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Which stаtement is directly stаted in “The Vоice in the Recоrding”?
Text A - A Better Meаsure оf Success Originаl infоrmаtiоnal text about a fictional program; the center and results are invented. [1] At the fictional Westfield Community Center, a free repair table helped residents mend torn clothes and fix simple household items. The organizers first judged its success by counting repaired items. In May, volunteers fixed 48 objects. In June, they fixed only 35. At first, the lower number looked like a problem. [2] Yet the count left out part of the story. In June, volunteers had begun teaching visitors how to make the repairs themselves. One resident spent most of an hour learning to sew a strong seam. She left with one repaired jacket and a skill she could use again. Teaching took longer than doing the work for someone. [3] The organizers added a short follow-up survey. Of the 20 June visitors who replied, 14 said they had later used a repair skill at home. The survey did not include every visitor, so it could not show what everyone had learned. Still, it gave useful evidence of a benefit that the item count missed. [4] Some residents needed a quick repair and could not stay for a lesson. The center kept one table for quick fixes and another for teaching. The teaching table had a green cloth. Volunteers tracked repaired items and asked about later use of skills. They planned to compare results over several months. [5] A program needs measures that fit its purpose. Counting finished repairs remains useful, but that number alone cannot show whether people are becoming more able to solve problems themselves. Looking at both immediate results and later use of skills gives a fuller picture.