这是虚拟语气吗？为什么用虚拟语气？

3 这是虚拟语气吗？为什么用虚拟语气？

My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, made little bunny (兔子) cakes for all its stores throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for temporary help during our spring break, for which I had no plans beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d earn minimum wage. I’d see how a factory worked. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy’s dad with their permission.

这是2021年新高考英语全国卷I完形填空中的一段。请问加粗部分是虚拟语气吗？如果是，为什么要用虚拟语气？

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最佳答案 2021-10-28 20:33

My best friend Betsy’s father was a manager at Hough Bakeries, which, at Easter time, made little bunny (兔子) cakes for all its stores throughout Cleveland. It happened that the plant downtown needed eight kids for temporary help during our spring break, for which I had no plans beyond listening to my favorite records. I’d earn minimum wage. I’d see how a factory worked. My parents thought all of this was a grand idea and called Betsy’s dad with their permission.

整个篇幅都是描述过去的情况。在此语境下，I would + 原形动词，也是描写过去，主要指可能性，翻译为“我会怎样；我可能怎样”。不是虚拟语气。