Both the reading passage and the listening are about a fossil skeleton of a dinosaur called Sinosauropteryx. Although the article suggests the reasons to prove that Sinosauropteryx didn't have feather, but the lecturer believes the evidences are strong enough to say that Sinosauropteryx had feather and that the critics discussed in the article aren't convincing.
To oppose with the first issue that the fine lines are the result of decomposition of the dinosaur's skin into fiber, the lecturer points to the fact that animals burried in the volcanic ash in the same site of the mentioned fossil, were finely preserved without being decomposed, and it's very unlikely that the lines might be due to decomposition. And thus the idea of skin decomsitioned into fiber is not probable.
In addition, in contrast to the claim saying that the lines are more probable to be fossilized remains of frills, the lecturer points to some chemical differences between feather and frill. It sounds like that the protein in feather and frill is different, and as the paleontologists found the same protein in the fossil as in feather not frill, this is a strong evidence that rejects the possibility of frills rather than feather.
Finally, the reading passage asserts that feather was functionless for Sinosauropteryx since the lines were along the backbone and tail of it, but ignores that feather has other benefits besides helping animals fly or regulating body temperature. For instance, the lecturer points to peackok that uses its beautiful tail feather to attract males and this usage is called display function. As the studies show, Sinosauropteryx had colorful feather in orange and white and consequently, we come to this conclusion that the feather was not only useless but also beneficial for Sinosauropteryx in mating. And the lecturer believes all these issues strongly suggest that Sinosauropteryx did have feather.
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...y suggest that Sinosauropteryx did have feather.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, besides, but, consequently, finally, first, if, so, thus, for instance, in addition, in contrast, in contrast to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 7.30242825607 219% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 23.0 22.412803532 103% => OK
Preposition: 39.0 30.3222958057 129% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1624.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 307.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28990228013 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.00893991347 2.5805825403 117% => OK
Unique words: 164.0 145.348785872 113% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.534201954397 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 505.8 419.366225166 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 4.0 8.23620309051 49% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 6.0 1.51434878587 396% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => 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: 30.0 21.2450331126 141% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 82.1934303944 49.2860985944 167% => OK
Chars per sentence: 162.4 110.228320801 147% => OK
Words per sentence: 30.7 21.698381199 141% => OK
Discourse Markers: 11.8 7.06452816374 167% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 11.0 4.19205298013 262% => Less language errors wanted.
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 1.0 4.45695364238 22% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.381671488511 0.272083759551 140% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.143148056167 0.0996497079465 144% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0681654751015 0.0662205650399 103% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.22215380804 0.162205337803 137% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0386255181308 0.0443174109184 87% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 18.8 13.3589403974 141% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.03 53.8541721854 76% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 5.55761589404 202% => Smog_index is high.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 15.0 11.0289183223 136% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.99 12.2367328918 114% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.24 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 18.5 10.7273730684 172% => OK
gunning_fog: 14.0 10.498013245 133% => OK
text_standard: 19.0 11.2008830022 170% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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