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?" 9 l0 _5 z$ z* x' f3 A1 t* b
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Ridge Hall 電腦公司你好!我可以為您服務嗎?
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- b" F& d& I0 s5 ?6 y; o! D"Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect." ! z3 H0 j D g- D* V/ k* m
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是的，我有WordPerfect的問題。 7 F. w. W6 @4 J& |, X
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"What sort of trouble?" % b/ F" m0 v0 ~; _& p
9 K3 K Q: t8 a8 A! P/ V$ l& `1 T您有什麼問題呢 ?
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"Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words wentaway." . [( t4 P7 m5 T& l6 b
2 k, K4 l$ |. w3 S3 T/ G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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- @' { p% i. }/ Y"They disappeared."
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它們都不見了。 # f3 C: D6 A6 y
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"Hmm. So what does your screen look like now?" 7 s& {4 R1 l9 T) Y
* L( A5 l7 P' H) X/ I嗯，現在你的螢幕看到什麼東西？
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"Nothing."
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沒有任何東西。 2 j1 Z9 L7 _& K1 N) u/ b
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"Nothing?" 9 M! h3 U' n% q$ \) {
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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." 9 [, X5 s4 A1 C! m; t# M1 `
( j1 i* c& G+ a) {, \6 G* F* x8 P螢幕是全黑的，我打的字它都沒反應。 x* d& I+ B1 H- h1 q6 g
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"Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out?" + d% u/ Z0 \, [+ h4 p
: N* y2 ^) q- ?! g F您是否還在操作WordPerfect，還是以經離開了。 9 C2 i. J" ]: b0 R* j9 w
) \- E0 ]/ @+ R6 |& |( W"How do I tell?"
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0 T5 r' L0 s" Y8 h! u7 \& ~% ]我要怎麼說明呢？ & U# I: X( T9 h/ i ]
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"Can you see the C: prompt on the screen?" . j/ o- @! \, X, _2 I; _1 \
6 R& z' \: W+ E( ~4 P0 U5 [你可以在螢幕上看到 C: 的提示符號嗎？ ( m- q/ E5 B/ b0 k5 W
3 Y* u% m. G1 t* Q9 z"What's a sea-prompt?" ( {# e9 R! F. Y/ P" P# w
) c& _9 D# _' a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?" * n. m/ J) C4 b. l: a+ A3 K& m: t4 F
1 h4 T& I8 Q+ k' K5 m1 F+ D不管它了，你可以看到游標在螢幕上嗎？ + N$ i1 m; I8 W6 w* l
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"There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything Itype."
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- ]2 r; r5 Z* v5 [& W2 Y螢幕上沒有任何的游標，我告訴你，我打的字它都沒反應。 # r, d8 e, q* Q, j9 B, ]% `: I
' [- e) J% q; f2 q"Does your monitor have a power indicator?" 2 e; N1 M( W( m% f
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顯示器上的電源指示燈有沒有亮？ ' j. `1 k# K0 D8 n
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"What's a monitor?"
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! t9 A8 o" r5 A9 w8 T什麼是顯示器？ m- d- W' R% H0 W) o
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"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?" ; {: }5 [1 P) O8 T! n) n2 m( |
2 ]2 w; W8 Y& V$ j& c5 Z/ F. b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？ : r$ a, S% Q' |; e. i0 u! G- T
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I don't know." ! R/ X z4 @( m& X6 S. M
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我不懂耶。
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3 F3 L6 [/ T" F$ t9 `"Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where ! B% S) L# x- N8 z- i; Y
7 z; {9 t. `8 `! ^' y$ j# fthe powercord goes into it. Can you see that?"
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. ^1 ^" O7 a3 @9 S" {( G$ c1 j2 M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." ; v3 A! h- \% E9 M. \6 x
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是，我想我看到了。
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* R* |; C. O- M# B"Great! Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it's pluggedinto the wall." + h% E( v$ p `6 b2 f- E
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太棒了，沿著電線找下去，看它有沒有沒插在牆上？ : Y6 y0 r4 h7 a @
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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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7 G& `" I4 ]+ t) m( i( k% h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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8 Z. i! t; N* A6 ~# i9 B"No."
