{"id":7389,"date":"2018-03-01T12:38:41","date_gmt":"2018-03-01T18:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2022-02-23T20:54:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T02:54:48","slug":"lebron-james-second-conditional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/lebron-james-second-conditional\/","title":{"rendered":"second conditional: what if lebron james didn&#8217;t care about the kids? (but he does &#x1f60e;)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>last month at the <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pundit-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><strong>nba all-star game<\/strong><\/span><\/a>, <strong>lebron james<\/strong>, the best baller in the world,\u00a0 responded to being told &#8220;shut up and dribble&#8221; by <strong>laura ingraham<\/strong>, a conservative political <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pundit-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>pundit<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>(analyst, authority). her idea was that lebron&#8217;s only talent is basketball.\u00a0 this was a major analytical error. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/2nd-conditional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an article on the <strong>usa today<\/strong> website by <strong>jeff zillgitt<\/strong><\/a> contains an explanation of the work lebron has done promoting education in his hometown as well as several examples of <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/2nd-conditional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>second conditional <\/strong><\/a>(if + past tense + would, could, might or may) to hypothetically demonstrate what would happen <em>without<\/em> james&#8217; efforts.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7436\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-speaking-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"lebron james talking to kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-speaking-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-speaking-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-speaking-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-speaking.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>lebron isn&#8217;t gonna shut up (photo by ty wright\/getty images)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>the headline of the article uses <strong>past perfect<\/strong> (auxiliary had + past participle) to <strong><em>pose<\/em><\/strong> (presents) a hypothetical question&#8230;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\">What if LeBron James <em>had<\/em> just <em>shut up<\/em> and <em>dribbled<\/em>?<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7437 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-james-family-foundation-logo.png\" alt=\"lebron james family foundation logo\" width=\"208\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-james-family-foundation-logo.png 208w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-james-family-foundation-logo-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 208px) 100vw, 208px\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>in response to the question in the headline <strong>michele campbell<\/strong>, director of the <strong>lebron james family foundation , <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/praise-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">praises<\/a> lebron via the second conditional&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><em>if<\/em> it <em>was<\/em> just basketball for him, what a <em>waste<\/em> that <em>would be<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/waste-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>waste<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means lebron <em>would not be effectively using<\/em> his\u00a0significant non-basketball talents.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"richyrocks english on youtube\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cool second conditional practice &amp; more <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=758\" alt=\":)\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" \/>\u00a0richyrocks english on youtube<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><strong>in fact,<\/strong><em><strong> if it was just basketball for him&#8230;. <\/strong><\/em>is used to present various other accomplishments lebron&#8217;s foundation is responsible for &#x1f449;&#x1f3fd;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>there <em>wouldn\u2019t be<\/em> $41 million\u00a0<em>earmarked<\/em> for full-ride <em>scholarships<\/em> at the university of akron for akron public school students who <em>go through<\/em> the foundation\u2019s <em>i promise<\/em> program.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><em><strong>earmarked<\/strong><\/em> means <em>designated for<\/em>. a\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/scholarship-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scholarship<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>is <em>free money provided to students to pay for school<\/em>.\u00a0<strong>\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/go-through-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">go through<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u00a0means <em>participate in,\u00a0<\/em><em>complete<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7435\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-i-promise-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"lebron showing off an i promise wristband\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-i-promise-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-i-promise.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>lebron&#8217;s wristband in this picture says &#8220;i promise&#8221;, the name of the program he started for students in akron.<\/em><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p-text\">\n<h4><em>there wouldn\u2019t be<\/em> 23 high school students called ambassadors who <em>mentor<\/em> younger students in James\u2019 program.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><em><strong>mentor<\/strong><\/em> means <em>advise someone younger or less experienced<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-7441\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/morpheus-neo-248x300.jpg\" alt=\"morpheus &amp; neo\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/morpheus-neo-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/morpheus-neo.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><em>in the matrix, morpheus is neo&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><em><u>mentor<\/u><\/em><em>.<\/em><\/h5>\n<p class=\"p-text\"><strong>abigail zupancic<\/strong> is one of the mentors. she is a high school student and she describes working with younger students like this&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p-text\" style=\"text-align: left;\">if they\u2019re <em>struggling<\/em> with school, they can <em>reach out<\/em> and get <em>paired up<\/em> <em>with<\/em> one of us.