Where you are
It is Monday, August 17, 7:35 a.m. The auto parts store is still closed. She called you into the office and closed the door. Two things are on the desk.
Escenario 5 · Rol A
Camilo, auxiliar de bodega
Camilo, warehouse assistant
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Formal. She is your supervisor. Two years together. You say doña Amparo; she uses your first name. She starts. 6-9 turns each · 8 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Don't read from it.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want your August bonus, and the second set of keys. Both go with that paper.
You can't
- You can't say why your Saturday mornings are busy. You don't want the store to know about them. Say no to the day, and nothing else about it.
- You can't invent an excuse, and you can't blame anybody else.
- You can't close this with a promise. You have promised twice. This time she needs to hear what will change, and how it will work.
Only you know
- You coach a kids' soccer school on Saturdays, from 8:00 to 12:00. Forty children, no money, and no second coach after June. You said it once, two years ago, and the store talked about it for a month.
- Your neighbor in apartment 3 goes to the same daycare every morning. She is the only reason your mornings can change. You have never asked her.
If you walk away with nothing
She writes the warning, because it is the only paper she can still write. Your bonus goes with it, and the warehouse job and the keys go too.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Now | Monday, August 17, 7:35 a.m. · opening time 7:00 |
| Late Mondays | August 3 · August 10 · today |
| Matías | daycare in Girón · in at 6:40, not before and not after |
| Your bus | before: ten to seven · now: a quarter past seven · without the daycare: the 6:00, here at five to seven |
| The road work | carrera 15 · start date August 1 · twenty-five minutes more |
| The 5:50 bus | at the store 6:45 · daycare, never before 6:40 |
| The neighbor in 3 | same daycare, every morning · never asked · her price: her two boys, Wednesdays at five |
| August bonus | 80,000 pesos · gone with a written warning in your file · automatic · nobody's decision |
| The warehouse job | nobody in that job from April · keys and delivery note, always together |
| The commitment sheet | start time · start date · review date · and one line: WHAT CHANGES |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| a set of keys | all the keys for one place, in one group | the second set · one of the two things on the desk |
| a written warning | a paper about a mistake that goes in your file | not this one, not today |
| commitment sheet | a paper where the worker writes what will change | still blank · one line on it for your words |
| daycare | the place where somebody looks after your child while you work | at 6:40, not before and not after |
| delivery note | the paper that says what comes on the truck | one signature, from the person who opens the store · the reason the keys matter |
| road work | workers fixing the street, so the cars go slowly | twenty-five minutes more on the bus |
| to fill out | to write the words in the empty space | the WHAT CHANGES line · your words, not hers |
| to pick up | to go and get somebody and take them home | her two boys, Wednesdays at five · the price of your mornings |
| warehouse | the big room where the store keeps the boxes | the job you want · and the room you know best |
| your file | the papers about you that the company keeps | one warning in it · bonus gone, job gone |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas A2
Use all eight blocks. Block 1: she called you in, so you only answer. Your first question is below. Block 3: three papers, and one name is not on your screen. Block 4: road work, daycare, delivery note are yours. Block 6: Saturday mornings are the one thing you don't explain.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
9 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| an hour that cannot move | I have to leave Matías at the daycare at… | an hour with a reason, not a complaint |
| asking what the keys are for | What are the keys for, doña Amparo? | ask about the two things on the desk before you talk about yourself |
| naming the paper | Which paper is that, and who…? | the three papers sound the same. They are not the same |
| one apology | I'm sorry about… | one apology, with the fact in front of you, then stop |
| putting a name on the table | The neighbor in… can take… | the one thing that moves an hour that does not move |
| saying the job out loud | I'd like… | say it once, in clear words. Nobody guesses it |
| the price, both ways | Then I pick up her two boys on… · And what does this cost…? | say what you pay, and ask what she pays |
| what changed in August | My bus used to arrive at… — now… · The road work started on… | two times and a date. People understand times |
| what you can start | I can start at… → I'll start at…, from… | with can you offer it · with will somebody can check it · the same time in both halves |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
You finish when you both say these three things out loud, and you both agree:
- The paper you write, and where it goes: a written warning in his file · a note in the store folder · the commitment sheet and nothing else.
- What changes next Monday, exactly: the start time, and how it works — who takes Matías, which bus, who opens the store — and the review date.
