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Practice Listening: Multiple Choice, Single Answer ID: #35944 Short Meditation

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Listen to the recording and answer the multiple-choice question by selecting the correct response. Only one response is correct.

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So mindfulness is often spoken of as the heart of Buddhist meditation. So it's a form of meditation that really is the cultivation of intimacy with awareness. We have to learn to enter the domain of awareness because so much of the time, we're living in distraction. And that was true for thousands of years. So we didn't have to wait for the iPhone to be distracted. But now we're distracted to an infinitely higher degree than ever before. And just on average, people check their phones about 260 times a day - just to check, not to answer the phone but to just check the phone to see whether there's anything interesting happening. So in all those 260 moments.

Why did the man mention phones in the end?

* Listen to the recording and select the correct answer

To demonstrate that it is phones that make people get distracted. To prove that people nowadays are distracted to an unprecedented higher degree. To explain the benefits of using phones for cultivating intimacy with awareness. To show that phones have nothing to do with people s getting distracted.

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Option 2: "To prove that people nowadays are distracted to an unprecedented higher degree."

Explanation: This option accurately reflects the main idea of the text. The speaker highlights that people check their phones 260 times a day, illustrating the unprecedented level of distraction in modern times compared to the past. This aligns with the overall theme of the text, which discusses the cultivation of awareness amidst increasing distractions.

Option 1: "To demonstrate that it is phones that make people get distracted."

Explanation: This option suggests that phones are the sole cause of distraction, which is not supported by the text. The speaker mentions phones as an example of distraction but does not claim they are the only source. The text indicates that distraction has existed for thousands of years, implying that while phones contribute to distraction, they are not the only factor.

Option 3: "To explain the benefits of using phones for cultivating intimacy with awareness."

Explanation: This option misinterprets the text. The speaker does not discuss any benefits of using phones; rather, the focus is on how phones contribute to distraction. Therefore, this option does not relate to the main idea presented in the text.

Option 4: "To show that phones have nothing to do with people s getting distracted."

Explanation: This option contradicts the text. The speaker explicitly mentions the frequency of phone checks as an example of modern distraction, indicating that phones do play a role in people's distraction. Thus, this option is not supported by the information provided in the text.

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