Lesson 18: Parking Area Control

Vocabulary

parking lot – aparcamiento
vehicle – vehículo
car – coche
license plate – matrícula

park – aparcar
block – bloquear
move – mover

reserved – reservado/a
permit – permiso

entrance – entrada
exit – salida

driver – conductor/a

Language Support

Situations

Greeting driver →
Good evening. This is a reserved parking area.

Asking purpose →
Are you a hotel guest?

Requesting permit →
May I see your parking permit?

Explaining problem →
Your vehicle is blocking the exit.

Giving instruction →
Please move your car.

Refusing access →
You cannot park here.

Polite closing →
Thank you for your cooperation.

Asking

Are you a hotel guest?
Do you have a parking permit?
Can you move your vehicle?
Is this your car?
Where are you parked?

Questions / Answers

Click on the Audio - Q&A button to download it then practise in this section with it.
(Haga clic en el botón Audio - Q&A para descargarlo y practicar en esta sección con él.)

Good evening. This is a reserved parking area.
→ Oh, sorry. I didn't know.

Are you a hotel guest?
→ Yes, I am.

May I see your parking permit?
→ Here it is.

Your vehicle is blocking the exit.
→ I will move it.

You cannot park here.
→ OK.

Please move your car.
→ Sure.

Translation (Castilian Spanish)

Good evening. This is a reserved parking area.
→ Buenas tardes. Esta es una zona de aparcamiento reservada.

Are you a hotel guest?
→ ¿Es huésped del hotel?

May I see your parking permit?
→ ¿Puedo ver su permiso de aparcamiento?

Your vehicle is blocking the exit.
→ Su vehículo está bloqueando la salida.

You cannot park here.
→ No puede aparcar aquí.

Please move your car.
→ Por favor, mueva su coche.

Thank you for your cooperation.
→ Gracias por su cooperación.

Activation

Student must speak.
(El alumno debe hablar.)

Example:

Your vehicle is blocking the exit.
→ Please move your car.

Translation:
Su vehículo está bloqueando la salida.
→ Por favor, mueva su coche.

Practice

Say one sentence about…
(Di una frase sobre…)

checking a parking permit
asking if someone is a guest
explaining a reserved area
telling someone to move their car
refusing parking access
closing politely

Personal Questions (Security Staff)

Record yourself answering the questions.
(Graba tu respuesta a las preguntas.)

You see a car in a reserved space. What do you say?
You need to check if the driver is a guest. What do you ask?
The car blocks the exit. What do you say?
The driver has no permit. What do you say?
You finish the situation professionally. What do you say?