Ridge Hall 電腦公司
一個 WordPerfect 電腦公司員工的真實對話
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4 P* A3 V( ?1 M) G% w9 d"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? . i1 d/ u7 r; Y+ ?$ s+ u' o
7 C+ n0 |0 c/ \: t" U2 e5 R- U: s"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." " x. D/ ]5 I) X
/ L4 ?+ t% ?; Y: |+ n" w是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 0 h& m" O6 E% t) n& J c
/ m% y: G/ b" S+ O"What sort of trouble?"
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8 U5 X( I' c. o& Y您有什麼問題呢 ?
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* h5 U" e/ E: B6 p. `7 C; y/ v' g"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." , E3 A' R9 D- c' D* V0 C+ g+ h
* C2 g+ `2 O' u8 M k2 p! v2 H& S我剛剛自已在打字的時候，突然間所有的字都不見了。 * B; T0 ?: A( r& Q& V- C, l
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"Went away?"都不見了。 # }" |! \& l3 h
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"They disappeared." i% Q/ I$ B3 x1 c
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它們都不見了。 8 C/ P/ {6 U5 @- U" k
. y% x5 A# d. g8 d! p1 \"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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7 i L Y f2 D* {5 B4 p- R嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing." 4 ^. s9 P+ q ?# V$ A/ s
& x1 G. w% \6 [# M8 O/ E, Z. }, a沒有任何東西。 $ }/ Y# J% E2 ?' q
; g7 ^% Z) [4 L( x5 J% K& e"Nothing?"
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3 g( I; A4 B6 a1 t沒有任何東西？
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, ^8 Z* v- A# [% I2 K, W8 s3 q& e6 n"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type."
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0 W( }+ z' K. O螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" 3 ?2 i& G# x# i. c# e! v h/ K
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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& F$ Y* j! _- B"How do I tell?" ( {# t* }6 t y. Q/ s4 R
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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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？
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* c' O! I% z+ `# H/ V/ A' v- m"What's a sea-prompt?" * V9 i4 Z' G# F3 g( m% B
" d! Q& m3 z" D w$ P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?" & A2 e1 p. ^% T
# ?& M! p' {$ w# r不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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: A$ `% u' A) B& B9 L1 \! L: ^"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." - m6 [! t. H+ E
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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。 1 t5 b- \& @5 }8 g) ?7 A
0 @8 ~5 @5 O) O"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" 5 o) i$ _. j4 g- T: ?
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ - Y; E8 P( `- E- V
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"What's a monitor?" ! }; {- G" S1 |; X/ d" W( I! R
0 X& S+ B" o7 z$ Q什麼是顯示器？ & P6 [, Y1 F2 X, }; T
1 y. b! D7 j% v& ~5 S"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV.
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" C* E% g1 x) R9 _8 O R- j$ I0 M1 WDoes ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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8 H( U; m% Q% A8 J# }" F" z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？ 5 z+ L7 X& t G4 i! q
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I don't know." 5 V6 C1 f! g1 S, o
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我不懂耶。
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 7 o, X" C! `7 D/ ~
/ I* P" t7 }. T/ X1 hthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" ' H1 n" K) ^% ~3 W
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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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是，我想我看到了。 9 P# ^5 J- a! n8 H$ \! R, u
& r7 Z- ^7 M$ _; b% r8 O3 B' Z8 ?"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." 0 T" E3 y! U' Y/ }9 v3 w
/ M, ^3 g7 S' ] k& S4 Q/ b3 M太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ & L: I9 c& L' `/ R
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"....Yes, it is."
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有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were
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! `' K& q4 Z$ ^; {& Ttwo 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？
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! U2 _& s) L+ K; c7 E; d3 u"No."
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" S3 @1 z2 Q6 O5 S" S- a7 w沒有。 " v a% q: U, \- T3 f* g
5 \7 D+ G, A7 U$ w0 X3 K. j8 K8 q"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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+ [, Y* C, Q1 t/ W5 W/ b5 Btheother 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。
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"....Okay, here it is." 3 y3 v( b: Z* _. e# p, Y2 D- w0 E5 j
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OK，找到了。 5 D" a8 U) T0 r
0 K- P) r; @6 j/ u. l"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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1 ^: W0 a. h$ z; ^9 Wtheback of your computer." % [! i) ]8 x. Q. I/ v
0 W9 Q2 x# Q1 {2 ` h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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0 _4 m$ D3 N+ Y0 E5 |# C"I can't reach."
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2 d) m& N" c+ v; s5 U }我搆不到。 # ]9 u0 ~0 F% |/ _; `9 I
. Y1 I, u, P8 K( y6 p"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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" K) r( R- E2 }3 E7 Z# V) r" h嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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: `! S! O0 L- f0 q"No."
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# H% C3 L: ^5 o1 ^9 |$ ]+ E看不到。 0 F1 ]# Z! e: w! k
5 _% y2 t b6 O$ N% d" a9 q"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" " G+ E* p4 I" _4 ~! l6 F% O+ V
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那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ ! [& s! k% c8 K8 M" S
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." ' L: d3 f g+ E9 G$ p+ b
8 z( J5 j- P6 X X4 S喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 & G2 {; O8 o7 T9 ^: Z$ ~$ _
! W7 i5 z! @7 g/ b"Dark?" 2 Z& u( K, D* l) M! v# b9 n0 V( y
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太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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j& H; m6 V" N3 m, hcomingfrom the window."
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5 q$ z" Z- w6 `是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 7 u/ c: c' C8 k: j+ r
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"Well, turn on the office light then."
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) G# |& H$ m z0 I那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 4 T2 W9 {% `8 e; p
" Q9 Y O. U3 D; R2 d9 C"I can't." 0 P5 p9 ~8 T6 w7 y# O" I
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沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?" 5 G. ?, z# Z) d8 K! O# N
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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$ @, L( a" r2 ^4 J"Because there's a power outage."
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0 y/ U/ E1 R1 ^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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9 t- l& b! p0 L* C6 cDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff ) d. A: x$ P( g1 h {
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yourcomputer came in?"
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6 Y8 p& K# _8 Q; z停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， % p# L s% h0 t k3 C) n6 v; I
( D& `; J+ G/ J4 ]5 o2 V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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" X" X$ ^7 J: T1 i"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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6 e' d( U" b- N' \; y0 Y8 R$ C3 b* u嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 + {. I j8 y& c' }$ A" g: g
: p8 l. `. \& T3 h2 f"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ! L% d- O0 G" F$ _1 H5 R
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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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+ d. L# @" t6 m, p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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0 r1 y! t3 M9 }% r真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ 6 B9 R; r1 r# }) h+ c/ i
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 5 p y% d/ h; V% i5 K6 h
% P: L: O- T4 a是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 9 h9 T( t# {' y
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" 0 R% S8 j$ u' A, |( U$ J0 j
; b9 E0 b8 x! Q: m4 N0 F喔，我想大概就是這樣子的。那我要怎樣跟他們說呢？ : u0 K- H7 ?3 N: G8 s% U
' x$ ~" L" y" j3 Z! E"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』。
