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?"
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/ E1 P4 y* [; z& F4 L7 y2 LRidge 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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' D8 G2 @8 y9 T- b是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" + h5 V5 s/ F( W+ g% v! S! L, t! K
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您有什麼問題呢 ? ; S$ g6 J1 U6 ~
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." ' I9 ^+ _* K+ y- ]. F0 q% o3 }& }
* j/ U' M& {: F2 h6 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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2 F$ _6 z2 z# G4 X"They disappeared." # A3 b# j: Q9 U3 P- L
0 k% X! h) n2 ]6 I0 M+ c它們都不見了。
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& V+ }% h* t/ `& U, D6 {' n"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 3 s" V' B; g8 l
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ : ^% E m0 l5 {& Q9 P
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"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 & M/ L& u4 B9 ~* ^2 f
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"Nothing?" 2 R; n0 ]7 h# T- R) b7 B5 P6 ?
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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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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 * g: S( Q; ^. O0 l
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"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。 , `( M- G6 f' @
6 u% W) e2 v4 H0 c1 l, a"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？ 7 H1 ], f& j# a' x; |4 j
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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' p. [9 `! o3 A, V/ t/ z" M9 [你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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1 t$ o2 @( y' G& R& m"What's a sea-prompt?"
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) ! Y) f9 P) u$ T1 x; w" F
% g2 }# q+ }( Y) ~# ?" ~"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" * m( n X3 M) d$ }) ]3 u$ q
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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1 W2 H+ J( b* B2 ~" w"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." : l" `: J9 C6 T% H
- {; j$ m1 U' u; k3 M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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/ y8 d P/ B5 G1 G8 G7 {"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" ' }8 }5 \! d4 w$ O. t" o! b
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ & ~( p8 l& o0 k3 f& _) A
1 ?! q2 D8 h! o3 h"What's a monitor?" # a( W0 }& g: F
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什麼是顯示器？ , U: Z y- N, `8 l9 |6 E+ v; j2 u
2 P7 c6 n9 c2 Q6 @9 i$ S"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?" 4 j6 U% u& {( v7 R# t! r U9 I
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， # P3 ^2 E3 q7 H, v6 E7 \! F
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有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know."
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我不懂耶。 . p6 Z+ ~1 k- o, M
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"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where
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2 T6 H, D" t* c$ |6 t4 f8 s& e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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3 o" g! L- H4 r6 ]. B- ^7 k"....Yes, I think so." E- ^" u; S$ w# M1 d5 _( Y5 z
- ]& e2 F% l1 G4 F9 H是，我想我看到了。
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( m2 z. W& P o+ J1 i"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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# t* _6 T0 H* }太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ 9 K" _5 {" s' f
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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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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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4 a7 l7 Q6 ]& B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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7 w. k4 F: M) R"No."
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; F& X& E* {# r$ c, x6 h"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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! L8 m6 g* j7 i$ p8 |; X9 _就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。
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' r, V: o6 _8 D& X3 x2 F, ]"....Okay, here it is." 5 O4 z( Q) }1 Z/ m( H: d
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OK，找到了。 * ]4 e6 }7 p- ^$ E
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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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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& Z( b$ r; Q! W: K* @ Y8 U"I can't reach." ! ?9 F" J) l8 U; v. z
7 e" G% \ M4 V6 J, |+ u我搆不到。 w9 W* E7 Y0 |, L# F7 d y) P
$ T/ X# W$ i* U/ X"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" ! H: Q. X' ?" |" Q" U: A1 I% ? D
# e& M- h# Y2 ^( c嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ ! D8 }1 o& |( a
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"No."
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看不到。 # e7 ^" I" z& c9 F1 `3 |$ L
; W. I% L- ~' V m, {* K" |$ q$ V( a/ `"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？ " l1 j# c6 p/ ]8 F; X N5 j
+ g/ k- D$ B# L1 N/ {"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 |1 t# [/ M$ r8 c( P! [太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
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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。
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6 `& t, j4 Y( y" n( N! K l+ C"Well, turn on the office light then." 2 t; I3 m+ X7 {& B" t
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那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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/ |* ]* n/ s r; l/ @4 A"I can't." / @+ n0 }3 i) l! X+ H1 C3 ?
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沒辦法。 ; ^% {1 t% I; I* T: }, _8 i
8 F x7 }; |) u8 ?7 l"No? Why not?" - s% A/ I% Q+ j5 P) Z, F ]8 d0 V$ p$ L
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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/ U! v( a" I' U( {"Because there's a power outage." ' p9 O. |2 [; A. }$ T: k
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因為停電啊!
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! v+ y7 k$ d$ q7 C* N5 v9 h"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. * `4 M+ F4 a- g- o: f& h# y
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff & [; `5 B) A7 U3 c
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yourcomputer came in?" 2 v8 Z" u: \. T+ G& h- J& m! G
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包，
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& ]( N# Z7 {& B7 S電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ ' g7 C: @( Q$ Z% j
( S! _: {# H7 A; q! k"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." A! l! Q9 C- k' _
) o; C g! a a. ]4 X; J- V6 e嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 . r1 Q" n5 f, \" \
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike + h/ R4 }1 F' r+ 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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& m# k9 }% @" [/ F+ R; G1 l6 b, L很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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! D8 Y1 o& o3 _, F3 ~2 F" {, M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?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ : f- a1 ~; i b# P$ ^
" w( G, a2 d- h6 t"Yes, I'm afraid it is." " a# ^' s4 S+ _9 \: G# J9 Y
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4 Y. f+ t& n! P7 v. J"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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! b" f4 i x Y k: J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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"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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8 p. g$ i0 e1 n就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
