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Read the following direct quotation, and then choose the option that paraphrases it correctly without plagiarizing the source.

"Television is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home." David Frost, British television journalist


The thing about television is, it is an invention that permits you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.


The British television journalist David Frost thought that the best way to entertain guests was to watch television together.


Television is an innovation that allows you to be entertained in your living room by people you wouldn't have in your home.


David Frost poked fun at the idea of television being a means of allowing people into your home to entertain you whom you would never invite in otherwise.

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Option 4.

Reason: It preserves the original meaning (Frost’s ironic point that TV brings into your home entertainers you wouldn’t invite) while using different wording. Options 1 and 3 are too close to the original phrasing, and option 2 changes the meaning.