Based on the given materials, the article as well as the lecture discusses salvage logging in northwestern US. It is defined as a technique in which dead trees will be removed and their woods would be used in order to make wood products. The author states that there are several viable merits regarding this technique against forest fires. That being said, the lecturer provides several ideas to repudiate this claim.
Initially, the writer says that there will be not enough space for growing of trees after wide forest fires, which can be solved by an advantage of salvage logging - removing dead trees and creating more free rooms. However, the speaker explains that it cannot be true owing to the fact that dead trees enrich their surrounding soils; rapid removement of dead trees by salvage logging results in emergence of nutrients deficiencies, which will prevent new trees from growing.
Second, the author proclaims that dead trees also are the habitat of harmful insects, like spruce bark beetles, which should be removed by salvage logging. Yet again, the lecturer underscores that spruce bark beetles are not as harmful as what the writer mentioned; these insects have lived in Alaskan forests for hundred years without any major damage. In addition, dead trees are also habitat of birds and other insects which participate in having healthier forests. By salvage logging, these animals will leave the forests and cause more damages than the presumed spruce bark beetles have had.
The final point of contention between the reading and the listening passage is economic advantages of salvage logging. The writer thinks that this technique not only supplies woods which are counted as perquisites of several industries but also, decreases the unemployment rate by hiring local residents. On the other hand, the speaker explains that economic merits of the salvage logging would be temporary, owing to the fact that it requires expensive helicopters and other vehicles which cost a lot. In addition, local residents are not expert enough to be hired for the salvage logging.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 315, Rule ID: NODT_DOZEN[1]
Message: Use simply: 'a hundred'.
Suggestion: a hundred
...sects have lived in Alaskan forests for hundred years without any major damage. In addi...
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Line 7, column 592, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...gh to be hired for the salvage logging.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, regarding, second, so, well, as to, in addition, as well as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 17.0 10.4613686534 163% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 37.0 30.3222958057 122% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1757.0 1373.03311258 128% => OK
No of words: 338.0 270.72406181 125% => OK
Chars per words: 5.19822485207 5.08290768461 102% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.28774723029 4.04702891845 106% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.43451311349 2.5805825403 94% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.526627218935 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 532.8 419.366225166 127% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 10.0 8.23620309051 121% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 52.3892417683 49.2860985944 106% => OK
Chars per sentence: 125.5 110.228320801 114% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.1428571429 21.698381199 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06452816374 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.438378709365 0.272083759551 161% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.148662801319 0.0996497079465 149% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0727381499775 0.0662205650399 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.266782235569 0.162205337803 164% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.066806099957 0.0443174109184 151% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 15.1 13.3589403974 113% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 47.12 53.8541721854 87% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.0289183223 115% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.18 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.98 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 63.6247240618 140% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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