英文翻译

The most frightening words in the English language are“Our computer is down”The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I'm sorry,I can't sell you a ticket Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down,just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticker.The computer is the only one allowed to do so.”
I looked down the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen They I asked her,“What do all your people do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip,and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down,you go down with it.”
“That’s right,sir.”
“How long will the computer be down? ”I wanted to know about it.
“I have no idea.Sometimes it’s down for lo minutes,sometimes for two hours.There is no way we can find out without asking the computer,and since it's down it won’t answer us. ”
After the girl told me they had not a backup computer,I said,“Let’s forget the computer.What about your planes? They’re still flying,aren't they?”
“I could't tell without asking the computer.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I don't know,”she said pointing at the dark screen “only it knows. it just can't tell me.”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in lines The words that the computer was down soon spread to other travelers Some people became angry;some people started to cry and others kicked their luggage.