In the 1950s Torreya taxifolia, a type of evergreen tree once very common in the state of Florida, started to die out. No one is sure exactly what caused the decline, but chances are good that if nothing is done, Torreya will soon become extinct. Experts are consider-ing three ways to address the decline of Torreya.
Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt
on the specific solutions presented in the reading passage.
The reading passage and the lecture discuss the topic of Torreya taxifolia, a type of evergreen tree originally from Florida and the problem of its extinction. While the author suggests three possible ways to prevent it from further decline, the speaker contends that each of the suggested solutions is unsound.
According to the first proposal, Torreya trees could be planted in the areas they used to grow, because those areas in Florida have a favorable cool and wet microclimate. However, the lecturer undermines this idea, claiming that this region as any other in the world has been strongly affected by global warming. The climate conditions have become drier and warmer, so it is highly unlikely that the trees will survive after relocation.
The second suggestion, mentioned in the article, is to relocate seeds and saplings of Torreya in another cooler location in the north, in which they have already successfully planted. Nevertheless, the speaker does not agree with it neither, mentioning a Black lokast tree, which spread either and had unpredictable consequences. It killed plenty of other species of the plants, that is why this suggestion could be dangerous for others.
And the third idea is to put seeds and saplings to research centers, where scientists will monitor, protect and make research on this tree. The lecturer also does not support this idea, explaining that there were popular discusses, where concluded that it should be genetic diverge of species. Yet research centers do not provide that, so this method will not work.
- The graph show average CO2 emissions per person in the UK Sweden Italy and Portugal between 1967 and 2007 61
- The maps show changes that took place on the island 61
- The diagram shows how orange juice is made 78
- Learning about the past has no value for those living in the present 76
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Grades marks encourage students to learn Use specific reasons and examples to support opinion 80
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 317, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...erge of species. Yet research centers do not provide that, so this method will no...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, so, third, while
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 22.0 22.412803532 98% => OK
Preposition: 27.0 30.3222958057 89% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1307.0 1373.03311258 95% => OK
No of words: 252.0 270.72406181 93% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.18650793651 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.98428260373 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64299716012 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 158.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.626984126984 0.540411800872 116% => OK
syllable_count: 391.5 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 29.2763972855 49.2860985944 59% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 118.818181818 110.228320801 108% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.9090909091 21.698381199 106% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.81818181818 7.06452816374 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.114267258224 0.272083759551 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0426207831311 0.0996497079465 43% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0515998111835 0.0662205650399 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0682589448263 0.162205337803 42% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0333580497458 0.0443174109184 75% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.3589403974 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 49.15 53.8541721854 91% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.9 11.0289183223 108% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.12 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.36 8.42419426049 111% => OK
difficult_words: 74.0 63.6247240618 116% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 90.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 27.0 Out of 30
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