英语提高版13B Arriving at the Party

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　　Situation 13:
        　　Arriving at the Party
        　　(Mike,Charles and Bill arrive at the hotel
        　　and ask the doorman for directions.)
        　　Excuse me,but could you tell us
        　　where the grand ballroom is?
        　　Of course,sir.The grand ballroom is
        　　located on the second floor in the rear of the hotel.
        　　Thank you.
        　　(Mike,Charles and Bill go up to the second
        　　floorand arrive at the entrance to the grand
        　　ballroom.There is a woman standing in front of the door.)
        　　Good evening,gentlemen.May I see your invitations?
        　　Mike,you didn't tell me about any invitations.
        　　Yeah,Mike,I thought you called
        　　Sarah and took care of it.
        　　I did.Look,miss. . . .
        　　(The woman cuts Mike off.)
        　　My name is not miss,it's Barbara.
        　　I'm sorry,Barbara,if I could just go in there and talk to my
        　　friend Sarah I'm sure she could straighten this out.
        　　I'm sorry.Not without an invitation.
        　　Yes,I understand.But to get our invitations I have to
        　　go in and talk to Sarah.
        　　Well,okay.But only you.Your friends will have
        　　to wait here untill you all have invitations.
        　　that's fine.I'll be right back.
        　　(Mike goes in,finds Sarah,and returns with three invitations.)
        　　Here you are,Barbara,three invitations.
        　　Sorry to bother you.No bother,I was just
        　　doing my job.