- When and where the training happens, and what it costs. Then each of you says: "This costs you ___."
And to really finish: you both sign the commitment sheet on the desk. No time before seven on that line, no close.
Three, or it isn't closed. Point 2: you cannot close with a promise. Point 3: you cannot close without the price.
Success: 1. Your first question was open, about the two things on the desk. 2. You said sorry once, then gave the whole reason: daycare, road work, bus, with times. 3. You said what you want. 4. You said no to Saturday mornings, and not why. 5. You put a time, a bus and a name on the WHAT CHANGES line — not a promise. 6. You said which paper it is, and who reads it. 7. You said what it costs you, and you asked what it costs her.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿En qué turno se supo a qué había venido cada uno? ¿Se dijo con palabras o se dedujo de algo que se puso encima de la mesa?
- Lean en voz alta el renglón «qué cambia» tal como quedó. ¿Es un mecanismo o es una promesa? ¿Cómo lo sabrían el lunes que viene?
- Cada uno diga qué le costó lo que aceptó. Si a alguno no le costó nada, ¿quién lo pagó?
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Used to en Inglés A2: hábitos y estados del pasadoa2
El corazón de la explicación de Camilo y el mejor anclaje del set: "My bus used to arrive at ten to seven — now…". El contraste pasado/presente es el tema entero.
- El Primer Condicional en Inglés A2a2
El acto conceder-con-condicion de la supervisora: "If you write this line today, I can…" — el tema ancla la cláusula if, que es donde está la regla dura (presente simple, nunca will). El modal del resultado va anclado aparte, en can-ability.
- Have to y Must en Inglés A2a2
Ella no regaña, se ampara en una obligación: "I have to write…"; y él explica la suya: "I have to leave Matías at the daycare at…".
- Past Simple Verbos Regulares en Inglés A2a2
La causa se fecha en pasado, nunca con since ni con for: "The road work started on…".
- El Futuro con Will en Inglés A2a2
El mecanismo se compromete con hora y día de comienzo: "I'll start at… from next Monday" — y la hora que va en el hueco es la misma que se ofreció con can. Con can se ofrece; con will se cierra.
- Conectores en Inglés A2: because, so, although, however, buta2
El contraste con el que se dice que algo se queda corto sin echar a nadie por tierra: "That helps, but I need…".
- Comparativos en Inglés A2a2
La razón por la que le pide a él el almacén se dice comparando, y el hueco se cierra con la tienda, no con un nombre: "You know this warehouse better than…". El tema enseña la forma irregular better; aquí va de adverbio, así que el enlace cubre la forma, no el uso.
- El imperativo en inglés A1a1
El primer turno de la supervisora no es una frase, es un objeto sobre la mesa y un imperativo: "Have a seat, Camilo." Sin este tema, el turno que sostiene el escenario entero no está anclado.
- Can para habilidad en inglés A1a1
Él abre las dos puertas que sí puede abrir: "I can start at five to seven." y "The neighbor in 3 can take…"; y la supervisora ata su sí a lo que está en su mano: "If you write this line today, I can…".
- Decir la hora en inglés A1a1
El escenario entero son horas —7:00, 7:10, 7:35, 6:40, 5:50— y el cierre exige decir la hora de entrada en voz alta. Las horas se dicen completas en los exponentes: "a quarter past seven", "five to seven".
- Preguntas con WH en inglés A1a1
Las preguntas abiertas que el escenario exige por criterio: "What are the keys for, doña Amparo?" y "Which paper is that, and who…?" de él, "And what can you…?" de ella. Las tres son la forma que el tema enseña: WH + is/are/can + sujeto.
- Preposiciones de tiempo en inglés A1a1
Cuatro exponentes son huecos de at y on, y el renglón WHAT CHANGES se escribe con ellos: "I have to leave Matías at the daycare at…", "The road work started on…", "Then I pick up her two boys on…", "I need… mornings on…". El tema enseña at + hora y on + día o fecha.
- Present simple interrogativo en inglés A1a1
La mitad que Camilo pregunta del punto 3 del cierre: "And what does this cost…?" — Wh- + does + sujeto + verbo base, la fila literal del tema. Sin él, el único exponente de la ficha con do-support se queda sin anclaje.
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