Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?" 7 M7 V. @2 O* t: o
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Ridge 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."
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" 8 V. _0 G5 C, g7 }
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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) ?3 {4 `2 n( s+ P, c# n4 Y"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。 5 f8 z3 [9 V. N! y
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"Went away?"都不見了。
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" z& k1 E2 \( _"They disappeared." 4 e: c' w* n; G- ~2 w# ?
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它們都不見了。 8 ~8 z3 c+ L' j$ @/ o/ F0 p# h2 g
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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9 o" U1 m# j3 I b1 H2 d嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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- Y/ R, p! o: y# l"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 1 ], |3 h$ r' @7 h- T4 R
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"Nothing?" * ]' P0 G* j+ s' u2 l6 M+ N
0 }: U3 a6 p! ?1 f4 _1 g沒有任何東西？
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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g" G2 i. q" d7 p* `螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 & N( \4 R* m" I* A5 n% N7 P( a
3 ?, h% ~; k& C7 c% V9 L$ K0 r"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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R0 F F6 `: |( E [2 n" J"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？ 1 S# m+ O4 M1 t8 J4 a" c& t' `; k; K5 b
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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？ " {9 G2 ^( x4 Q: l7 G, e
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"What's a sea-prompt?" & O9 a1 x4 Z5 [5 W
2 Y9 O* u' ^# y2 L, J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?" 5 C% Y3 B ^ }" m* y* h1 N
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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& U% B7 n+ A) _ n, b"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." + ?* c& g9 L) Y% d* K: r% U9 z
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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。 5 H; w4 F7 H) k( I1 }& J
3 @' Y6 {0 Z5 K"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" / R4 C. G& o8 Q" o5 M0 o
1 c) d! g7 F- D7 F1 |2 h; a顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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"What's a monitor?" 8 B) W' g9 E$ s4 v& {
; W* w5 u/ F$ V) F# g+ I/ B2 {什麼是顯示器？
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: [ s& h \+ z: B+ l% f"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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$ S3 w p4 s0 `8 P) k& H6 z就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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0 D7 }4 y L Z有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ & k( ^; U8 A" u% T$ P) P$ D, e
. k% j$ ]' @$ e5 y0 kI don't know."
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7 C/ f7 H" R9 m' y: \( Q& u我不懂耶。 7 Z( K. v! y( O! G9 p, O% [/ m
. g9 ^6 I. r* l& b! I"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?"
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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？ & P' |/ W/ k% u1 Z" {
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"....Yes, I think so." : [8 I L; O! v; H
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) f0 s. h) {3 B5 y: d4 o/ n& w" K"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？ # U; @( r6 H: P$ h& ^! r
& ~4 r0 s' }. ~$ C: f"....Yes, it is."
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# j4 E% S' U5 v* `有啊!
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* [2 B+ T# l( ~4 @; J5 C"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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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？ " e# W( @: t2 t5 U+ A* L
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"No."
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沒有。
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1 ]6 L, {# v1 u: G"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 2 ?4 u$ o6 V3 z3 b5 I9 U) m
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theother cable." 0 r! P8 `, \* n; ]3 y V/ E
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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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' S8 g2 g8 f3 C% u$ l$ VOK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into + f6 g8 H& c( \8 A$ h) V! h# N
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theback of your computer."
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: m1 E. z( c1 H7 A1 l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." + O: @9 t7 `. u: m9 A7 m ^7 K
' S% y. _8 r3 g4 K/ J0 _我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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; d, F9 O! Q7 F" S2 r! a嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No."
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看不到。 # B9 f. t5 @& l3 _: G* s
& c; I+ q7 a. a: l% u"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？
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( f+ O+ {- s" t4 ?, F! b"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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1 J* N) O- S' X4 r/ c4 ~, @"Dark?"
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太暗？
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; d" {0 H4 g5 B; U) Q! J"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is ) `! p" U6 ]+ C7 v
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comingfrom the window." # S4 i/ C; B4 s' Z8 \6 p- [
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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。 8 X( y8 q$ T* Z% P
' V* x8 S( s# [4 X- O; i9 o"Well, turn on the office light then."
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; V0 ]0 ?: k+ m; S n那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't." : s |8 o1 w" c5 [" G3 J
) b( D! r3 d4 q2 _6 I" H沒辦法。 ) P4 A6 N4 }3 g. z6 A
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"No? Why not?"
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6 y# W( K+ a. E0 B7 @. d0 c沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage."
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$ Y* W% n2 y" |2 `+ a R3 U因為停電啊!
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& {+ o2 {5 F' x8 a6 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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yourcomputer came in?" 5 V. t& }0 [8 R; X* X( @
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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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4 i7 s1 T1 e' X4 a! I嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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3 c6 X+ M, Q# K7 l, T7 O2 h"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ! }: p8 z9 z5 e8 a$ `
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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1 U6 r9 F; k% [! Q% |4 j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。
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"Really? Is it that bad?" : S$ o) s! h$ l) a, z, v
0 u( H# n8 W$ b' V+ @真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ & y# x! a- v1 ?4 R
% h" i+ ^9 n" I, N# J. b- x"Yes, I'm afraid it is." ( c4 l4 M2 C* \
; c( k& {0 W$ t' A) a3 |- k% T是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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) }- F6 c* n7 n3 L* T) J/ Z"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？ * t5 x; M* j. {. }
1 p% ?7 B/ [4 h* z"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』。
