Give My Restaurant a 5-Star Review
My restaurant is going out of business! What am I going to do?
To "go out of business" means the business is doing really bad and it's almost closing.
What!? I thought you were doing so well!
I've been really unfortunate, Karen. Last month, my restaurant was [vocab word=break into]broken into[/vocab]. The back door has to be locked every night, but my manager forgot to do so one day. A bunch of [vocab word=looter]looters[/vocab] broke into my restaurant and stole everything. My [vocab word=insurance]insurance[/vocab] company said it was our fault, so our losses won't be covered.
"so" refers to locking the door. "My manager forgot to do so" means "My manager forgot to lock the back door." "Our losses won't be covered" means the insurance company won't pay money for the stolen items.
I'm so sorry to hear that.
The back door still has to be fixed. A lot of equipment still has to be replaced. And my employees still have to be paid. But, I have so little money left in the bank.
"has to be fixed" is semi-modal verb ("has to") + passive voice ("be fixed").
So, what are you going to do?
I don't know. I'm out of ideas. Help me, Karen.
"out of ideas" means you don't have any ideas.
Maybe, you can contact the local newspaper. Tell them your story. Maybe, your story will be [vocab word=feature]featured[/vocab] on their newspaper or website. Then, you'll get more visitors to your restaurant.
I don't know, Karen. I want to keep my story [vocab word=private]private[/vocab]. It's so embarrassing.
"Private" means nobody else knows it.
Oh, okay. How about contacting a social media [vocab word=influencer]influencer[/vocab] in your area? Your food is so good, so it ought to be praised and talked about [vocab word=extensive]extensively[/vocab]!
"Ought to be praised" is semi-modal verb ("ought to") + passive voice ("be praised").
Thanks for your kind words. I'm not a famous guy, and I'm certainly not a good-looking guy. I'll probably just be ignored by these famous people.
You don't know until you try it!
I have a better idea. Are you familiar with all those food [vocab word=review]review[/vocab] sites?
To be familiar with something means to know something very well. "Sites" refer to websites.
I'll [vocab word=pretend]pretend[/vocab] to be a customer, and I'll write many good reviews about my restaurant. I'll give myself 5-star reviews. Then, surely, I'll have many more customers!
I don't think that's a good idea, Peter... You might be [vocab word=ban]banned[/vocab] by these sites. You might even be [vocab word=sue]sued[/vocab]!
No, no, no. It's a good idea. No one will know I'm posting those reviews. Just wait and see.
Hey, Peter. How is it going?
They banned me! What am I going to do?
"They" refer to food review websites.
I posted way too many [vocab word=fake]fake[/vocab] reviews and now, I'm banned from every food review site!
I told you so, Peter! Now, are you going to try my "social media influencer" idea?
Well, Karen, one of the influencers owned a food review site. She caught me and banned me. All these influencers must be connected somehow, because now, every social media influencer is ignoring me!
He says "All these influencers must be connected". He doesn't know that, but he is sure of it. That's why he is using the modal verb "must" - you use it when you are sure about something.
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