Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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" m. J4 w5 q* A"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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2 h0 }* j' m0 Q2 h; Q% `Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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, g* C0 h+ O1 M# ?) }"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." ]+ K7 u! D% X3 E& y$ U
* T- g6 b j9 K) T, }& w是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 0 A% k3 G+ F) `/ [0 X, a
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"What sort of trouble?"
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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." + [3 i( {4 |' ~0 U5 P, Y5 n8 W5 x
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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。 : ?' d5 F4 A7 d0 p$ Y) G, m! J! W
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"Went away?"都不見了。
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+ r1 e# S' S4 I7 f! D6 F9 Y& j"They disappeared." + z# Q# r& q( t3 v1 L# y, ?
& Y8 r$ U( K1 Q8 p) e它們都不見了。
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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2 L3 P+ a. X: a a7 p8 y$ K0 w嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ 5 l# Z4 a: u1 |' ?. c/ o* X9 L/ j
" H3 O0 V: ` d2 q0 y+ ^6 z"Nothing." ; D: b% A; s2 d
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沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？ $ q- V' p: Y/ f; R- z
7 T1 Q( @8 O$ w% m6 f8 n Q"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." 9 l& l3 D1 l. q" o( R5 _- H
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 $ r! N3 q, L9 h) R# d
5 r5 v4 O, J% v" 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。 2 j+ R6 K: M& C* O5 U% `9 D, y
8 d8 Q5 \2 t; z `! U3 c3 v"How do I tell?" 8 W- }' [! p+ x
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我要怎麼說明呢？ $ P# \# x( T6 J5 ]# E# l0 ]" Y
7 K- F' @* B+ O9 o"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" % f0 Y7 |# _3 h! z. I: _
5 [& R5 o P8 H+ x5 j$ J你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 9 C6 h) W- N) Q/ F8 E
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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) ' n( b; F8 \. q. }4 E- z, `
7 c2 Q6 O# r% C, a/ X" u: d"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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, a. H$ e. }6 V7 T8 N: m- W9 h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."
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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?" , }2 Y' ?% e3 y$ f4 j* r; \
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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5 V& k5 E3 |8 V* K& F/ |"What's a monitor?" 7 g5 \, Z/ M9 D# k: e1 t
! N' T% F2 n2 r9 O5 K7 j什麼是顯示器？ & `2 R, l* A3 f$ P
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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* Y5 W8 m! k0 @" K/ \Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?" 0 t, m8 T+ P8 \. P
, u& S1 Q! z/ s% w6 M1 n8 k" m" e) j" X就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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" }- X. ]' ` Y有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know." 9 X% P% O* D7 a+ ^8 R
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我不懂耶。 - ~/ a- [5 g v! Q
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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' d/ e) T% E0 [6 |the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 8 }- S- h& d) E6 K) d1 X
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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？
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"....Yes, I think so."
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) O' \1 H- _. r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." & T) Q6 q9 z0 @# t& T$ `$ r( v+ X
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ 2 F) O0 g/ ^0 ]
; O& B4 u! o# H) e: Z0 U/ K& G* J! A"....Yes, it is."
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3 u @% K! U/ Z# I# h有啊!
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/ ~9 M b4 g8 @! {"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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& X2 I6 S+ T, K8 y) O# ttwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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' `" ~4 j# m4 }+ w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？ ) V7 t( q# S1 D4 n+ K: q8 L
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"No." $ K$ y1 m" s5 s+ }5 q
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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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+ ?3 o8 x" `2 K. h. U: Y& 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。 / G* B) T' Q: n" [* h9 ^6 X
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"....Okay, here it is." 4 ~2 U, Q7 |$ h% m$ Y' q6 P
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OK，找到了。 ( t6 I- j, d; I
4 @2 _1 }/ d( ^% b% T- y"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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theback of your computer." 2 m$ P5 S' ]& T" h
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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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) a3 z1 j7 U' \, _2 }2 e我搆不到。
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% W$ W0 {: l( \0 F9 |"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" 1 x0 n" G% B( B; F/ G1 n
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No."
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( q9 \1 q1 a& {+ X7 u看不到。
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" * J% q; r, ~2 e
6 h7 y- K' J7 L2 n% R+ @6 {那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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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。
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"Dark?"
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太暗？ ) ?: x# \. o3 Z/ _% r: M
) Y; G" ^ n. F& W, w- t7 F9 w7 d"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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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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: B% N, y6 K0 z$ }& D' h"Well, turn on the office light then." 2 S; r' |& F# B1 ]0 {# r3 {' \- e
0 g! ^; @' Y; B, h7 I8 {那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 H. E& o0 F& c4 s, U+ n, R1 k
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"I can't."
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/ M* h# i' f- g3 Z5 `0 {沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" 9 j5 c. x5 f ~3 V
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沒辨法？為什麼？ , e+ G1 ?1 J; l6 i
6 e# `: p8 c' m! G) \+ V"Because there's a power outage."
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因為停電啊!
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9 B8 F6 u7 }0 x"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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yourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， * k7 |. T+ k. {* x' n# U. K4 i) i. s
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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？ 6 w# ?/ K- K$ X! w0 C; A
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." ) H# |9 X; L3 k( z ?9 C3 i
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 & G+ L+ d# R+ V1 a, D
8 I! b- }; }3 M! q" t! ]"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ! \( F7 K9 ?' l3 A/ v! V: k) k
! Q8 L6 O! {1 @1 Git was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." 3 ?, y( f. v' @; Q* F! U
6 G1 V2 F- W" k. c) O. X( o很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， 9 q7 b. y5 k4 i
) O3 S0 y' ~0 ?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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9 r1 E' f( i0 \, c$ L"Really? Is it that bad?" ( Y% ]" ?' Q z4 d0 B: O; s
; W% \1 ]$ B2 e$ y5 `( T c4 F, H9 ?真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ 9 A' ^$ W% N+ S; o9 y4 X2 X
; J' s5 f- W6 c3 K1 d* u0 z* H9 c' E"Yes, I'm afraid it is."
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 : W; ` u# o. X. i7 R7 R% K& J
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" ) i& x! f" Z" C9 q: L, B5 x/ q
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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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2 @( q$ J" f z! x8 {$ S"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." 9 P+ n `( N: T" r* T2 T" o3 ^/ \
2 W' R( h2 Y7 @ k4 {就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
