Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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' F" e, y$ S% C1 S/ D"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?"
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6 a$ M7 k1 W5 z' x; XRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." ( J0 p& C5 e. y' O6 Y# O
7 h3 E! ?0 t' \8 v2 t0 w是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 4 O) D! I9 S2 W# i, S V2 P N
5 s6 k* X6 @ p* l"What sort of trouble?" + `6 _7 d5 m a2 P
* n" l1 A; Q8 x8 t您有什麼問題呢 ? 1 Z3 N* g) a3 r T6 r" z
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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。 A4 i' L f1 r# h4 n9 m0 |
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"Went away?"都不見了。
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! B, q# z; D$ n* F! D/ k"They disappeared." * M3 E/ L2 y: Q9 _# M1 H
2 l o5 t9 K3 D9 b e7 R它們都不見了。
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"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？
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"Nothing." 5 H: I' K" c7 z3 K) t+ [6 e- e8 c
0 {- R% n& t. y$ X; f沒有任何東西。 Q# d# L$ B) i2 D: \
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"Nothing?"
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沒有任何東西？ : h4 C$ i' t9 G z2 ]
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 ) l% v2 B }; A4 l9 d. ]
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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7 l9 C1 R6 X- U# z5 C, P您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 7 |7 }5 z" @/ l9 \2 [5 u5 u
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"How do I tell?"
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# Q* N1 n! h. \- d: r( t我要怎麼說明呢？ " N) g+ }0 F# v6 ]
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ 0 q/ G/ r/ L$ }( F8 z3 P. @
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"What's a sea-prompt?"
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$ ^* n0 T' L+ Z M什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音)
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"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？
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." / M& S" B' a0 O% J5 g. k
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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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- B o: `& t4 a+ t8 _- O2 p"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？ 6 B, @' A2 X2 H* S# _
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"What's a monitor?"
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- u0 r0 _; l# k6 E8 L什麼是顯示器？
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' Q% P1 |- e& b) Y/ f; {" \"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. 2 K+ N4 r. f5 H, t, Z* H
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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，
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 4 D$ M2 _/ R/ y
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I don't know." # L; W" J8 ? ]; r* h7 H
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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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+ S$ B1 l/ a- M. {the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" + ]3 U; _" I6 ?/ \- m" t
! J4 G4 M1 R# ]& l' I' Y. l那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ 6 I7 `8 C9 [5 i. ?& S# N! k- I
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"....Yes, I think so."
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"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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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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: z7 F1 ~8 c# x f9 N7 X"....Yes, it is."
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: i% T* S: S9 t) o3 _- B; }有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were " s: N+ i: T) B
: [2 b: u9 l3 B9 p( h. Etwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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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？ 5 i7 ?$ l" ?3 s
* ~+ P; x7 m6 \8 y"No."
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"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 7 W- U6 q P' ~5 B0 r8 t
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theother cable."
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+ ]- W/ ~6 a5 k+ 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."
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4 c3 ^* ?, N& s& G; {"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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2 _! A2 b# C! w2 t. h7 otheback of your computer."
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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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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？ . X9 _) ]" M4 y1 w. }6 H
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"No." 7 m) T5 _. L" p; e6 G+ L0 G. c
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# {" ~5 ]1 {3 d"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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X( ~" C9 L5 h那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ ; u4 \9 J% X+ ?
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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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3 O( A! [& q' i. v喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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1 q2 D2 e5 l2 D1 t3 h, t/ M"Dark?" ! t5 f/ A6 A( c+ @' t% F5 J
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太暗？ # D8 K! e7 I0 D1 j7 U
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"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。 / V+ r' _5 K' e6 a
; u9 x: ]" I1 z( B7 m2 B* p"Well, turn on the office light then." & _; q O, D1 z2 d) R+ I
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't."
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沒辦法。 8 n0 B+ s2 X& J7 t
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"No? Why not?"
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, Q# F( z; E$ O0 z, C4 t沒辨法？為什麼？ ' L8 p. m& P( N) g' H7 q2 N) a
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"Because there's a power outage." 6 v7 I( t" B# K- V i, @
5 y2 n4 S4 b$ j8 G) i, R, y因為停電啊!
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"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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* w6 G- S2 w3 h1 Z1 E) ]yourcomputer came in?" / j! _. Y, w7 h7 ~
" a4 J. w8 Y3 |0 G# q, i7 R停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， ( |+ v$ I _) J% o2 W5 o! R
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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." + h/ n, C p0 Q Y. j2 P! ^( [
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 3 [0 w- H. k7 h; u* f
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"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." $ m5 C( n7 r, c; k1 q; I# }
" p! j* n$ n/ n- `4 K/ ]4 v3 N7 a7 o很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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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。 . ]" x; r% \9 X7 r6 @
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"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ 5 Y1 t5 z% M5 C/ h
% ]- g7 G" _) _8 S2 `6 Z4 C"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 6 g( g( n5 E% Q* J
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" 6 L/ S q% W- J: Z
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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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8 f0 [; k& N& o5 X: n* n) M( o"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." : @! F8 q) }, n# I y: h
! ]/ V2 ~0 h# X7 J6 ]" |就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
