---
id: 6810d4152b75d01e1054d1a9
title: Task 23
challengeType: 22
dashedName: task-23
lang: en-US
---

<!-- (Audio) Maria: Security and cost are important, but we also need to think about speed and growth. -->

# --instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

# --fillInTheBlank--

## --sentence--

`BLANK and BLANK are important, but we also need to think about BLANK and BLANK.`

## --blanks--

`Security`

### --feedback--

This word refers to protection and is used as an uncountable noun when speaking in general.

---

`cost`

### --feedback--

This word means the amount of money required, and it is used as an uncountable noun when talking generally.

---

`speed`

### --feedback--

This word describes how fast something is. It's used here as a general concept.

---

`growth`

### --feedback--

This word refers to progress or expansion, and it is used as an uncountable noun when talking generally.

# --explanation--

In this sentence, the nouns `security`, `cost`, `speed`, and `growth` are used in a general, abstract way.

You don't use articles like `the` or `a` with uncountable or abstract nouns when you talk about them in general terms. For example:

- `Security is a big concern.` - Here, you talk in general.

- `The security of this building is very strict.` - It's a specific case, so `the` is used.

# --scene--

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        },
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      }
    ],
    "audio": {
      "filename": "B1_20-1.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 33.88,
      "finishTimestamp": 37.86
    }
  },
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      "startTime": 0
    },
    {
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Security and cost are important, but we also need to think about speed and growth.",
        "align": "center"
      }
    },
    {
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      "startTime": 5.48
    }
  ]
}
```
