Where you are
You organize a neighborhood fair with thirty vendors, a music stage and a municipal permit until midnight.
Escenario 11 · Rol B
quien organiza la feria
The permit and vendor contracts run until midnight
Esta ficha es solo tuya. La otra persona tiene objetivos y datos distintos. No intercambien pantallas hasta terminar.
Accountable but firm. Residents ask to shorten Saturday’s permitted fair. They start. About 10 turns · 9 minutes.
Your screen only. Don't show it. Explain contractual and permit limits, then offer controls you can actually enforce.
Tu información
Lo que sabes y lo que necesitas
You want
You want the evening program to remain financially viable while reducing measured impact on nearby homes.
You can't
- End all activity at 10:00 p.m.; vendor evening fees funded security and permits.
- Change the permit route or close the stage without informing the municipality.
- Promise silence during an outdoor event.
Only you know
- The final live band contract runs from 10:15 to 11:15 p.m. and charges a large cancellation fee.
- Recorded music can end at 11:30, thirty minutes before the permit ends.
- Security can move all loading to the market-side gate after 7:00 p.m. and respond to a resident line within ten minutes.
If you finish with nothing
The fair repeats last year’s weak controls, increasing complaints and putting next year’s permit at risk.
Notas, no frases
Datos duros
| Permit | Saturday · 10:00 a.m.–12:00 midnight |
| Vendors | 30 · evening fees paid |
| Final band | 10:15–11:15 p.m. |
| Band cancellation fee | 2.8 million pesos |
| Recorded music proposal | end 11:30 p.m. |
| Speaker direction possible | away from apartments |
| Loading change possible | market-side gate after 7:00 p.m. |
| Resident line | organizer + security · 10-minute response |
| Sound readings | 8:00 · 10:00 · 11:15 p.m. |
| Cleanup target | quiet hand-carry after 11:30 p.m. |
Palabras para esta situación
Vocabulario
10 palabras| Word | What it is | Here |
|---|---|---|
| cancellation fee | money owed when a confirmed service is ended | the cost of removing the final band |
| contractual limit | a boundary created by an agreement already signed | the 10:15–11:15 band time |
| evening program | the planned activities after daytime hours | music and vendors funded by evening fees |
| hand-carry | moving items manually without carts or vehicles | the quieter cleanup method after 11:30 |
| municipal permit | official local permission for an activity | the fair authorization until midnight |
| resident line | a phone contact for people affected by an event | the channel requiring a ten-minute response |
| sound reading | a measured level of sound at a location and time | the evidence to collect at three points |
| speaker direction | the way loudspeakers face and send sound | a controllable stage adjustment |
| vendor fee | money a seller pays to participate in an event | funding for permits and security |
| viable | able to work successfully with available money and conditions | the evening plan after any change |
Ayuda común
Caja de herramientas B1
Use blocks 1, 2, 3 [receives], 4 [jargon], 5, 6, 7 [grants] and 8. A permit is a limit, not proof that every permitted choice is reasonable.
Solo para tu rol
Expresiones útiles
8 opciones| Purpose | Form | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| acknowledging the impact | Last year’s loading and cleanup controls were not specific enough. | accept the documented weakness before defending the schedule |
| asking for evidence | Which locations and times caused the greatest difficulty? | target controls at observed impact |
| explaining the contract | The final band is contracted from 10:15 to 11:15, with a cancellation fee. | state the fixed cost and schedule honestly |
| holding the program boundary | I cannot commit to ending the entire evening program at ten. | preserve the organizer’s unresolved position |
| offering loading controls | After seven, all vendors can use only the market-side gate. | move a concrete source of noise |
| proposing the music limit | The live band can end at 11:15 and recorded music at 11:30. | reduce permitted time without accepting ten |
| requesting a review standard | Let’s use sound readings and the response log in next year’s permit review. | connect this event’s evidence to future decisions |
| summarizing the disagreement | Loading, readings and response times are agreed; the cutoff remains disputed. | record progress without inventing consensus |
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 do not promise silence or hide contracts behind the permit. You move loading, direct speakers, create a ten-minute response and collect readings, while accurately recording the unresolved cutoff dispute.
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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