Day 162: Frozen Slides at the Conference
At a science conference in Akademgorodok near Novosibirsk, a researcher's slides freeze in the middle of his talk, and he turns to the technician.
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Dialogue
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A
Извините, у меня слайды зависли. Можете что-нибудь сделать?
Excuse me, my slides have frozen. Can you do something?
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B
Сейчас перезагружу проектор. Это минуты две, не больше.
I'll restart the projector right now. Two minutes, no more.
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A
Коллеги, пока чинят проектор, продолжу без слайдов. Важнейший график просто представьте: он растёт.
Colleagues, while they fix the projector, I'll go on without slides. Just imagine the key graph: it goes up.
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B
Готово, работает! Открыть на том же слайде?
Done, it's working! Shall I open it on the same slide?
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A
Да, на двенадцатом. Вот видите, растёт, как я и обещал!
Yes, the twelfth. There, you see, it goes up, just as I promised!
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B
Зал в восторге. Может, мне проектор снова выключить?
The audience loves it. Maybe I should switch the projector off again?
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