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?" 1 {( h) W P Q
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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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% _* N# u1 y/ G, h"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect."
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" ! X8 |% Y" d$ l% {3 A! E; \
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您有什麼問題呢 ? & W8 W% i8 L$ L G
- V6 D, h1 J( Q"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。 2 z5 Z1 G' g& I) z) x& l
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"Went away?"都不見了。 / o1 M0 ^8 r; U) J9 q9 [8 e5 m
2 N% q1 o& e8 t0 J& y1 \6 c) H"They disappeared." 3 W+ q5 b, k( B7 \9 ` a
. t5 g1 D, D$ ?' H! l" t1 T# j它們都不見了。 9 M$ ^& R5 j: D6 h6 c+ v
2 R5 y& u5 o0 Y"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？ + L0 D) F! v1 v1 O
1 m0 |8 r* d5 C7 @ f) A3 n"Nothing." . Z: f1 s' |" I1 X7 e4 l
( v8 S- a. Q% @8 |) ^沒有任何東西。 + X! J! g' d- \/ S
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"Nothing?" 2 ]) [2 m/ B1 V/ e7 V
t3 S, C8 G4 D% k) L沒有任何東西？
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"It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type." 9 ^5 p1 ?! g q) d- U) w# \# _
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螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。
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* X+ Q% m' k' z9 _! H, P8 g"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。 / c/ u: ^1 a3 s0 ?+ V$ k
; D# }. H% ?3 Z& R/ G"How do I tell?"
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) d* s- z3 @* h, R! `我要怎麼說明呢？ 1 C& f0 [( s- b& _% u
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?"
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+ P( B* l7 e2 i$ S m, \' E4 W你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ ' z5 G6 {) L& E, K( I$ ^- C
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"What's a sea-prompt?"
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/ X$ P- u3 \* C ?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?"
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不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？
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9 y7 ]6 i' S6 N7 q0 L"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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"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？ - i2 h) _6 {1 M& P! @! _5 `9 ^
: e7 \6 }% `! u0 j"What's a monitor?"
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, e' S( ^2 \! [9 |5 f% ^0 O$ w+ G/ N什麼是顯示器？ 5 p9 o) y7 W+ G+ P
* k& x4 T- r& k; X& R- l7 [+ x"It's the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. ' n7 J2 o8 N" L) ^2 }' v
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Does ithave a little light that tells you when it's on?"
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3 E7 r+ |+ b, P) O( Y; w% J1 q就是那個看起像電視的螢幕， 4 W* M" W- r v, M1 d+ y+ R
1 M: B- W2 O7 v/ v# y# ]有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？
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I don't know." % p* x6 r8 e T3 Q2 g8 A2 F5 t
' m1 D4 Q: ~+ D! b我不懂耶。 7 }5 @0 n- \* h& { ~) P
. v/ |1 j, W; [1 C9 \0 b: s"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where + j0 c3 \8 P: Q* y3 {0 L' x1 E
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?" 5 ]2 u1 u- x) J& Y% K
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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？ ; W7 w8 q$ j9 p: y( f+ u& o, Z# D
5 X3 ]- Z+ H3 E"....Yes, I think so."
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; j* t# Q( k/ i& x0 V是，我想我看到了。 . N. V9 v2 y, O5 t2 N
$ T+ X# N# ^6 I. c4 }"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall."
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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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9 g- h5 Z+ k1 p- O. y! H- e"....Yes, it is." 4 W f% \. m: `/ h7 q7 P/ t/ W) r& b1 S
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有啊! 6 Q* K; L) [% D# F* H
( g" g2 E. {+ b, J3 M3 u% M"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were " A- s% c: f! P: O) }( h9 u
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two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one?"
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+ k- }* j0 b9 B+ d* q- {3 U7 @, r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？ ; O- f8 B9 G X$ f* e' H& L: w* w
1 l4 F% D+ Z4 Y& u1 t"No."
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5 f% V- \& g* S9 y沒有。
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! K1 R8 U" z3 ]"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find
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theother cable."
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: D9 P8 E0 u$ o# _5 h5 ~) }7 ^就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 , k) m7 f1 f1 U" a% H! g$ }
8 f; U" b( C l; b" @"....Okay, here it is." & V: |) o6 L0 G3 ?0 |/ c. O1 M" m
0 O8 B% L! N! |4 ?( ?4 ~/ B7 h) GOK，找到了。
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"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into ' F7 Z# G8 h. Q7 P4 m U2 P, q
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theback of your computer."
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8 t. g6 A! n5 v4 @5 W再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 ! }5 u6 w& C, U9 G6 ^
6 Z$ z5 b, Y2 }% b& v& M2 i6 M"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。
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$ [6 H( _4 m& [( S8 m( h. Q"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" 8 k) U ^, M! Y4 d* L' b( N+ i
3 K# V. \9 \4 k% e1 L9 A1 W嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ * k- R: K8 u( l" g
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"No." 2 Z/ H& _9 X( J" e d3 [
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7 {; B2 r8 K' Y' ~2 h& K4 x"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？
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." / u9 ?9 \7 o3 m" U" {
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喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 0 n: c; A$ u" i* {
3 V( Q, E" X. Y6 K2 v"Dark?"
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is . [2 ]8 U4 m9 R1 s, P8 \
( I e8 i: h5 j6 D' P% b1 mcomingfrom the window."
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1 v3 e; s* E0 V! n, o2 L9 G r, q是的，辨公室的燈光全都不亮，唯一的光線是來自窗戶外面。 2 _ `! C( ?% h6 u: K
: u# X8 l" B; e4 s1 U"Well, turn on the office light then."
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2 l7 L8 G3 U5 u那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。 7 N/ O* f5 a) j- ]
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"I can't."
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沒辦法。 5 w* u1 f2 X* w1 z2 h
8 ~, @" v& {' R: S# i# J"No? Why not?" 7 N% ?& `- n d/ T, R
6 f R3 }% A8 V( C8 r" n沒辨法？為什麼？ 7 `) m0 R, L6 l- n, b! {2 p" t$ b7 |) M/ _
4 i( D% I! l* ^; m% x"Because there's a power outage." : N* Z5 D% n% M8 y
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因為停電啊! ' Z9 S' z& F0 `. g9 S5 G
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"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. % m2 j: v$ U- `% s* U4 b3 l9 [7 @
2 o; u( y9 e/ sDo you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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) f. z4 ]2 B6 M9 N3 t1 a# ryourcomputer came in?" g5 X7 H# a/ F" V$ F" K& m
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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." 2 b) U8 ]+ ~& T
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。 & o! V8 {" Z6 u. H& z# G8 A
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike 2 X" y! Q. u% g0 E. M- W
; I# T* L: i6 C9 U/ D. G6 h! Rit was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from."
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: i, l x4 q6 A3 h' V# p& q很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好， ! r; X3 \5 ?- R
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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。 . N/ R e4 R/ D" N3 z
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"Really? Is it that bad?"
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, p# F3 l$ K$ A/ z& b2 a) R真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ . B" s$ c; B% P5 N- B
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 4 u" A% G- i1 \" g- v* X
( N7 F: R+ a4 ^# p是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" % f! w9 l P7 e8 N- c
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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？ " {, q$ m* j' c9 R9 _2 F
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"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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: S3 s. X; E- ]2 i6 }+ B8 L就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
