The patio, and the road
Sunday, September 20, 11:20 a.m., in Girón. You came at nine to help him, and at eleven twenty you are still the only one. You stayed.
Escenario 4 · Rol B
Astrid, que se va a las 11:40
Astrid, and the bike leaves at 11:40
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Informal. No boss here — the house, the fire and the food are his. You came at nine and stayed. He speaks first. 9 turns · 7 minutes.
One screen, one player. Don't read from it.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
What you need before you go
To be on Marcela's bike at eleven forty, with food in your hands.
Three things you won't do
- You don't show up empty-handed: you wrote in the chat that lunch was coming.
- You don't correct the ten o'clock message until something is in your hands. You correct it once, and you choose when. Same number to him and to the six.
- On that bike, only what fits between your feet.
What you haven't said yet
- You read Édgar's message at 11:11: no car back before four. You have not said a word about it.
- At ten you gave Fabián a number for one o'clock. Today you know it is wrong. He doesn't know. You leave at eleven forty, and he thinks you're staying.
- Only you know two things: last food at seven, and nothing open there on a Sunday. It is your best card and it can also hurt you. If you play it early, he says they walk back, and you lose the card.
If you leave at eleven forty with nothing
You leave six people at a river with no food and no way home until four, and your message sent them there. And you leave behind lunch for twelve and one man at the fire.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
Between your feet you can carry a cooler, and nothing bigger.
| Now | Sunday, September 20, 11:20 a.m. |
| 11:40 | Marcela's bike by the gate · one passenger |
| 11:55 | at the river |
| ~12:40 | Marcela back this way |
| 1:30 | out of the water · 40 min on foot, no shade |
| 2:00 | full sun on that road |
| 4:00 | Édgar's car, finally out |
| At the river | six people · there from 10:00 · last food 7:00 |
| Your day off | Sundays only · the next one in a week |
| What you said at ten | everybody back here at one |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| a cooler | a box that keeps food cold | the only thing that fits between your feet |
| a day off | a day when you don't work | your Sunday, and what you lose if you stay |
| a lid | the top that closes a pot | the small thing you tell him to do |
| a passenger | a person who rides and doesn't drive | the one seat on Marcela's bike · the only one who doesn't walk |
| empty-handed | with nothing in your hands | one word for your first no |
| on foot | walking, with no bike and no car | the forty minutes for everybody without a seat |
| the gate | the door in the fence, out at the street | where the bike waits at eleven forty · and the empty job at one |
| the shade | a place out of the sun | the argument against a two o'clock walk |
| to fit | to be small enough for a space | the verb of your flat no |
| to show up | to arrive where people are waiting | what one o'clock is really about |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas A2
Blocks 2, 3 [receives] — simmer and raw will come at you: ask — 4, 5, 6 (holding that message is not lying), 7 [grants] and 8. Not 1: he speaks first; your opening is in your table.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
9 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| advice, about his side | You should turn the fire down and … · Put a lid on it and … | advise about his side of this, never about yours |
| asking what's ready | What is ready now? · And what can I take? It has to be cold. | the one question he can't answer with yes or no |
| bikes and feet | Marcela can take …, and the rest walk from … · They can be out of the water at … | the plan in people and minutes, not in one number |
| complaining | I got here at nine, and I didn't … | say the unfair part without blaming him |
| granting it, with a string | I'll bring some of them back, but only if … | concede the trip, keep the plate |
| insisting, with a new reason | They ate at seven, and nothing is open … · I can't show up empty-handed, so I need something before I … | a new reason every time · then say what the wait costs you |
| opening, and what happened | About the river … · They left at ten because it was … | you come in second · give what you can give, not the number |
| saying no to the bike | Nothing big fits on … | close the door his idea keeps opening |
| taking it back | At ten I told you …. That's not true now. | a number, not a sentence · late is fine, never is not |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Each of you says three things out loud. Six in total. Nobody says the other person's three.
Only A can say: what goes in the pot at twelve, for how many, and what you lose tonight if that number comes late · what leaves this patio now, what stays, and what that costs on Monday and Tuesday · what A needs at one o'clock and can't do with the fire on.
Only B can say: how many really come back, and before what time · who rides and who walks, and how long that walk takes · what B tells the six at the river, and before what hour.
Together, once: the time of the second round, and who's at the gate when the first people arrive.
And one thing stays open on purpose: who doesn't eat with the others, and who fixes it. Say it with a name and a time.
Five rules:
- Nobody repeats the other's line. Say the other one's line and it doesn't count — they say it again.
- It counts if you check with your own words. So, we're clear then is not one of the six lines, and it isn't cheating either.
- Nobody just says yes. Yeah, sure, okay, fine and that works are none of the six lines.
- A number with no hour on it is not a line. And nothing leaves this patio for free: say what you give, and say what you get for it.
- Nobody writes anything down and nobody reads anything out. This is a patio. There's no number to confirm and nothing to sign.
Success: You gave the real number and the hour — not the number from ten o'clock. You said who rides, who walks and how long the walk takes. You said what you tell the six and when. You kept one condition, and what is open has a name and an hour.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- Astrid dijo a las diez algo que a las once ya no era verdad. ¿En qué turno lo corrigió? ¿Qué le costó decirlo — y qué le habría costado no decirlo nunca?
- Aquí no se firma nada y no se anota nada: el acuerdo solo existe si los dos lo dijeron. Cada uno tenía tres frases que solo podía decir él. ¿Se dijeron las seis? ¿Alguna la dijo el otro por él?
- Fabián manda porque la casa y la comida son suyas, no porque tenga un cargo. ¿En qué momento se notó? ¿Qué le tocó hacer a la lengua aquí que en un mostrador lo habría hecho el uniforme?
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Should y Shouldn't en Inglés A2a2
Los dos «recomendar», y en las dos direcciones: cada uno aconseja sobre el lado del otro, nunca sobre el propio.
- Have to y Must en Inglés A2a2
La obligación física del que manda: hay que saber el número antes de las doce, y alguien tiene que estar en el portón a la una.
- Conectores en Inglés A2: because, so, although, however, buta2
La razón nueva de cada «insistir», el contraste de cada concesión y el reloj de las dos fichas: because, so, but, before.
- El Primer Condicional en Inglés A2a2
Las dos concesiones con condición y el precio de la espera: If you don't tell me a number, I'll cook for… / but only if…
- Past Simple Verbos Irregulares en Inglés A2a2
Lo que ya pasó y nadie puede cambiar: se fueron a las diez, comieron a las siete, ella llegó a las nueve, y lo que dijo a las diez.
- Cuantificadores en Inglés A2a2
El número que decide la segunda gallina y el reparto de las dos tandas: how many, some, the rest, nothing, something.
- Present Continuous para el futuro en Inglés A2: planes concretosa2
Los dos relojes puestos uno al lado del otro: How many are coming back at one? / I'm on Marcela's bike at eleven forty.
- Preposiciones de movimiento en Inglés A2: into, out of, past, through, alonga2
Todo el escenario es entrar y salir a una hora: sacar a seis del agua a la una y media, meter la yuca a las doce, salir del patio a las once y cuarenta.
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