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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #4256 Medium Happy health

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You will hear a recording. Click on the paragraph that best relates to the recording.

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What keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life? If you were gonna invest now in your future best self, where would you put your time and your energy? There was a recent survey of millennials asking them what their most important life goals were, and over 80 percent said that a major life goal for them was to get rich. And another 50 percent of those same young adults said that another major life goal was to become famous. And we're constantly told to lean in to work, to push harder and achieve more. We're given the impression that these are the things that we need to go after in order to have a good life. Pictures of entire lives, of the choices that people make and how those choices work out for them, those pictures are almost impossible to get. Most of what we know about human life we know from asking people to remember the past, and as we know, hindsight is anything but 20/20. We forget vast amounts of what happens to us in life, and sometimes memory is downright creative.

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Everyone wants to become rich and famous, and they are constantly told to lean in to work, and push harder to achieve more. But people tend to forget their past goals and keep coming up with new targets. It is important to know what keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life. As we have to start investing now in order to have a great future. It is really unclear to know how to go about achieving the most important life goals of life, which are going to need a lot of time and energy. Young people were asked about their life goals, and majority of them mentioned getting rich and famous. Though it is known that hard work is needed in order to have a good life, it is really unclear to know about the choices that people make in their lives. People are constantly told to get lean in order to work more efficiently, to push hard and go an extra mile to achieve more. Though it is known that fame and success are the most important things that we need to go after in order to have a good life.

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Option 3: "Young people were asked about their life goals, and majority of them mentioned getting rich and famous. Though it is known that hard work is needed in order to have a good life, it is really unclear to know about the choices that people make in their lives."

Explanation: This option accurately captures the essence of the text. It highlights that a significant number of young people prioritize wealth and fame as life goals. Furthermore, it acknowledges the text's point about the uncertainty surrounding the choices people make, aligning well with the author's discussion on the difficulty of understanding life outcomes.

Option 1: "Everyone wants to become rich and famous, and they are constantly told to lean in to work, and push harder to achieve more. But people tend to forget their past goals and keep coming up with new targets."

Explanation: This option incorrectly states that everyone wants to become rich and famous, which is an overgeneralization. The text mentions that over 80 percent of millennials have these goals, but it does not imply that everyone shares them. Additionally, the mention of forgetting past goals is not explicitly supported by the text, which focuses more on the uncertainty of choices rather than the act of forgetting.

Option 2: "It is important to know what keeps us healthy and happy as we go through life. As we have to start investing now in order to have a great future. It is really unclear to know how to go about achieving the most important life goals of life, which are going to need a lot of time and energy."

Explanation: This option misrepresents the main idea of the text. While it mentions the importance of health and happiness, it does not accurately summarize the focus on millennials' goals of wealth and fame. The phrase 'unclear to know how to go about achieving' is vague and does not reflect the text's emphasis on the challenges of understanding life choices.

Option 4: "People are constantly told to get lean in order to work more efficiently, to push hard and go an extra mile to achieve more. Though it is known that fame and success are the most important things that we need to go after in order to have a good life."

Explanation: This option incorrectly emphasizes the idea of 'getting lean' as a method for working efficiently, which is not mentioned in the text. It also suggests that fame and success are the only important goals, which oversimplifies the text's discussion about the complexity of life choices and the uncertainty of achieving these goals.

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