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If you had the chance to be immortal, would you take it? - Sarah Stroud and Michael Vazquez (Level 1)

🎧 If you had the chance to be immortal, would you take it? - Sarah Stroud and Michael Vazquez (Level 1)

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Imagine you find a magic drink in an old box. The label says it will make you live forever. If you drink it, you will never get sick, grow old, or die. At first, this sounds like a wonderful gift. You would have time to do everything you want. You could learn to play every instrument, read every book, and travel the whole world. You would never be afraid of danger. However, some thinkers say living forever might be bad. They believe you would eventually get very bored. If you do the same things again and again, they stop being fun. Think about eating your favorite candy every day. After a while, you would not like it anymore. Also, life feels special because it is short. If you have forever, you might not care about how you spend your time. Is living forever a blessing or a curse? It is a hard question to answer.

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