Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made reading passage.
Every year, forest fires and severe storms cause a great deal of damage to forests in the northwestern United States. One way of dealing with aftermath of these disasters is called salvage logging, which is the practice of removing dead trees from affected areas and using the wood for lumber, plywood, and other wood products. There are several reasons why salvage logging is beneficial both to a damaged forest and to the economy.
First, after a devastating fire, forests are choked with dead trees. If the trees are not removed, they will take years to decompose; in the meantime, no new trees can grow in the cramped spaces. Salvage logging, however, removes the remains of dead trees and makes room for fresh growth immediately, which is likely to help forest areas recover from the disaster.
Also, dead trees do more than just take up space. Decaying wood is highly suitable habitat for insects such as the spruce bark beetle, which in large numbers can damage live, healthy spruce trees. So by removing rotting wood, salvage logging helps minimize the dangers of insect infestation, thus contributing to the health of the forest.
Third and last, salvage logging has economic benefits. Many industries depend upon the forests for their production, and because of this a fire can have a very harmful effect on the economy. Often, however, the trees that have been damaged by natural disasters still can provide much wood that is usable by industries. Furthermore, salvage logging requires more workers than traditional logging operations do, and so it helps create additional jobs for local residents.
The passage begins by mentioning that salvage logging which comes after forest fires every year in the USA has actual benefits to the environment and the economy. The speaker opposes this idea by providing relevant arguments and facts.
First and foremost, the passage claims that the after a forest fire the dead trees make the forest floor cramped and hinder the growth of new trees and life and salvage logging helps promote new growth by clearing up the dead tree mass. The speaker, however, contends that the clean-up, in fact, does not create appropriate conditions for growth of new trees and that the decaying trees if left undisturbed help enriching the soil by giving back the nutrients to the soil and thus aid in the growth of future generations of plant life.
Secondly, the text argues that insect infestation supported by the decaying trees is harmful for the forest as insects such as the spruce bark beetle damage the living spruce trees. The lecturer refutes this idea and says that this species of beetle has lived in the forests for hundred years without causing any major damage to the ecosystem and that the decaying mass also supports the growth of other species of insects and birds which is beneficial for the long-term health of the forests.
Thirdly, the author claims that logging is beneficial for the economy as as the industries depend upon forests for raw materials and also that salvage logging provides job opportunities to the locals in the area. The orator debunks this claim by mentioning that the economic benefits mentioned are ephemeral and the salvage logging requires support from helicopters and other such vehicles which are expensive to operate and maintain. Moreover, the speaker also says that the jobs provided are temporary and the people who are qualified for these jobs are outsiders with relevant experience and training.
Therefore, in this manner the author of the passage and the speaker disagree with each other and would find it difficult to find any common ground in this matter.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 413, Rule ID: ADVISE_VBG[5]
Message: The verb 'help' is used with infinitive: 'to enrich' or 'enrich'.
Suggestion: to enrich; enrich
...decaying trees if left undisturbed help enriching the soil by giving back the nutrients t...
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Line 5, column 280, Rule ID: NODT_DOZEN[1]
Message: Use simply: 'a hundred'.
Suggestion: a hundred
... of beetle has lived in the forests for hundred years without causing any major damage ...
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Line 7, column 71, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a word
Suggestion: as
...t logging is beneficial for the economy as as the industries depend upon forests for ...
^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, however, if, moreover, second, secondly, so, therefore, third, thirdly, thus, in fact, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 19.0 7.30242825607 260% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1710.0 1373.03311258 125% => OK
No of words: 340.0 270.72406181 126% => OK
Chars per words: 5.02941176471 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.29407602571 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.39478239073 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 170.0 145.348785872 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.5 0.540411800872 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 513.0 419.366225166 122% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 0.0 3.25607064018 0% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 34.0 21.2450331126 160% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 66.5900893527 49.2860985944 135% => OK
Chars per sentence: 171.0 110.228320801 155% => OK
Words per sentence: 34.0 21.698381199 157% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.7 7.06452816374 151% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => 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: 0.0916511134773 0.272083759551 34% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0394254890073 0.0996497079465 40% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0435295816615 0.0662205650399 66% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0547997714108 0.162205337803 34% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0359885635032 0.0443174109184 81% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 19.3 13.3589403974 144% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.43 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.4 11.0289183223 140% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.49 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.22 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 15.6 10.498013245 149% => OK
text_standard: 16.0 11.2008830022 143% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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