One of the threats to endangered sea turtle species is the use of nets by commercial shrimp-fishing boats. When turtles get accidentally caught in the nets, they cannot rise to the surface of the ocean to breathe, and they die. Some people suggest that this problem can be solved through an invention called a turtle excluder device (TED) that is incorporated into the nets. A TED provides a passage through which the turtles can escape. However, TEDs have been criticized for several reasons.
The reading and the lecture are about the pros and cons of the Turtle Excluder Device (TED). The writer
believes there are many benefits to the use of TED, and that it has decreased the number of sea turtles
caught in trawls by shrimpers. The speaker in the listening passage disagrees. He claims there are still
many issues with TED, and challenges each of the writer’s points.
First, the article posits that the design of TED includes a metal barrier inside the net that prevents larger
animals from getting caught. Additionally, it says, TED also provides a path for the sea turtles to exit.
However, the professor points out that small and mid-sized turtles still get caught deeper in the trawls. He
states this is because the metal barrier only prevents creatures larger than ten centimeters to pass
through it.
Also, the author notes that laws have been passed requiring shrimp boats to have TED and use it properly.
The lecturer rebuts this argument. He says that it is impossible for organizations to regulate the fishermen
while they are fishing for shrimp, and that they can just remove the TED right before putting the nets into
the ocean. Furthermore, he argues that they are inclined to do this because sometimes TED can also
prevent shrimp from passing into the depths of the trawls, which decreases their profits.
Another reason the writer feels that TED is beneficial is that under import regulations, the shrimp sold in
the US can only come from suppliers who are certified TED users. Again, the speaker holds there are flaws
in this argument. He suggests that there are many boat owners who claim to be TED-certified, but, in
reality, have fake documentation. The lack of consistency in TED certification from country to country
allows many to deceive ports and sell their shrimp anyways.
To sum up, both the author and the lecturer hold conflicting views about TED.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 32, Rule ID: ENGLISH_WORD_REPEAT_BEGINNING_RULE
Message: Three successive sentences begin with the same word. Reword the sentence or use a thesaurus to find a synonym.
...turtles caught in trawls by shrimpers. The speaker in the listening passage disagr...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, anyway, but, first, furthermore, however, if, so, still, while, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1605.0 1373.03311258 117% => OK
No of words: 321.0 270.72406181 119% => OK
Chars per words: 5.0 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.23278547379 4.04702891845 105% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.51815931739 2.5805825403 98% => OK
Unique words: 178.0 145.348785872 122% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.554517133956 0.540411800872 103% => OK
syllable_count: 472.5 419.366225166 113% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.4022194651 49.2860985944 90% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.4117647059 110.228320801 86% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.8823529412 21.698381199 87% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.64705882353 7.06452816374 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 19.0 4.09492273731 464% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => 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: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.142668207204 0.272083759551 52% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0462530020065 0.0996497079465 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0492860726187 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0467318775951 0.162205337803 29% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0515618864012 0.0443174109184 116% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.6 13.3589403974 87% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.72 12.2367328918 96% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.12 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 63.6247240618 115% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Write the essay in 20 minutes.
Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 60.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 18.0 Out of 30
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