curriculum/challenges/english/blocks/learn-how-to-express-decisions-based-on-comparisons/67d7f049353d105bb57af86f.md
Listen to the audio and answer the question below.
What is the main idea of Sarah's statement?
Outsourcing is always the best option.
Sarah mentions the advantages of outsourcing, but she does not say it is always the best choice.
Building in-house is faster and more efficient.
Sarah says that building in-house provides more control, but she does not say it is faster.
The best choice depends on whether control or speed is more important.
Managing a project is always difficult.
Sarah does not talk about project difficulty in general, only about the differences between in-house development and outsourcing.
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Sarah explains the trade-off between building in-house and outsourcing. The first one offers more control, while the other one is faster.
She concludes that the decision depends on what you value more—control or speed.
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