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/struggle-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>struggle<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>have problems<\/em>. \u00a0<em><strong>pair up with<\/strong><\/em> is <em>work with one other person<\/em>. <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/the-schwa-or-the-shwuh\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>reach out<\/em><\/strong><\/a> is <em>ask for help<\/em>. it is used famously in the first line, last line and chorus of <strong>depeche mode<\/strong>&#8216;s classic <strong><em>personal jesus <\/em><\/strong>where it means <em>contact<\/em>\u00a0or <em>communicate with. <\/em>listen for&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>reach out<\/em> and touch faith<\/h4>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Depeche Mode - Personal Jesus (Official Video)\" width=\"758\" height=\"569\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u1xrNaTO1bI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>and one final second conditional usage from campbell&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4>there <em>wouldn\u2019t be<\/em> an i promise public school opening in the fall for 120 third-graders and 120 fourth-graders. by 2022, the school will be open to students grades one through eight.<\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p-text\">to show the power of james&#8217; name, campbell shared that<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p-text\"><em>without knowing<\/em> the location of the school, who would be the <em>principal<\/em> or even who would teach their children, campbell received 240 <em>commitments<\/em>\u00a0[from parents]. they\u2019re <em>willing<\/em> to <em>sign up<\/em> because we give them hope.<\/h4>\n<p>always use the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/ing-verbs-after-prepositions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-ing form of a verb after prepositions<\/a>; in this case\u00a0<em>knowing<\/em>\u00a0(NOT <em>know<\/em>) after <strong><em>without<\/em><\/strong> (a preposition). the <strong><em>principal<\/em><\/strong> is <em>the director of the school<\/em>. a\u00a0<em><strong>commitment\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>in this context is a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/pledge-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pledge<\/a> to <strong><em>enroll<\/em> <\/strong>(register) in the school. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/commitment-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>commitment<\/em><\/a><\/strong> can also be a <em>responsibility<\/em> or <em>promise.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dumbledore.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12482\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dumbledore-212x300.webp\" alt=\"dumbledore casting a spell or disciplining a student at hogwart's--vocabulario en ingl\u00e9s\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dumbledore-212x300.webp 212w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Dumbledore.webp 423w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><em>in american english <\/em><em>dumbledore is the <\/em><em><u>principal<\/u><\/em><em> at hogwarts (headmaster in british english)\u00a0<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>campbell also used <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/3rd-conditional\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>third conditional<\/strong><\/a> to express a hypothetical scenario in the past (<em>would have had<\/em> )<\/p>\n<h4>without lebron james outside of basketball, i\u2019m going to tell u <em>we would have had<\/em> children who <em>dropped out<\/em> of school. we have 1,200 kids who are <em>behind<\/em> in school, but because of lebron james they are <em>catching up<\/em> and believe they <em>belong<\/em> on a college campus and believe they <em>can be educated<\/em>.<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/straight-talk-on-mexico-from-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>drop out<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>quit<\/em>. again, campbell uses a real fact to contrast with the hypothetical that lebron doesn&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/pay-attention-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pay attention<\/a> to anything outside of basketball.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/carly-fiorina-at-hewlett-packard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>behind<\/strong><\/em><\/a> means <em>at a lower level than they should be<\/em>. <strong><em>catch up<\/em> <\/strong>means the students are <em>reaching<\/em> the level where they should be. <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/belong-songs\/\"><strong><em>belong<\/em><\/strong> <\/a>means <em>be in the correct place<\/em>. <strong><em>can be educated<\/em><\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-passive-voice-page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>passive voice<\/strong><\/a> (auxiliary be + past participle).<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7443\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/drop-out-cartoon-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"cartoon illustrating the risks of dropping out of school\" width=\"341\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/drop-out-cartoon-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/drop-out-cartoon.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h5><em>lebron wants kids to promise they won&#8217;t\u00a0<\/em><em><u>drop out of<\/u><\/em><em>\u00a0school (gary varvel)<\/em><\/h5>\n<p>and lebron said this about his foundation&#8230;.<\/p>\n<h4>did I ever <em>envision<\/em> it would get to this point? no, i didn\u2019t. but <em>we never had a ceiling. we don\u2019t have a roof now<\/em>&#8230;..we don\u2019t know what\u2019s in the future, but we will <em>come up with<\/em> a great plan.<\/h4>\n<p><em><strong>envision<\/strong><\/em> means <em>visualize<\/em>, <em>imagine<\/em>. <em><strong>we never had a ceiling&#8230;.<\/strong><\/em> is a reference to <a href=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/the-ceiling-is-the-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a confusing comment<\/a>\u00a0basketball great\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/be-like-mike-surprising-details-about-the-creative-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>michael jordan<\/strong><\/a> made last year about <em>potential without limits<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/tag\/come-up-with-definition\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><em>come up with<\/em><\/strong><\/a> means <em>create<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7438 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-with-kids-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"lebron james with a bunch of kids\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-with-kids-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-with-kids-768x537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/lebron-with-kids.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>what do u think about lebron&#8217;s efforts to improve education in his hometown? do u know another public figure who has created a similar initiative? 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