Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the read passage.
Robert E. Peary was a well-known adventurer and arctic explorer who in 1909 set out to reach the North Pole. When he returned from the expedition, he claimed to have reached the pole on April 7, 1909. This report made him into an international celebrity. Though some historians have expressed doubts that Peary did in fact reach the North Pole, three arguments provide strong support for the truth of Peary's claim. First, the National Geographic Society put together a committee that was instructed to conduct a thorough investigation of Peary's records and equipment. At the end of the investigation, the committee concluded that Peary's accounts were consistent and persuasive and declared that he had indeed reached the North Pole. Second, a recent expedition provides support for Peary's claim that he reached the North Pole in only 37 days after setting out from Ellesmere Island off the coast of Greenland. Skeptics used to argue that Peary could not have traveled that fast, since even modern snowmobiles take longer to cover the same distance. However, a British explorer named Tom Avery recently made the same trek in less than 37 days. In fact, Avery used the same kind of dogsled and the same number and breed of dogs as Peary had. Thus, Peary's claims are not impossible, and he very well might have been telling the truth. Third, there are photographs taken by Peary that support his claim to have reached the North Pole. Measuring the shadows in Peary's photographs makes it possible to calculate the Surf s position in the sun. The Surf s position established from the photographs corresponds exactly to the Surf s position as it should have been at the North Pole on that day. This provides strong evidence that Peary reached the North Pole and took the photographs there.
The reading article discusses about Robert E.Peary, who was a well-known adventurer and arctic explorer and in 1909 he reached the north pole. But, in the listening professor totally disagree with the article and provides three reasons for support.
First, of all in the reading article it states that the National Geographic Society formed a committee to conduct an investigation that whether he reached the north pole or not? Which at the end of the investigation proved by the committee that he reached. But, the professor completely disagrees with the statement by saying that as the committee is biased because mostly Peary friends are the part of it and they also funded him. She said that the investigation is just for two days which proves that records are not examined carefully. In fact, Peary was also not happy with the investigation.
Secondly, The article tells about the recent expedition and claims that he reached there in just 37 days just like a British explorer.Professor refutes this claim by saying that Avery carried less weight along with him and most of his food was dropped to him by an airplane and conditions are also conditions are favorable for him so we cannot compare these two.
Thirdly, the reading passage supports the peary journey by the evidence of the photograph which shown that he reached there which the professor contradict in this sense. She said that photographs were taken about 1000 years ago when the technology was not up to the mark and pictures were taken by the shadow of the sun and at that time cameras take the blurred pictures and they are so fluctuated. So, which cannot prove that they are taken at the north pole.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 46, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Peary
...eading article discusses about Robert E.Peary, who was a well-known adventurer and ar...
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Line 2, column 178, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Which” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ether he reached the north pole or not? Which at the end of the investigation proved ...
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Line 2, column 373, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...s the committee is biased because mostly Peary friends are the part of it and the...
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Line 3, column 134, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: Professor
...st 37 days just like a British explorer.Professor refutes this claim by saying that Avery...
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Line 4, column 399, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[4]
Message: “So , which” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...ed pictures and they are so fluctuated. So, which cannot prove that they are taken at the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, second, secondly, so, third, thirdly, well, in fact
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 2.0 5.04856512141 40% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 19.0 12.0772626932 157% => OK
Pronoun: 33.0 22.412803532 147% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1392.0 1373.03311258 101% => OK
No of words: 286.0 270.72406181 106% => OK
Chars per words: 4.86713286713 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.11236361783 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63024460999 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 148.0 145.348785872 102% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.517482517483 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 424.8 419.366225166 101% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Interrogative: 1.0 0.116997792494 855% => Less interrogative sentences wanted.
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => 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: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 84.4839463453 49.2860985944 171% => OK
Chars per sentence: 126.545454545 110.228320801 115% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.0 21.698381199 120% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.27272727273 7.06452816374 89% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 5.0 4.19205298013 119% => 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: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.18056205921 0.272083759551 66% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0810453436585 0.0996497079465 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.102795304434 0.0662205650399 155% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.123547253165 0.162205337803 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0824718752141 0.0443174109184 186% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.5 13.3589403974 109% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.55 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.4 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.