Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話 . X+ d8 m5 C. B- c7 O+ N- U! K0 h
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"Ridge Hall computer assistant; may I help you?" # [* e2 u& v8 f. n! M
( ~1 o# O4 X5 J+ n) s/ pRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? # i1 p$ @8 t# H: g6 J# \
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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& D7 Y5 y5 Z; O; o7 }是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 + a. ^# A1 y- o" C2 h! k1 u
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"What sort of trouble?" ' W; V) G" A1 I
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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3 h& v" ?1 O. l; ]% ]3 L$ j9 h* N"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。 7 Y. v) B( a- w
- o* w2 I+ i& ?7 t"Went away?"都不見了。
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4 b8 q8 q5 Q% J8 l- _9 @"They disappeared."
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8 ?4 F7 n, A) n/ Q1 C它們都不見了。
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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# g1 }' y% H& _嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing."
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: t2 x* K6 g8 z沒有任何東西。
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5 l0 C+ S( I& q1 r"Nothing?"
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" Q: ~; _8 S! X1 T) c3 V5 K8 |) S沒有任何東西？ . }. S2 v T2 s ` R8 I
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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9 t( D" M4 D& C* [9 h螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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- ^7 T/ K r1 F; P" Y: l6 I"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。 - o. h9 K3 G! F7 L; }
+ O- X- ^- ?6 H7 A"How do I tell?" " E8 _ q* T2 |. Q- Y
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 5 j& T2 r% ]5 N! o; f' `
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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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)
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/ d+ k' a# j" u5 G! ^"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?"
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1 y2 K7 r$ L5 p, D0 d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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8 j1 x) u4 c* X' ~; h( W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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4 o7 u f2 d% [. F* A, z"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" D8 q! C8 k) Q, y" v' H" J( @
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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"What's a monitor?"
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什麼是顯示器？
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"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. 6 R" T- G0 D6 m4 ]! ?& E2 ?
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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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4 b m8 c" r4 _有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ % Z3 ` d; A; e4 t/ Y/ S
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I don't know." ! M& ^! s' |: c) Y2 x2 Y% ]8 U
( C4 m3 c% W( D1 S2 g我不懂耶。
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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?" 9 _4 e0 U* H: D: \
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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？ ! ^. I. O" H) O7 [$ `
1 @+ k1 c5 m" u s( U5 q"....Yes, I think so." & \, [9 [, f7 [( i& U* [. f
2 c2 H* b# U' R+ G+ e是，我想我看到了。 * L9 X6 P& _+ n/ B. X0 x. a) L
6 i7 c5 f! P) p g. M" ?"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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2 B) N. A5 p a太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？
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"....Yes, it is."
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有啊! # y) i6 j9 C6 R7 V) y
4 B( x- ]& H, a0 A"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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7 q2 Q: e& b$ y! k# V( Htwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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$ r9 _) B- D, u5 T2 ^% n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？ + R) Y) [. l# ~" Z% n' T% C
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"No." / C6 G+ u4 k9 Z' C n/ ?$ Y
0 I' d+ K& d! v q: W& u沒有。 - @; e! a6 l) Y* Z: D/ L4 I
0 w% c% V% [9 k# ?! }: k+ o"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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* \7 `* D5 X& h) i; gtheother cable." 1 T8 `, S7 w1 I8 c! q+ ]
/ ]% G3 a# y% g$ b; I0 P就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 ; @* B) A( b# O, D0 r
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"....Okay, here it is."
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( K9 @- H! A6 \! h% uOK，找到了。
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2 i% u. T; a- {"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into , C. i' r' O/ T. h5 d/ z/ t
. f8 \% Q3 D8 \+ Z( ~ \8 ]7 x+ rtheback 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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2 R V* V, z, y! Z6 f"I can't reach." ) L3 K2 V* G; ^% B8 P% v
" n7 T; h$ F5 b/ U: P( v我搆不到。
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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% t* g5 Q% k6 o0 h嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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"No."
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$ `# [& r& J- X& S看不到。 ! C- d. S- M8 ?) M! @* [3 A
/ q, `+ C5 D7 E& N, x" c8 N* T# _"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 4 C5 }! \- g# h' r0 x; b8 ~
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ & x. ^) A: S# K
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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。 + Q) H9 y* B, {( F% ~* D
f0 {' z/ Q2 p I$ e7 |"Dark?"
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太暗？ ' u; ^) b* ]8 ~6 L2 l1 _" G
8 G) z' ?1 }" m- G"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is - L2 d2 W! k: s" Q
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, L& F+ X e- |- U! d, T- O0 C! X) i是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 $ q! s: `4 X. e& P- E, c4 e S
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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。 % q+ @# d6 Q& l: g O
# B+ A& U+ J- v" h, o3 c0 g"I can't." * v8 r$ M! i; R- l1 r. Z7 r+ x1 n4 G( a
4 V N" k. Y9 X6 P沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" . `. b, h/ ^0 Q9 s
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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1 I8 N# G' `, H# t1 Q( t"Because there's a power outage."
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9 S* A( `' o2 L# e5 ?0 o因為停電啊! 9 N, J& p. u0 v' g3 C5 l) S
6 o2 y W9 M# Z6 I3 d" R! F* P: `" H, x"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 1 y4 a3 [1 v4 X+ ^3 o
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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yourcomputer came in?" ! ]: M! P# D& Z& g" [- r
; _& x( _' e0 p& a0 A- y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？ $ S% F- k% j: j- M+ k
" k m* `5 T: A! t# h3 B"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." 7 {/ A) t* E6 S* [, t
6 Y1 o4 m4 [; ]- D" a' g嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 ( V6 H+ R; D0 J! s3 H9 E }
7 q! k) b: Q. i$ j' B7 {) F1 Q$ x"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ' s( m7 F. v) I9 }+ q
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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，
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9 c& A; R' E. ^2 q就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 ! n; g' D6 v8 p% ~4 }
5 |% ?, `% [1 Q"Really? Is it that bad?" d i9 x/ F7 p( |3 Y e4 v5 H2 Z
. ~; O% g" ~$ t# @0 C R& B2 p/ ]+ a$ J% t真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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8 q: k- z& h+ a2 C" F"Yes, I'm afraid it is." % t9 I; l5 v Q( Y8 J% ~# b
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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! j, _% d" P& \8 Q4 `6 u"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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+ u+ M; e# X k `- R) s喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ + c3 i; d. x( ?4 i
& m- \) N, D! ?"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer." ' a# u1 d6 P3 @5 @" V
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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』。
