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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Multiple Answers ID: #35576 Short Time Famine
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A team of researchers finds that shelling out for services that save time can bring greater feelings of life satisfaction than, say, simply buying more stuff. The results appear in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. It's safe to say that most of us regularly feel crunched for time. So much so that we are experiencing what Ashley Whillans of the Harvard Business School, the lead author of the study, describes as a "time famine." And like any famine, this chronic lack of time takes its toll on our health.
"When we feel like our to-do lists are longer than the hours that we have time in the day to complete them, we can feel as if our life is spiraling out of control, thereby undermining our personal well-being."
Well, if time is money, Whillans and her team wondered whether money that's used to buy time could offer some relief. Like paying someone else to clean the house, mow the lawn, or deliver the groceries.

According to the speaker, which services are the time-saving services?

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Option 2: "Hiring someone to walk the dog."

Explanation: This option is correct as it represents a service that saves time, which is directly supported by the text. The author discusses hiring others for tasks like cleaning or grocery delivery, and walking the dog fits this category of time-saving services, aligning with the thesis that spending money on such services can enhance life satisfaction.

Option 1: "Purchasing more supplies and goods."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because the text emphasizes that spending money on services that save time leads to greater life satisfaction, rather than simply buying more items. The phrase 'buying more stuff' is mentioned in the text as a contrast to time-saving services, indicating that this option does not align with the main idea.

Option 3: "Making a to-do list and completing it."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because making a to-do list and completing it does not involve hiring someone or spending money to save time. The text focuses on services that alleviate the burden of time management, while this option suggests a personal effort that does not align with the concept of purchasing time-saving services.

Option 4: "Hiring a babysitter to take care of the baby."

Explanation: This option is correct as it is another example of a service that saves time. The text implies that hiring someone for household tasks, including childcare, can relieve the stress of time constraints, thus supporting the idea that such expenditures can lead to improved life satisfaction.

Option 5: "Repairing the computer."

Explanation: This option is incorrect because repairing a computer does not directly relate to saving time in the context of the text. The focus is on hiring services that alleviate time pressure, while repairing a computer is more about fixing a problem rather than a service that saves time in daily life.

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