Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話 ; H8 W/ p9 w4 V. N) ^
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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." - {% T5 l5 @. O# j! o1 S
- P9 B( k. i2 a是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 ) d( K4 W3 e2 C: @7 q
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"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ?
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3 Q: A0 z5 K/ U, @7 G |. f"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway."
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* K7 \5 Y- x1 B# M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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"Went away?"都不見了。
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"They disappeared."
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+ t: o* D$ d/ H* z它們都不見了。 % H, ~4 N# B3 ?- I4 X" a
; y2 P4 Z3 ^" g# B5 }"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" ' u3 U; u+ E7 ^- q* ]4 h5 b
( [. z- T3 x2 Y: G* q嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ , z) X7 W" U9 V( [8 y
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"Nothing." ' b7 J+ c; {9 H. k. l
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沒有任何東西。 ) G, O5 P0 |* @8 M
5 A: Y% R6 M% C, G q"Nothing?" 4 r+ e, g* f# f
3 V' @; E! f2 n' q6 b2 V4 H% ]* ?' s沒有任何東西？ + S2 m: l6 X6 R+ s$ N1 S$ b9 @+ t6 X" H
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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8 t: [* ~9 G4 _/ r; s2 L螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 ! E3 T# d$ v5 m5 F9 @
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?"
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5 m0 B% c1 f0 j& R, P/ Y您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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"How do I tell?"
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/ @2 ?6 ~4 U" W' O2 t+ O, B$ h2 Q"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 3 g( U1 D9 @" b7 W, @# V1 r
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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?" 3 A' a- ?, M% d* x2 O% j
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) 9 z2 e6 W) B1 Z( ^
* T8 l1 H( |: o$ u4 _"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" 1 L: D/ r& u5 i5 m
F) |: s. t7 q- n* I: X不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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! s0 C5 C) w4 }+ G, c, w"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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+ [' _9 {2 _5 A' w+ w( r7 \"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" 0 O" Y' s+ L9 x4 e, L: I8 y
! h$ C" d7 F' u' o1 k顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ : J9 t$ ~8 E: V ]4 o$ ~, }4 @' @1 z
! r. `$ h- h" t$ z7 i"What's a monitor?" $ j3 d% {( U3 ]! O% y; z
6 Z/ E y* F9 W* E什麼是顯示器？ 6 z* [7 _# t9 G* y
; f/ |" |7 d% F; v; x! |"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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, \# B1 a# N4 u2 |" FDoes 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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3 ~5 K+ k- Z6 |6 k! |有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 7 d; n' @- D1 m$ n( W( J
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I don't know."
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我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 9 o1 j* k7 |' U& h
9 U5 w1 w+ M1 c5 Cthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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4 t) U, x: ^6 G- h+ X( A9 t- g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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9 m9 R5 p% M) a/ D4 r/ A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." ; [& v% e) _0 n* b2 W
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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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"....Yes, it is." " }/ m9 _% ^, x! u5 ?
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有啊! ) ?' P1 N4 O- l4 n. T3 U' K1 |
9 ?8 J& h$ c, v/ Y4 X# k% L"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were % P" E! i! [8 O7 G) X
" C f8 P3 C, d. e0 x6 ttwo cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" ' f4 C# z; a# j' W" K# e* x
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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？
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- H, k1 y' N8 C; U' T"No." 7 c9 i8 O8 o$ k/ N# l1 F
% R, a% X! ]& k& o: ]% K2 p沒有。 6 n1 K. V* t; P. H; T
; K4 _, c z2 v/ Z$ t. }"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find & Z. y0 h. H$ s9 [& {
@9 H* L9 n' m2 Z& Atheother 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。 3 j1 C3 C, J& K& d) j& A3 {. _. E1 [$ `
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"....Okay, here it is." 9 q9 ?1 R) V6 E4 ^- ~/ N
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OK，找到了。
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4 p ~1 i( v8 `$ F# Z"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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* p; k" o' T- ~! }5 u Wtheback of your computer." 6 h7 a7 v- x- S8 R
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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." : a" o0 U$ J. H* l0 w. x# C3 S- f
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我搆不到。
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% o) _3 B& w5 \"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" % _8 e( C6 i: G8 w
# u& a# Z% U( J3 g嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ i; y9 T& w5 T# N
" T/ ^8 i6 o7 ?9 {4 O! g- h7 u"No."
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看不到。 6 m, h3 \% w9 i& @
1 `" A7 d* O+ X" p# I3 u+ B"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" $ n. [4 z ]; ~1 o `
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ 6 V/ F S/ ]7 N% ~* e
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." 8 c: a* N* ?) g0 u
' L& A) G) H; H# I喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 , K [, `9 p6 S* K) l! r6 G4 n8 h) M
. ?" N4 D/ d- F; G; L6 d" d"Dark?"
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) l, w# x& d& a r5 K/ z# E6 u5 V太暗？ 0 d, J. m$ C6 T, z2 {6 D8 V# [4 G7 u
( D" W5 F) T" o, f- Z"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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; N% a8 l' r$ H8 Q2 c2 T4 E! ocomingfrom the window." . S( |+ C6 h- i m1 g3 Y9 T
, Y% q6 g. T, f" |# K是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 ( P# [/ [/ x( ^* P
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"Well, turn on the office light then." ) D9 q7 e! Z. W+ @! ^! I
$ C6 b/ ^. p/ j, M& q0 c* x那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 & e3 |5 r- D% x$ D
- C( x6 ~$ J7 [' X# Q5 ]( X% f# l"I can't."
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沒辦法。 % x8 f/ V6 L3 Z
7 G/ Z% _ p8 k$ ?' B"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？ & \$ _+ J4 x2 }6 X- X) R, e. Z% E4 k; [
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"Because there's a power outage."
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. b. T/ P6 p/ X$ Z因為停電啊! * T6 d @8 O$ Q
9 b k; g( Y: ]/ U8 |# U- G"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now.
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7 G# _: r0 @/ u/ cDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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* P: e( I5 \& ^9 ]! ]; yyourcomputer came in?"
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1 c/ O6 _) \" E/ w- d/ s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." : Y3 c/ R4 s' @* V4 `& f/ q. e
3 R$ ?2 ^0 @. l$ `$ H嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 . Q- }5 I/ z( I
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike * h0 V- O" ?, J- Z5 v
$ s/ a4 N- ?% f+ A% iit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." % K1 T0 l* e5 V4 |* R- L
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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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就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 6 O8 E. G7 g; H% I
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"Really? Is it that bad?"
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7 m' R5 d6 @# g; m5 j$ z3 b" ~真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ 6 z0 o+ r* H A! n7 W1 h# [
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." , n' M% z8 G c
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" 2 f6 U( M- V- R; H
4 _4 U. i& M% J* U+ f喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ : F5 F# f9 o) } j
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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』。
