Where you are
You represent twelve households facing the fair’s music stage. Last year amplified music continued until midnight and cleanup lasted past 1:00 a.m.
Escenario 11 · Rol A
quien representa a residentes
Midnight music reaches homes on the same block
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Firm and specific. The permitted street fair is this Saturday. You start. About 10 turns · 9 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Use measured impacts and ask for enforceable changes; do not claim to speak for residents who did not respond.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want amplified music to end at 10:00 p.m. and all noisy loading moved away from the residential entrance.
You can't
- Demand cancellation of the permitted daytime fair.
- Claim that all forty households oppose the event.
- Accept a phone number as the only noise-control measure.
Only you know
- Nine of the twelve responding households support a 10:00 p.m. music cutoff; three prefer 11:00.
- A resident records remote medical consultations from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m.
- The east loading gate is beside bedrooms, while the market-side gate has no homes directly opposite it.
If you finish with nothing
Residents face the same late music and loading pattern, with no measured limit, contact response or written record for review.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Survey responses | 12 of 40 households |
| Preferred cutoff | 9 households · 10:00 p.m. |
| Second preference | 3 households · 11:00 p.m. |
| Last year music | until 12:00 midnight |
| Last year cleanup | until about 1:20 a.m. |
| Medical calls | Saturday · 8:00–10:00 p.m. |
| East gate | opposite apartment bedrooms |
| Market-side gate | no homes directly opposite |
| Minimum evidence | sound readings · response log · written review |
| Resident request | music 10:00 p.m. · loading moved |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| amplified music | music made louder through speakers | the stage sound residents want ended earlier |
| cutoff | a fixed time when an activity must stop | the requested 10:00 p.m. music limit |
| enforceable | clear enough for a person to check and require | the type of noise and loading commitment needed |
| household survey | responses collected from homes about an issue | the limited evidence from twelve households |
| loading gate | an entrance used to move equipment and supplies | the source of late vehicle and crate noise |
| noise-control measure | a specific action intended to reduce disturbing sound | cutoff, speaker direction or loading route |
| remote consultation | a professional appointment held by phone or video | the resident’s medical calls during the fair |
| response log | a record of complaints, actions and times | evidence that calls receive a real response |
| sound reading | a measured level of sound at a place and time | the objective evidence requested at the homes |
| written review | a recorded evaluation after an event | the document needed before next year’s permit |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas B1
Use blocks 1, 2, 3 [receives], 4 [jargon], 5, 6 and 8. Keep the twelve responses separate from the whole neighborhood and distinguish music, loading and cleanup.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
8 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| challenging the midnight plan | A midnight permit does not make the impact on facing homes disappear. | separate legal permission from community effect |
| clarifying representation | Twelve households responded; nine asked for a 10:00 p.m. cutoff. | state the evidence without inflating it |
| explaining the loading impact | The east gate places vehicles and crates directly opposite bedrooms. | connect location to the specific disturbance |
| holding the cutoff boundary | I cannot describe midnight music as an acceptable resident agreement. | preserve the unresolved core position |
| offering the second preference | If ten is rejected, three respondents supported an 11:00 p.m. cutoff. | show a fallback without calling it consensus |
| proposing measurable controls | Move loading to the market side and record sound readings at the apartments. | request actions that can be verified |
| requesting a response rule | Who answers the resident line, within how many minutes, and what can they change? | turn a contact number into an accountable process |
| summarizing the disagreement | We agree on …, but the music cutoff remains … versus … | record mitigation without pretending the time dispute ended |
No tienes carta. Sigue conversando cuando la otra persona abra la suya.
Cuándo terminar
Closing criterion
Close without agreement on the cutoff when both people record:
- The resident positions: 10:00 and 11:00 p.m.
- The organizer position: band 11:15, all music 11:30.
- The new legal maximum of 11:30.
- Speaker direction and loading gate after 7:00.
- Sound-reading times and locations.
- Resident-line owner and ten-minute response.
- The written post-event review and unresolved cutoff.
Success: You accurately represent twelve responses, move loading and obtain sound and response records. You do not call an 11:30 or midnight music plan a resident agreement; the disputed times remain written.
Después de hablar
Conversen sobre cómo les fue
- ¿Qué cambió jurídicamente con la carta y qué desacuerdo no cambió?
- ¿Qué medidas sí pudieron acordar sin compartir la misma hora final?
- ¿Cómo evitaron presentar doce respuestas como opinión de todo el barrio?
- Resuman primero los acuerdos y luego las tres posiciones horarias.
Para repasar
Gramática que sostiene este escenario
- Reported Speech en Inglés B1b1
Residents said that y the officer confirmed that permiten reportar posiciones y nueva restricción.
- Voz Pasiva en Inglés B1b1
The permit was issued y the speakers will be directed describen decisiones y controles.
- Quantifiers en Inglés B1b1
Twelve of forty, nine respondents y all vendors impiden generalizaciones imprecisas.
- First Conditional en Inglés B1b1
If a complaint arrives activa una respuesta concreta y medible.
- Must, Have To, Should y Ought To en Inglés B1b1
Must end, cannot promise y should record distinguen regla, límite y recomendación.
- Conectores y Cohesión en Inglés B1b1
Although, whereas, however y therefore sostienen un desacuerdo con acuerdos parciales.
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