Where you are
You are at a library table with one USB-C charger connected to your laptop.
Escenario 6 · Rol A
Your laptop is charging before a class
Cooperative but careful. Another student asks for the charger you are using. They start. About 6 turns · 4 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Give your battery level and class time before sharing.
Tu información
You are at a library table with one USB-C charger connected to your laptop.
You want enough battery to show a design in class at 3:00 p.m.
Your laptop turns off during the class presentation.
Notas, no frases
| Now | Monday · 2:10 p.m. |
| Your battery | 18% |
| Battery you need | minimum 35% |
| Charging time needed | 20 minutes |
| Bus | 2:45 p.m. |
| Class | 3:00 p.m. |
| Charger | one USB-C · 65 watts |
| Phone charger | not compatible |
Palabras para esta situación
| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| battery | the part that gives a device power | 18% on your laptop |
| charge | put electrical power into a device | what both laptops need |
| charger | a cable and device that gives power | the one USB-C charger |
| compatible | able to work with another device | your phone charger is not |
| laptop | a small portable computer | the device for your presentation |
| percent | one part in one hundred | 18%, 35% or 40% |
| presentation | a talk or display for a group | your 3:00 class task |
| USB-C | a small oval cable connection | the connection both laptops use |
Ayuda común
Use blocks 2, 4 [jargon], 5, 6, 7 [grants] and 8. Say battery, minutes and leave time before you pass the charger.
Solo para tu rol
| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| accepting with a time | Yes, but I need it until 2:30. | share without losing the minimum charge |
| asking about the other battery | What is your battery now? | understand the other urgency |
| explaining your need | I need 35% for my class. | connect the limit to a real task |
| giving your leave time | I leave for the bus at 2:40. | show the final boundary |
| offering the second turn | You can use it from 2:30 to 2:40. | give a precise charging slot |
| verifying the order | Me until 2:30, then you for ten minutes? | check who uses it first and second |
Cuándo terminar
Close when both people say the same four facts:
Después de hablar
Para repasar
Can use, can pass y can’t leave organizan permiso, acción y límite.
I have 6%, we have one charger y the table has one socket inventarían recursos.
Pass it, use it y give it back evitan repetir charger en cada turno.
At 2:30, from 2:30 to 2:40 y after you ordenan los dos turnos.
I’m charging y are you using describen quién tiene el recurso ahora.
2:25, 2:30, 2:40 y 2:45 convierten dos urgencias en un reparto verificable.
¿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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