Read the excerpt from the odyssey.

then i sent out two picked men and a runner
to learn what race of men that land sustained.
they fell in, soon enough, with lotus-eaters,
who showed no will to do us harm, only
offering the sweet lotus to our friends—
but those who ate this honeyed plant, the lotus,
never cared to report, nor to return:
they longed to stay forever, browsing on
that native bloom, forgetful of their homeland.

which central idea should be included in a paraphrase of this excerpt?

the men sent by odysseus to investigate the land they had landed upon became forgetful after eating lotus plants.
the lotus-eaters meant no harm and simply offered the lotus plant to odysseus’s men as a gesture of kindness.
the lotus was a sweet plant that made men forget everything except the idea of obtaining and eating more lotus plants.
the men sent ashore by odysseus were swayed by the hospitality of the lotus-eaters and abandoned the idea of returning home.

The correct option is this: THE MEN SENT BY ODYSSEUS TO INVESTIGATE THE LAND THEY HAD LANDED UPON BECAME FORGETFUL AFTER EATING LOTUS PLANTS. 

Paraphrasing refers to the act of using different words to express the meaning of a written or spoken communication. During the process of paraphrasing it is very essential to ensure that the main message in the communication is preserved. The central message in the passage given above is that the men that Odysseus asked to spy out the land forget to come back after tasting the lotus plants that was offered to them by those who live in the land.

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Explanation:

the correct answer is option d. none of these. it is noted that options a, b, and c share the same content.

despite the valid answer provided at the last sentence of each of the options, a question/answer format shouldn't include humourous themed responses such as "you bet your thermal pj's we do." - unless of course, the answer is carried out in an informal environment. this could be replaced with a simple "yes" or "it is necessary".

the question should be re-phrased to a more appropiate syntaxis. instead of "do we need the greenhouse effect? ", it should be written as "is the greenhouse effect necessary? " in order to give it a general scope, instead of limiting the answer to the needs of "we" the humans.

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