Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they contrast with specific points made in the reading passage.
Both the reading and the listening discuss pruning. The article states that if it is made correctly, it will control the size of a tree. However, the lecture contrasts with specific points made in the reading passage. The professor says that if pruning is not made wisely, it may become hazard.
The first poist the professor makes is that his client had some problem with the house. He had to remove the leaves because they were not properly pruned and some branches started dying. This point contrasts the point made in the reading. The latter states that pruning spurs trees in developing strong structures.
Finally, the lecture states about the safety of pruning and the further dangerous of a not well pruning what can cause weak branches. This point contrasts the reading's key point. According to the article, the aim of pruning is to improve the shape and beauty of a tree.
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- Reading books is important for children to gain knowledge about the world However some parents force their children to read non fiction books as they believe fiction is not good for children Do you agree or disagree 60
- Do you think that formal written examinations are a good way to assess knowledge at school 55
- The term "alternative medicine" describes healing practices that are used in place of conventional "Western" medicine. Alternative medicine often rejects science-based medicine and includes therapies that developed out of religious and cultural traditions 80
- Successful sports stars and glamorous film stars are a role model for youngsters. Do u support it or not? (Agree/Disagree) 55
- Some people believe that exploring outer space is important. Other people believe that space exploration is a waste of money. 55
Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, may, so, well
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 10.4613686534 48% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 4.0 12.0772626932 33% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 12.0 22.412803532 54% => OK
Preposition: 14.0 30.3222958057 46% => More preposition wanted.
Nominalization: 0.0 5.01324503311 0% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 732.0 1373.03311258 53% => More number of characters wanted.
No of words: 152.0 270.72406181 56% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.81578947368 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.51124308557 4.04702891845 87% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.30169153744 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 87.0 145.348785872 60% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.572368421053 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 215.1 419.366225166 51% => syllable counts are too short.
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 13.0 21.2450331126 61% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 23.9431144021 49.2860985944 49% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 66.5454545455 110.228320801 60% => OK
Words per sentence: 13.8181818182 21.698381199 64% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.81818181818 7.06452816374 54% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.318435678107 0.272083759551 117% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.140830435928 0.0996497079465 141% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.177270800131 0.0662205650399 268% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.222216530696 0.162205337803 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0978108217122 0.0443174109184 221% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.2 13.3589403974 61% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 75.2 53.8541721854 140% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.0 11.0289183223 54% => Flesch kincaid grade is low.
coleman_liau_index: 10.08 12.2367328918 82% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.61 8.42419426049 90% => OK
difficult_words: 32.0 63.6247240618 50% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 5.5 10.7273730684 51% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 7.2 10.498013245 69% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => 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: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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