You are learning 2nd conditional practice: you will read the scene it happens in, learn 10 words and phrases, take apart the pattern behind them (second conditional: extended practice with questions and mixed situations), hear them in a conversation, rehearse them, and finish by saying one thing out loud to be graded.
Shake Shack, Madison Square Park (original location), summer afternoon
Shake Shack started as a hot dog cart in Madison Square Park. Danny Meyer, the entrepreneur behind it, had a simple concept: great burgers, great shakes, great service. If he hadn't kept it simple, it might never have grown into a global chain. Today we're eating at the original location.
My friend Omar and I are playing the 'what if' game over our ShackBurgers. 'What would you do if you opened a restaurant?' he asks. I think about it. 'If I owned a place, I'd focus on one thing and do it perfectly. Like Shake Shack — just burgers and shakes.'
Omar disagrees. 'If I opened a restaurant, I'd do a huge menu with food from everywhere.' I tell him that if he tried to do everything, he might not do anything well. He laughs. 'Okay, what would you call your place?' If I could name it anything, I'd call it something simple.
We finish our burgers and sit in the park. 'If money weren't an issue,' Omar says, 'I'd eat here every day.' I agree. If the line weren't always so long, I probably would too.