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?" + X( E$ i( L4 F
2 C/ A y! ~7 {$ T0 N f/ ?$ nRidge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎? ; A+ M" G6 Q$ `$ V% s2 g' ]
3 _1 P9 [+ G, l c3 r0 E3 a0 {6 v"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." ( _% t3 I1 I$ A
* k- ]/ e! p* x4 `. [是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。
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"What sort of trouble?" ! J9 X4 o1 N+ s0 L
; z% w# Z7 T" u+ Q) g. N5 B! a; Y您有什麼問題呢 ? ; ]6 g3 s1 z) }$ f
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"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。 % m- `! O: ^* Y# T6 G
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"Went away?"都不見了。
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, E; {7 m: u/ O& y$ S; k6 r0 }"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。
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"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？
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3 s: w( b3 g8 K: l0 Q"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 % Y& q" ^" {0 K. {1 E
. R u" l& M9 s9 G6 s"Nothing?" # R+ g0 _8 Z; ^( b* z, O$ \ q
0 u1 F) ^" C% \) U/ y6 F& s; n5 a0 D沒有任何東西？ ! J" X* O7 [7 X" u( \
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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。
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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。
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0 Q6 W- \3 Y6 T' |. e3 K"How do I tell?"
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我要怎麼說明呢？
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" 9 L' u) U/ S" C$ V5 _5 q' p3 V
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你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？
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6 I1 [. \- u4 ]- a2 p"What's a sea-prompt?"
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什麼是 "海的提示符號" ("sea"=海，和 "C"同音) ' `8 R% k. r3 f
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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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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype." 8 f7 f2 A) `; f* f7 [# j
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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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" o; G- p9 C& b- X3 f5 x: G"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" - u ?$ o8 z/ X* t8 a; X% X
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？
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"What's a monitor?" 6 E2 L; q Y: z+ O9 K4 y
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, A" J" ?4 G2 E; V3 e"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?"
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就是那個看起像電視的螢幕，
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5 Z$ D M; L" I7 g0 {有沒有一個小光點告訴你它是開著的？ 5 O: j/ l$ |# l4 C. K* Q0 I
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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
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the powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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4 ^& W. j- \# u: e, @* l6 T* E# N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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# E8 U5 C" ]4 G3 g/ y( @"....Yes, I think so." 4 ]2 H) [: O: G' ]" t- G
/ j$ n2 t$ `, `是，我想我看到了。
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) o! P2 k. d9 H"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？ $ l0 F4 g/ N8 o0 Q# ~3 l; A
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"....Yes, it is." 0 k3 p3 G+ [1 W$ ?0 Q
* a6 R/ Q ^& j0 x$ Y$ H% a有啊!
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"When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were 9 z% b* A3 ?2 D: r
4 L1 D- ~. U J. Wtwo 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？ 9 O3 d( _/ f4 L' B9 Y4 M
6 a4 c- l+ `! q! m7 u) C% M( X"No."
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沒有。 - ]# @! w6 t' b5 r0 I( ^
$ [0 x% s: u, ] T: w( a3 ~) b: B2 T"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find # b; k" b1 r9 h7 I: D; B
. L8 I9 c9 X& l% h( z. P" Ltheother cable." # y7 M5 U' @% X# S: O
" f3 ~# l( Z$ `/ ?; U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."
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% P7 H: D9 X7 C8 A7 J, ]OK，找到了。
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2 O8 d3 ]/ G3 Q9 E `3 ] }"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
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theback of your computer."
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8 ?5 C# D- i# X/ C再替我找下去，告訴我它有沒有確實插好在電腦後面。 ! z" [* N$ O8 P, C/ j& ~
1 Z; Y( ]7 m& q9 ?. @; j"I can't reach."
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我搆不到。 2 Y" o. W2 |! ?, D7 w
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"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?" 7 j1 z" f# G/ d: T% W: B# r
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？
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; z& E: B. `! y' O y"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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, a" O, _- H2 d- |0 {: n那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？
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, u0 S5 I8 h# ]9 u7 k) C2 }"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark."
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"Dark?"
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太暗？
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"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is ' a1 U/ [* o2 _) ~- }8 W" U
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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."
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8 p) d! }1 E% Q$ R- @% k那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't." ! _ \/ h x. x: P, a5 n+ E# ~; x
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沒辦法。 ) l( c, O' D* @, X8 j$ i
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"No? Why not?"
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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"Because there's a power outage." 1 [+ C& C, L: R2 t8 Y
% C1 j* M. M' l因為停電啊!
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- ?" d- p/ h+ X- K1 w"A power...... A power outage? Aha! Okay, we've got it licked now. 5 _% P3 A( b4 F& N2 H6 s* W
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Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff
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& ~* [! T: Z0 O8 }+ ?yourcomputer came in?" 9 d& J& Q6 X1 Q, Y4 @; N
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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？ $ n/ c; Q5 T v" J4 ?
" z) P! M5 n! ~3 F3 ?- |+ Y$ v"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet."
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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/ b& b0 S+ c6 F o) k! E) B"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike % c2 u" |& `7 e( S4 t3 m
* _8 v6 N$ g/ d7 O1 ^3 Eit 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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就像剛送來的時候一樣。然後看你在那裏買的，把它送回去。 ( ^1 c6 V3 r" S0 E, S' }
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"Really? Is it that bad?"
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." 0 E9 w# @1 Q7 X7 R- y* h9 g
. x% I$ i: `; c# U/ [ ]! N/ X( }8 l是的，恐怕是這樣了的。
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"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?"
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+ }& N/ r0 G( E1 B: ^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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0 F0 S2 v! |# t, u5 J" n. d8 {"Tell them you're too stupid to own a computer."
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+ e( G- m5 s$ w- ^* w3 }% u就告訴他們說:『你實在笨到不夠資格擁有一部電腦』。
