A: What an idiot I am! There’s nothing wrong with the air conditioner. It’s the remote that’s not working.
B: Is the remote faulty, or are the batteries dead?
A: I changed the batteries, but it’s still not doing anything. See, I bought this new one online.
Photo: Pan Tzu-chiang, Liberty Times 照片：自由時報記者潘自強
B: Wow, nice! And you even bought the right model!
A: The seller was really patient, and told me exactly which model I needed to buy. But I think that remotes die so quickly, and you have no choice but to throw them away. It’s really not very environmentally friendly.
A: 我真是豬頭啊，冷氣機根本沒壞，是遙控器壞了！
B: 遙控器到底是壞了，還是電池沒電？
A: 我換了電池還是沒反應。所以你看，我就上網買了這個新的遙控器！
B: 哇，厲害！虧你還買對了型號！
A: 那個賣家很有耐心，詳細告訴我買哪一支才是對的。不過我覺得遙控器動不動就壞，最後只能丟掉，真的很不環保。
（Translated by Paul Cooper, Taipei Times／台北時報林俐凱）
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