Where you are
You are at the loan desk with one reserved book and a member who has no card.
Escenario 16 · Rol A
quien atiende los préstamos
A current library card is required for every loan
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Kind but consistent. A member wants a book without their card. They start. About 6 turns · 4 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Check the account, then separate a reservation from a loan.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want the book to stay available while following the identity rule.
You can't
- Loan a book with only a spoken name.
- Use a photo of a card.
- Keep the book after the library closes.
Only you know
- The member account is active.
- The reserved book can stay at the desk until 7:00 p.m.
- A physical card or active digital card is required.
If you finish with nothing
The reservation expires and the book returns to the shelf tonight.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Now | Wednesday · 5:10 p.m. |
| Member | Carlos Vega · account active |
| Reserved book | City Gardens · one copy |
| Loan rule | physical or active digital card |
| Card photo | not accepted |
| Hold available | until 7:00 p.m. |
| Library closes | 7:00 p.m. |
| Digital activation | help desk · Thursday |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
8 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| account | a personal record for a service | Carlos Vega’s active library record |
| active | working and ready to use | the member account, but not a digital card |
| digital card | a library card shown in an official app | an option after activation |
| hold | keep an item for a short time | reserve the book until seven |
| loan | when a library lets a member take an item | the action not possible now |
| loan desk | the library place for borrowing items | where the conversation happens |
| member | a person registered with a service | Carlos Vega |
| reservation | an item kept for a person | the book City Gardens |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas A1
Use blocks 1, 2, 3 [receives], 4 [jargon], 5 and 8. Check name and account. Say “hold” and “loan” as two different actions.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
6 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| asking for the name | What is the full name on the account? | find the member record |
| checking the return time | Can you be back before seven? | test the only same-day option |
| explaining the rule | Every loan needs a physical or active digital card. | state the same rule for all members |
| offering a hold | I can hold the book here until seven. | keep the item without making a loan |
| rejecting the loan | Sorry, I can’t loan it without the card. | deny the requested action clearly |
| verifying no loan | No loan now; the book stays here until seven. Correct? | keep the outcome honest |
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Close without inventing a loan. Both people repeat:
- No book leaves now.
- The book stays at the desk.
- The required card.
- The 7:00 hold deadline.
Success: You checked Carlos Vega’s active account, refused the card photo and made no loan. You offered only a hold until 7:00 and checked the return plan.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿Qué diferencia hubo entre una cuenta activa y una tarjeta activa?
- ¿Por qué reservar el libro no era prestarlo?
- Repitan objeto, documento y hora límite sin mirar.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Can y can’t en Inglés A1a1
Can borrow, can hold y can’t loan expresan solicitud, alternativa y negativa.
- Demostrativos en Inglés A1a1
This photo, this book y that card permiten señalar pruebas y objeto reservado.
- Adjetivos posesivos en Inglés A1a1
My card, your account y our policy aclaran pertenencia y responsabilidad.
- Preposiciones de lugar en Inglés A1a1
At home, at the desk y in the app ubican tarjeta, libro y opción digital.
- Presente simple negativo en Inglés A1a1
The photo doesn’t work y the book doesn’t leave expresan los límites del resultado.
- La hora en Inglés A1a1
5:10, 6:50 y 7:00 muestran por qué el regreso es posible pero no está asegurado.
¿Abriste la ficha equivocada? Cambia al rol B sin leer más.
Ir al rol BTienes una carta. Se abre en el turno global 4 —el turno 4 de la conversación, no el tuyo— y ocupa esta pantalla entera. Ábrela cuando toque: mirarla antes no te da ventaja, te da trabajo.
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