higher taxes
The listening lecture totally opposes to the reading passage in whether high taxes on cigarettes is beneficial. To begin with, the reading says that higher taxes discourage people from indulging in unhealthy behaviours. However, the listening argues that when they taxes of cigarettes is higher, people will start buying cheaper cigarettes with lower quality. As a result, it can cause even more harm to people. Similarly, when imposing higher taxes on food, people will start eating cheaper food with less nutrient, which is bad for their health. In other words, rising taxes will eventually damage people's health.
In addition, the reading indicates that taxes of this kind are financially fair. Likewise, the listening suggests that not everyone think that it is fair. For instance, when there are 2 people who smoke, one has higher salary and another has lower salary, the person who has lower salary is the one that always having trouble paying the tax. In other words, it will not be fair because it will cause a hue pressure on the person that has a lower income.
Lastly, the reading indicates that the higher rate of taxation on cigarettes significantly increase revenue for the government. However, the listening implies that it is true that the government can receive lots of money, but the government will not set up laws such as banning indoor smoking because they do not want to lose these money. As a result, the increase revenue for the government is not beneficial for people.
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- extinction 86
- Do you agree or disagree with the statement? When leading a group, most people talk while others listen. But best leaders always spend more listening others' ideas. 60
- pikas 73
- Some people prefer to eat at food stands or restaurants. Other people prefer to prepare and eat food at home. Which do you prefer? Why? 70
- Extinction 73
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 266, Rule ID: NON3PRS_VERB[2]
Message: The pronoun 'they' must be used with a non-third-person form of a verb: 'tax'
Suggestion: tax
...er, the listening argues that when they taxes of cigarettes is higher, people will st...
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Line 5, column 327, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this money' or 'these moneys', 'these monies'?
Suggestion: this money; these moneys; these monies
...moking because they do not want to lose these money. As a result, the increase revenue for ...
^^^^^^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, however, if, lastly, likewise, similarly, so, for instance, in addition, such as, as a result, in other words, it is true, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 2.0 7.30242825607 27% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 22.0 30.3222958057 73% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1251.0 1373.03311258 91% => OK
No of words: 249.0 270.72406181 92% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.02409638554 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.97237131171 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.48366869443 2.5805825403 96% => OK
Unique words: 130.0 145.348785872 89% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.522088353414 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 387.0 419.366225166 92% => 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: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.4974568783 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.2307692308 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1538461538 21.698381199 88% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.8461538462 7.06452816374 154% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.27373068433 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.309115305025 0.272083759551 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.114421156725 0.0996497079465 115% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.101786854807 0.0662205650399 154% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.195324830396 0.162205337803 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.12374628199 0.0443174109184 279% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.2367328918 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.81 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 51.0 63.6247240618 80% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.0 10.7273730684 65% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Rates: 71.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.5 Out of 30
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