Where you are
You share the apartment with the leaseholder. Your cousin starts a six-week internship after her original room was canceled.
Escenario 10 · Rol B
quien recibe a su prima
Your cousin needs a stable base for a six-week internship
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Honest and solution-focused. Your cousin’s housing plan has failed shortly before arrival. You start. About 10 turns · 9 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Explain the need, offer costs and responsibilities, and prepare a second place for any days the lease cannot cover.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want your cousin to stay as long as the household and lease can safely allow, with the remaining time planned elsewhere.
You can't
- Pay for a hotel for all six weeks.
- Ask the cousin to arrive without identity and internship documents.
- Make the leaseholder responsible for your guest’s costs or behavior.
Only you know
- Your cousin can contribute 210,000 pesos for the first month and follow the same quiet hours.
- A nearby hostel has a two-week room available beginning on day 29, but it needs a deposit within forty-eight hours.
- You can accompany every building entry before 7:00 p.m.; the cousin works weekdays from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
If you finish with nothing
Your cousin may lose the internship because she has no stable first month and cannot reserve the remaining hostel dates in time.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Internship | 6 weeks · Monday–Friday · 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. |
| Arrival | next Sunday · 3:00 p.m. |
| Documents ready | identity document · internship letter |
| Contribution available | 210,000 pesos for first month |
| House rules accepted | quiet hours · kitchen schedule · cleaning |
| Hostel option | day 29 through day 42 |
| Hostel location | 12-minute walk |
| Hostel deposit | 180,000 pesos · due within 48 hours |
| Building entry plan | roommate accompanies before 7:00 p.m. |
| Need from leaseholder | registration attempt · written dates · house plan |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| alternative housing | another safe place to live when the first option ends | the hostel for days 29 through 42 |
| building entry | the process of being admitted through a residence entrance | the access you can accompany without a new card |
| household contribution | money paid toward shared costs at home | 210,000 pesos for the first month |
| hostel deposit | money paid in advance to hold a hostel room | the amount due within forty-eight hours |
| internship letter | a document confirming temporary work experience and dates | evidence for registration |
| move-out date | the final date a person will leave a home | day 29 before the hostel begins |
| registration attempt | a formal request to approve a temporary occupant | the step that may cover the first month |
| shared responsibility | a task or cost assigned clearly between people | cleaning, entry and utility contribution |
| temporary occupant | a person approved to live in a home for a limited period | the category requested for your cousin |
| two-part plan | one arrangement made from two different periods or places | apartment first, hostel last |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas B1
Use blocks 1, 2, 3 [receives], 5, 6, 7 [grants] and 8. Ask for the maximum lawful stay, not automatic permission for all six weeks.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
8 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| asking for the allowed route | What would we need to register her as a temporary occupant? | seek a valid process rather than bypassing the lease |
| clarifying the need | Her internship lasts six weeks, but the apartment does not have to cover every night. | separate total need from one housing option |
| explaining the contribution | She can contribute 210,000 pesos for utilities and household supplies. | offer a defined share of extra costs |
| offering responsibility | I’ll handle registration documents, building entry and any problem with the visit. | keep guest management with the inviting roommate |
| proposing the two-part plan | She could stay here through day 28 and move to the hostel on day 29. | fit the six-week need around a likely limit |
| protecting the hostel option | We need to decide within forty-eight hours or the hostel room may be released. | make the alternative housing deadline visible |
| requesting conditional approval | Would you agree to the first month if management and the landlord approve it? | ask for consent tied to external authorization |
| summarizing the agreement | She stays here from … to …, pays …, then moves to … | check every period and responsibility |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Close when both people record the same eight details:
- The registered apartment dates, maximum 30 days.
- The documents and approval owners.
- The 90,000-peso registration fee.
- The 210,000-peso household contribution.
- Quiet hours, cleaning and kitchen expectations.
- The no-card/no-key access method.
- The hostel dates and deposit deadline.
- The final apartment move-out date.
Success: You disclose all six weeks, supply the documents and contribution, and take responsibility for entry and conduct. You secure a lawful first period plus funded alternative housing for the remaining nights.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿Qué diferencia hubo entre recibir una visita y registrar a una ocupante temporal?
- ¿Cómo repartieron costos y responsabilidad sin convertir el acuerdo en un subarriendo?
- ¿Qué cambió cuando apareció el límite exacto de treinta días?
- Resuman las seis semanas como dos periodos con fechas y lugares.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- First Conditional en Inglés B1b1
If management approves y if the hostel is not reserved conectan autorizaciones y plazos reales.
- Time Clauses en Inglés B1b1
Before she arrives, once approval is received y until day 30 organizan el plan futuro.
- Will y Going To en Inglés B1b1
Will contribute, is going to move y will accompany expresan compromiso y plan.
- Relative Clauses en Inglés B1b1
The cousin who starts an internship y the hostel that has space precisan personas y opciones.
- Must, Have To, Should y Ought To en Inglés B1b1
Must register, cannot copy y has to move distinguen regla, prohibición y necesidad.
- Conectores y Cohesión en Inglés B1b1
Provided that, however, while y therefore permiten construir el acuerdo en dos periodos.
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