Read the following conversation and answer the question.

M: Excuse me, Is there an airline flying to New York this afternoon?

W: Sorry, sir. I can't sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.

M: If your computer is down, just write me a ticket.

W: Sorry, I can't. The computer is the only one allowed doing so.

M: Hmm... Then what do all you people do?

W: We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.

M: So when it goes down, you go down with it

W: That's very good, sir.

M: How long will the computer be down?

W: Sorry, I've got no idea. Sometimes it's down for 10 minutes; sometimes for two hours. There's no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it's down, it won't answer us.

M: Well, let's forget the computer. Is there any other airline flying to New York within the next few hours?

W: I wouldn't know. Only the computer knows. It just can't tell me.

Question: What does the man want to do at the airport? 

- To give the computer the information about his trip.

- To know what is wrong with the computer.

- To buy a ticket for New York.


To buy a ticket for New York.