I7 D1 H% C太暗？ * z' T: z( p: d t& J8 r+ _
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is 1 ~/ @8 H& j7 F- d' ]
" P6 k7 f: S; s1 ~6 b1 B: Mcomingfrom the window." ) [6 v. I( W- I" D0 ^# h
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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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4 p! i! c5 q. F"Well, turn on the office light then." + h) K! k, |# d: d5 h
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 # a' G8 i3 G5 w, [6 M; B
) k& U( y- O1 W P"I can't." . w0 Z3 p: `0 j! Q9 A
. ~6 x5 U7 m9 y+ Z8 T$ D5 h沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？ & P3 \1 c# C0 z* y* M
7 u, ?2 Q" E i$ E; g% Y" E"Because there's a power outage."
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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. % K) f& Y5 ]6 N$ c
; n' u/ U k7 W' u, T4 Z6 f# RDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff 3 ^6 Q7 v; I8 ^
( b' _. w, E4 }- a; _4 gyourcomputer came in?"
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! n" Q; t0 Y) I$ e: Q停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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6 u8 k4 t* r5 E# l1 b/ Z. T5 l電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ 1 D, o) u/ W! t
3 N8 }7 M0 E9 A) ?6 ^"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." * x' X# D' g7 a# i- E9 i
) r9 T8 Q' P/ P* W2 r嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 * W2 Z! b8 x7 L) t8 l3 Z! n
. q; s0 I% q6 y"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike c$ T9 A! l2 O6 `/ s9 {' K. e2 M8 P
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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， * p! e6 n6 b, R1 M- m
$ l6 E% @. @2 x9 ~1 c% Q) i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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( C1 M! A+ R& N3 ?"Really? Is it that bad?" ; f: x! ~4 u5 b1 l4 x( Z
& |( q4 b3 h p* k! u1 c8 g# s真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ ( H0 A( n- Z2 Q( U- a4 w, E3 a
3 x8 s$ M. c7 z7 ^1 b! a) f& @"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 . a$ T) T3 {+ u1 |" b
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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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. ^9 x3 T! Q) B: a) H4 w"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』。
