I thought about the way we used to spend our summers. We used to go to the beach every day, and we would build sandcastles, swim in the ocean, and collect seashells. It was a simple life, but it was a happy one.
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","rationale_html":"The underlined portion provides a specific example of a happy childhood memory, which supports the speaker's earlier claim that it was a happy life. This supports the idea that the main purpose of the passage is to evoke a feeling of nostalgia.
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