input: def generate_new_list(given_list: List[int]) -> List[int]:
      """ Generate a new list that contains elements from the given list.
      >>> generate_new_list([1, 2, 3, 4, 5])
      [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
      """
output:     new_list = []
      for num in given_list:
          new_list.append(num)
      return new_list