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2 X; d' v# Q# A: J沒有。
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5 t: p1 v. o7 y3 @"Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find 8 l: C0 i# B# z2 Q( o
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theother cable."
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* f6 v8 V, f8 Q0 u. {; I, {就是了，我要你再到顯示器後面去找另一條電線。 2 }8 G* q6 _. U8 _7 ]
2 l8 g- u: q6 k4 X* c"....Okay, here it is."
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OK，找到了。
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9 P3 e, D" V5 G- _"Follow it for me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into ! }( k0 _" R; X3 o5 `
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theback of your computer." : Q) g2 |3 F6 W) e. Z Q1 y, F
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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。 ' @( b9 n1 @$ X9 i# F1 u
+ {8 ^4 M; e; t+ M"I can't reach." 6 p. N( ]4 u i8 L. D) M
- d7 Y! A ~. a( P. y! [0 R7 r我搆不到。
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5 Z, K; f, V2 |9 T1 X"Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is?"
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嗯，那麼，你看得到嗎？ 5 O n& d' S& L; B# i
8 ]* i k& n4 S- P"No."
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, B" i1 M' T: }9 _+ i R( M% H看不到。
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- h3 J3 L$ f$ \' c- f0 u"Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?"
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1 D% w: Z& J5 f7 Z4 ^) K- e那麼拿個東西墊高，爬過去看一下？ / w: L& P* _" ^; E
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"Oh, it's not because I don't have the right angle - it's becauseit's dark." , s0 u/ L% s1 I5 m3 Y, n* \
# [1 Q4 n4 X# c! [( H1 {4 C. |5 p喔，不是角度不好看不到，而是太暗了。 2 a& Z8 n3 z" o3 o5 s/ s r5 F, t X
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"Dark?"
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% `& l, c" h/ x- p2 u$ n! m"Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is $ n" u% |. q# T: w5 D, u$ R
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comingfrom the window."
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* Y* l# Q$ H5 i: b2 S" D6 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。
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"Well, turn on the office light then."
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! O" y" X, i8 Q那麼把辨公室的電燈都打開啊。
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"I can't."
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" v% o: X7 \( x4 t) t沒辦法。
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" b' M" D: p' L"No? Why not?" 0 ?1 D% M1 \. O% k0 d1 H, S
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沒辨法？為什麼？
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# z# b j: i0 D) Y4 D( ]7 ~- F"Because there's a power outage."
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( K5 d6 d, ] M z6 D- e因為停電啊! 2 E8 V$ i) N5 G' u; p& I
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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 ! U7 T' o: ~6 _; U! p
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yourcomputer came in?"
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停...停電？&#@!(& ，喔!OK，現在開始打包， + d, x7 o1 K8 q, k; S% X# ^
$ I! D7 y& W* k; e電腦公司員工送電腦來時的包裝箱和使用手冊都還在嗎？ + |5 ?0 _3 @- P$ R8 ?
) J, s9 u' m7 o B; S"Well, yes, I keep them in the closet." 9 L) R/ k7 z" M+ M
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嗯，是的，我已把它們收在櫃子裏。
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"Good! Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up justlike ; B. G& t3 ]6 _/ \4 F3 |
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it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store youbought it from." 9 @. H5 G9 E; q% U- u' @) Y
: E& i) U( _" {% _很好!去把它們拿出來，然後把電腦搬下來包裝好，
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. P6 G5 l2 E6 n* E' d# ?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?" Y1 Z) @6 B% M8 [, @% T
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真的嗎？是它壞掉了嗎？ ! N/ ]5 S) ?/ z W4 A* S3 S
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"Yes, I'm afraid it is." ( C$ i; L% r; g$ l" b7 X
7 V W0 S) k9 i* ?) x* _是的，恐怕是這樣了的。 / S3 p) }: {7 ^: D! } \- @
) A4 s6 b% R5 s E/ s& g0 L"Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?" : P: D. @; S8 T
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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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"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』。
