Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
The reading passage introduces the topic of eco-certification, a certificate issued by the international organization to the wood companies following high ecological standards by recycling and conserving the resources. The passage further explains the reasons for the US-based companies not to adopt ecological standards for eco-certification. However, the lecturer disagrees with the reasons presented by the passage for the reasons which I will explain in the following paragraphs.
In the reading passage, the author states that the American customers do not trust the advertisements and hence they will not pay attention to the eco-certification. The professor, however, disagrees with this viewpoint. He states that Americans trust the advertising claims made by independent consumer agencies about any product of a company. So, if a product is advertised as eco-certified by these agencies, then it might attract consumers to the product’s company.
Furthermore, the passage claims that eco-certification might make the wood company charge high prices to the American customers who will prefer cheap wood products from uncertified wood companies instead of the costlier ones. Again, the professor believes that there are flaws in this argument. If there are many competing wood companies, then only the customers will buy the product based on the price difference. But, if the price difference is small, i.e- less than 5%, then the customers will see other factors such as eco-certification before buying the product as many of them believe in sustainable development and conservation of the environment.
Lastly, the passage suggests that it would only make sense for the American companies to be eco-certified if they sell their products abroad which they do not. The professor in the listening passage is doubtful that this is accurate. This is because many Americans can be interested in buying eco-certified products. So, if American companies cannot provide certified products, then the customers will switch their brand preference to foreign companies which are certified. Thus, giving a chance for the foreign companies to grow in the American market.
In conclusion, both the author of the reading passage and the lecturer in the listening passage hold conflicting views about the eco-certification of American wood companies. Thus, it is clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue.
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- Summarise the points made in the lecture you just heard explaining how it casts doubt on the points made in the reading 3
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, furthermore, hence, however, if, lastly, so, then, thus, in conclusion, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 5.01324503311 299% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2071.0 1373.03311258 151% => OK
No of words: 370.0 270.72406181 137% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.5972972973 5.08290768461 110% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.38581623665 4.04702891845 108% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.25477791177 2.5805825403 126% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.481081081081 0.540411800872 89% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 636.3 419.366225166 152% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 1.25165562914 320% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 54.504983349 49.2860985944 111% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.055555556 110.228320801 104% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.5555555556 21.698381199 95% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.66666666667 7.06452816374 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.113242139074 0.272083759551 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0414519076541 0.0996497079465 42% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0408305141701 0.0662205650399 62% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0725111293098 0.162205337803 45% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0365109316831 0.0443174109184 82% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.2 13.3589403974 114% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 42.72 53.8541721854 79% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 11.0289183223 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 15.2 12.2367328918 124% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.21 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 84.0 63.6247240618 132% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 10.7273730684 112% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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