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Practice Listening: Select Missing Word ID: #33003 Medium Depression
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You will hear a recording about a topic. At the end of the recording the last word or group of words has been replaced by a beep. Select the correct option to complete the recording.

Transcript:

We all get depressed, bad stuff happens to us, we all get depressed, we feel lousy, we feel withdrawn. We feel sort of a sense of grief when we are taking much pleasure and we withdrawal and then we get better. We cope, we heal, we deal with the things in life, what's the deal with you that you can’t do that and there is this Learning sense given that all of us have periods of being depressed and come around to the end when you look at people who instead go down and stay down there to this crippled extent. There’s always these little voices between the lines thereof come on, pull yourself together, we all deal with this sort of thing. I would make the argument throughout here that depression is as real of a biological disorder as this juvenile diabetes. And you don’t sit down a diabetic and say oh come on, what's would this influence that starts begging yourself and pull together you will see this is just as much of biological...
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Option 5: "disorders"

Explanation: This option is correct as it aligns with the author's argument that depression is a biological disorder, similar to juvenile diabetes. The text explicitly compares depression to other disorders, reinforcing the idea that it is a legitimate medical condition.

Option 1: "medicines"

Explanation: The term 'medicines' refers specifically to pharmaceutical drugs used to treat conditions. In the context of the text, the author discusses depression as a biological disorder, emphasizing its nature rather than the treatment aspect. Therefore, this option does not align with the main idea of the text.

Option 2: "treatments"

Explanation: While 'treatments' relates to how conditions are managed, the text focuses on the nature of depression as a biological disorder. The author argues for understanding depression similarly to other disorders, making 'treatments' less relevant to the core message.

Option 3: "reactions"

Explanation: The word 'reactions' implies responses to stimuli or events, which does not fit the context of the text. The author is discussing depression as a condition rather than a reaction, making this option inconsistent with the overall theme.

Option 4: "actions"

Explanation: The term 'actions' suggests behaviors or activities, which does not capture the essence of the discussion about depression as a biological disorder. The text emphasizes the nature of depression rather than actions taken in response to it.

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