Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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( N4 ~6 ~1 Z3 [, G"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? ; s6 v; ~5 a. S, z \
/ L& m$ Y- B9 R; [9 r"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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1 P* |3 B+ |' M/ T是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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" u. N. X$ X8 ]"What sort of trouble?" & j; P' h- U' n6 \
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您有什麼問題呢 ? . R+ G* q3 N/ C; z: [3 Y
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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+ `' O+ D* o0 w; a w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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. r" h5 }- Q. w9 }7 q"Went away?"都不見了。 6 y2 }% F! {8 H) Z5 F
+ |$ M6 {" B9 q3 S5 ^1 [ A"They disappeared."
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* W2 k3 t* s7 a) `$ l9 N它們都不見了。 3 ?9 A0 R) w; c4 m* u3 @+ v1 u% I
+ y* F" L+ D/ X2 ^% s"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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1 o/ S! ~2 x* O$ g嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ - p. I, z2 m+ S( [
7 D/ I8 M$ B( O$ Z+ H0 ]0 r4 `"Nothing." + N r6 ]3 g* H1 u( f3 L
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沒有任何東西。 , J' @9 W' |+ ^4 L
' |% B& M( a! {( D9 a @: V* L0 |"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？ * s3 i" K! K' ]- w, t
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." " |+ b7 Y' B) l
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 + G+ c: \9 b6 U, L. a
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"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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( q* t% N6 K8 \, `% T) K9 L& p2 C"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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# \+ i; R! A7 g) U6 L"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" : D2 g4 I1 ~) I
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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6 J, m# Z! s4 o# j"What's a sea-prompt?"
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9 v! R" M0 x+ y什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) 8 N' g& x! g! T! N" o0 z: ]2 `
) c0 o+ [/ H9 a"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？ ' ~3 s, P, [. r9 Z8 i6 T
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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7 o6 K6 p( J) T/ }& 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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"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？ 5 n$ }, b: |3 @: s# d
1 ^. `. W; A6 y+ `1 l# n1 r"What's a monitor?"
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什麼是顯示器？
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+ D3 S$ L; e8 L9 Z( q' e- p# F# _"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. # h; i; X! `5 P7 k! w" E1 ?
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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* W8 P7 x2 W( y就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ ! I- O' X" m# o5 [$ n. z; N
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I don't know." 8 L$ }2 x4 e$ W$ X: i; _, I8 ?
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我不懂耶。 # ]$ Y+ n5 ]4 g8 a. G. a& s8 Y" u/ }: V+ {
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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?" 2 |! I& `1 C4 {) E
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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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2 ]4 y. r/ f( N+ Z$ ]7 M1 v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." $ Q5 \9 |4 Q, _5 T9 w" g8 `
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0 z2 T! B1 X; ? N- }8 N"....Yes, it is." 2 |( m3 r0 Y$ m9 S2 T5 ?+ y
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6 f) A1 p! a5 k$ P$ `& d: t" k"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were 0 {9 ]3 ?/ i. p5 }1 O' x/ y ~
0 M) U9 a4 Y+ S4 v' v6 Ntwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" $ [ W$ F* {9 _. d
9 t; M2 c5 o7 I3 F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？
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# D. a0 m+ R+ c# j* C2 n7 o& P. L"No." # R3 Q6 g& q- H3 _; V9 z& s0 C. E* V
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find ' X+ u; Q* g3 Y, N& a6 N3 y+ ^
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1 w7 @8 c+ y) n2 f& H; B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." . Q. C$ U# {/ }( T
8 |/ A) x+ p3 F# V1 p% `/ Q, M4 UOK，找到了。
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! J6 B/ I" g8 g( H"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into % l$ Z; x$ a. u7 e% v! n, ~
5 S. m. ^4 x9 Y/ Z7 dtheback of your computer."
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9 D4 z- S8 } x5 o7 x9 O再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 % L1 ~' J7 j' s" W- Q0 W2 E7 K
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"I can't reach." 3 |$ m0 A0 W! p3 M
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我搆不到。 0 \3 `( e" p$ L
5 l; s% m* [: q4 e- U"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" " C+ E. B2 O( r) U* u. C
) a: E. J, u# P: w嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ - y# o4 j3 J* D2 E5 Q% a+ A
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"No."
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7 s) I V) _& [9 L( O; ~% S5 j看不到。
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"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" $ J* N' x5 I) b P
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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* q3 p# G$ q$ L( q+ p"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。 0 [. ^5 }- K( a
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"Dark?"
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太暗？ / I5 X( E' o# n ]
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is , T6 b( ?) T% T- t( N" D
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comingfrom the window." " }5 G7 B% v1 v, X" o# |
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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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0 C! l' l3 U+ ~& f! e3 ^ u"I can't."
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& M7 D& Z# `$ E* R沒辦法。 3 t2 ?2 Z1 R0 y8 i$ l& H
6 m& n: A; l q. `"No? Why not?" ' f. J- U% E& Z2 q# t3 g, _8 M1 i
0 W2 x! x) X2 _沒辨法？為什麼？
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) B; \& |- W: H* R0 R9 J$ C& p"Because there's a power outage."
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- B0 R8 C- m: X, o0 g$ ]因為停電啊!
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8 z5 `+ f4 ^' b, V" t( y"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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6 R( Z! C+ M% R5 Dyourcomputer came in?"
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8 d4 p/ g" F. U7 P6 H停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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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？
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"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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* h0 ]7 \3 S0 V A Z2 c6 L0 g. l嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 . d. }! q9 R8 A, t% R& F5 |, Z% c
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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+ ]6 A9 W8 k0 z8 {+ l1 F3 zit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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( [; m. f+ `! r R# {- c$ z [很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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3 H! t2 h5 ]( @' z. B- o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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- T# @2 [0 q7 F4 x9 ?"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 3 C$ g' j& a5 K3 e
' m) b/ W& }7 V是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" ' W, g# m4 w- z( O( ]( F
. ]* N2 ?6 G8 Y" E0 {! j' J; H: j1 }2 k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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"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』。
