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?" 5 E, `- c: r+ B1 C% n
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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? 0 ^4 U7 [" f* u
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"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 2 r# ?9 X; |8 u3 x
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"What sort of trouble?"
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您有什麼問題呢 ? ) a* f; V7 z& i7 j7 H: d
; Q0 G3 N1 a& r) Q2 u- w- l. E"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。 / q6 \( l2 o$ v1 j4 \2 M) q
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"Went away?"都不見了。 + C& K$ c& e9 x8 P
4 H# L' K' @9 c+ L# A"They disappeared."
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8 N6 R$ W) k# q; H) m它們都不見了。
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0 \- D2 C' |* p- f"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?"
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嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？ ( `; K+ ~4 B* g6 s+ ?, |
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"Nothing." : {: |; d! \: k. o8 X9 N
& y+ q) F8 R4 L, P: F+ N& B% Q, N沒有任何東西。
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"Nothing?" . i1 |# E% t, d! g# ^
1 [) ]. D% ~0 b/ b8 B( w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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/ U! F% ]1 X$ U* ^" n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?" % x) o! @4 d I+ N! b# ?/ O; ]
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您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。
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# C& s/ K7 F& I; J1 t"How do I tell?" * C0 [# s3 O: q; w$ t
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" $ F8 h3 b5 L- j1 M, A# Q( D( [, c
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ : \, q0 ?# D0 T) y
: \* l& o' f) K) X$ S"What's a sea-prompt?"
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) 6 v4 T2 ^# P% p) T2 h
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"Never mind. Can you move the cursor around on the screen?" 4 @. X; w6 e* N0 ~
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ 2 W0 f" \% e) M/ \
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." * o; o" V) j4 W6 P6 {
8 u1 N. I; B1 X/ k# |: k螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 3 ?9 b2 v; B0 I
d k& ` r! m9 i4 I) d- P, s' I$ e"Does your monitor have a power indicator?"
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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3 a4 ~) `- ?' t) S; z* ?"What's a monitor?" " Z. d- T* a# o% c* n" Q, C
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什麼是顯示器？
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+ [: y# o! m0 V$ v$ h* Y) w"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?" 6 U. V7 F) X0 Q4 \4 N
& \6 X, N4 u0 R$ N P8 e2 {2 T就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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! M5 g4 t. N9 f' f. i$ o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。
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0 b& J, \7 N: I2 |7 T"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where 6 o# e, ], x' n1 {* V) @
: @6 m) q& O6 L; Q' Tthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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. J" l/ g3 b) U$ B8 Z' o$ }$ d那麼，你能不能看得到顯示器後面有一條電源線接在上面？ 0 ] Z3 O; e1 j* d' r
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"....Yes, I think so."
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7 j7 h; ?1 B# H/ U是，我想我看到了。
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% S; Q; O, x4 N"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." 0 {* @8 P( U( Q8 E6 y; ~# B
. X8 V1 X* n4 |- ?& r/ E太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ 2 [) @" c0 R: h8 w
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"....Yes, it is."
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# g9 D4 u; _) F0 C ^"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were + F9 x% M" {# T& [ O2 d
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?" + [& A) L% E7 n& D/ V0 ]! `
* t2 u% ^0 D: _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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0 }7 y- @% F. ~% M5 _" p"No."
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沒有。 6 w; E. _- y% B8 c5 _ |
+ B# f @$ h2 E* {"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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theother 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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" x; X, R/ @& H"....Okay, here it is."
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OK，找到了。 8 o" i/ x) d2 L4 \0 c
( b1 t4 F2 @# F; X3 V/ S"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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: E( O/ X/ `! ?+ H3 Otheback of your computer." 2 [5 \6 f, w: |$ f; e
, B5 r2 ~5 y- X/ \0 n- _再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 4 F1 B4 \' M6 f* j' a8 w5 M( }3 r
1 U# V2 e1 G4 c5 c: i1 l( p"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。 9 }4 Y/ N1 _% q
, \4 F) N) L8 e, B0 I7 `' a"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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! n; D. s5 m4 c) m# b8 y/ X"No." ) N5 X% H C: F7 w# p
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看不到。 + L# u2 d5 ^/ A" ?
' ^# r, L# F- f3 e"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?" 9 P& G1 O) I; R( J) T% d
8 _& Z* j9 p9 ^5 q) I# ^那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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7 F6 P; P+ \) Y7 s E"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." & L( \6 T# b7 o
) g( E; n/ W; S& w1 t* g! P' V7 ^- R喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。
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"Dark?" . e9 c P$ `4 [2 N; R" C8 C
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太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is % v# M( k6 F$ @0 q2 p/ j3 N" R
! v5 g% H- f1 [1 B; Zcomingfrom the window."
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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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"Well, turn on the office light then." 0 t" `$ r: H( O N; c. F
$ A3 A9 s* r7 z1 t( n* W# A, e, f' s) A那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't." ' T" ^6 u4 V( \9 |4 V1 K
! S8 I- R D+ {沒辦法。
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"No? Why not?"
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( E( Q" q8 l" e8 L沒辨法？為什麼？
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& ^) N' l6 _: ?. |"Because there's a power outage." " b% @* Y% Z- Z8 D7 u7 U3 }( K+ X
3 k3 w% V$ |9 j \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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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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& P [& N4 M' }; Hyourcomputer came in?" ! r0 v: S' K' C2 P8 G- c6 ?3 r$ Q; I1 I
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， ' O. Q+ P4 D& O7 s0 b g9 |1 G3 k
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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." . E0 H- \+ L& c! s4 I* f/ z5 ?7 {9 Q
$ p" Y1 M. e* ^0 m6 W; S+ Z1 s嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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. w- c3 v4 j$ s( L, o( [: X' t"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike
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5 @* ~* y+ D' J3 R4 |1 Q( k: ^5 oit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." 2 `& |8 _1 ^3 |* c. N# M G
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5 W! k: @: ~- f- F4 K h7 X"Really? Is it that bad?"
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." " e" G; U# B) `& z1 ~
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是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 0 B6 z7 a" t0 q0 `) Z
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"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？
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, _6 N- k& T6 i6 M+ J& S"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』。
