Where you are
You manage the condominium reserve. Repeated rain has caused a roof leak above two top-floor apartments.
Escenario 9 · Rol A
quien administra el fondo del edificio
The reserve cannot cover every long-term option today
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Transparent and practical. Three roof bids need a committee response. You start. About 10 turns · 9 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Separate emergency authority from a full contract and explain the reserve without dismissing the leak.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want immediate protection within the committee’s authority and a defensible process for choosing a long-term repair.
You can't
- Sign a full contract above 25 million pesos without an owners’ vote.
- Spend the entire reserve and leave no emergency balance.
- Choose a bid that does not state warranty, drainage work and payment stages.
Only you know
- The reserve contains 25 million pesos, but five million must remain for elevator emergencies.
- The committee may authorize up to six million for urgent damage control tonight.
- An owners’ vote for a larger contract needs ten days’ notice and at least 18 represented apartments.
If you finish with nothing
More rain reaches occupied apartments while the building still lacks authority and evidence for a durable contract.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Reserve balance | 25 million pesos |
| Protected emergency balance | 5 million pesos |
| Available without new payment | 20 million pesos |
| Committee emergency authority | up to 6 million pesos |
| Full-contract vote | 10 days’ notice · 18 apartments represented |
| Bid A | 18 million · surface patch · 6-month warranty |
| Bid B | 31 million · membrane + drainage · 3-year warranty |
| Bid C | 27 million · membrane · drainage not specified · 2-year warranty |
| Next regular meeting | in 16 days |
| Needed clarification | payment stages · drainage · warranty exclusions |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| bid | a contractor’s written price and plan for work | one of the three roof proposals |
| contingency reserve | money kept for unexpected future problems | the five million pesos protected for the elevator |
| drainage | the system that carries rainwater away | work missing or unclear in two proposals |
| emergency authority | the limited power to approve urgent work without a full vote | the committee’s six-million-peso limit |
| membrane | a waterproof layer covering a roof surface | the long-term method in bids B and C |
| payment stage | one part of a total price paid after defined progress | a term required before signing a large contract |
| quorum | the minimum representation needed for a valid decision | 18 apartments for the owners’ vote |
| surface patch | a limited repair placed over a damaged area | the cheaper six-month option |
| warranty exclusion | a condition or problem that a warranty does not cover | information the committee must compare |
| waterproofing | work that prevents water from entering a structure | the purpose of the full repair |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas B1
Use blocks 1, 2, 3 [receives], 4 [jargon], 5, 6 and 8. Explain authority, available cash and protected reserve as three different limits.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
8 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| asking about durability | Which parts of the leak does this bid repair rather than cover temporarily? | test the difference between patch and full work |
| clarifying the authority | The committee can approve urgent work up to six million tonight. | state what can happen before an owners’ vote |
| explaining the reserve limit | Five million has to remain available for elevator emergencies. | show why the account balance is not all spendable |
| holding the contract boundary | I can’t sign a 27- or 31-million-peso contract without quorum. | reject an unauthorized shortcut |
| offering the voting process | We can call a special meeting with ten days’ notice. | give the durable decision a valid route |
| proposing the immediate action | Could we authorize temporary protection and credit it toward the final repair? | connect urgent and long-term work without choosing blindly |
| requesting comparable terms | Each contractor should state drainage, payment stages and warranty exclusions. | make the three bids comparable |
| summarizing the partial decision | Tonight we approve …; the full contract waits for … on … | separate immediate action from postponed selection |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Close with only a partial agreement when both people record:
- The five-million-peso emergency barrier and start time.
- The affected areas and immediate protection.
- The conditional credit and its 30-day limit.
- The clarification requested from all three bidders.
- The special-meeting date, notice and quorum.
- The fact that no permanent bid has been selected.
Success: You reveal the spendable reserve and legal decision limits, authorize no full contract without quorum and obtain comparable terms. Immediate damage control has a cost, contractor and credit rule; the final bid remains open.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿Qué autoridad tenía el comité y qué decisión necesitaba quorum?
- ¿Por qué aceptar trabajo del contratista B no significaba adjudicarle el contrato completo?
- ¿Qué evidencia permitió tratar la urgencia sin exagerarla?
- Resuman lo aprobado y lo todavía abierto en dos listas separadas.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Comparativos de Adjetivos y Adverbios en Inglés B1b1
Cheaper, more durable y less complete permiten comparar costo, alcance y garantía.
- First Conditional en Inglés B1b1
If Bid B wins y if no action is taken conectan decisiones reales con crédito y daño.
- Voz Pasiva en Inglés B1b1
The barrier will be installed y no bid has been selected describen acciones y estado formal.
- Quantifiers en Inglés B1b1
All three bids, neither patch y enough reserve ayudan a precisar cobertura y suficiencia.
- Must, Have To, Should y Ought To en Inglés B1b1
Must remain, has to be voted y should include distinguen reserva, regla y recomendación.
- Conectores y Cohesión en Inglés B1b1
Although, whereas, provided that y therefore articulan el acuerdo por fases.
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