Question : Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
Every year, forest fires and severe storms cause a great deal of damage to forests in the northwestern United States. One way of dealing with the aftermath of these disasters is called salvage logging, which is the practice of removing dead trees from affected areas and using the wood for lumber, plywood, and other wood products. There are several reasons why salvage logging is beneficial both to a damaged forest and to the economy.
First, after a devastating fire, forests are choked with dead trees. If the trees are not removed, they will take years to decompose; in the meantime, no new trees can grow in the cramped spaces. Salvage logging, however, removes the remains of dead trees and makes room for fresh growth immediately, which is likely to help forest areas recover from the disaster.
Also, dead trees do more than just take up space. Decaying wood is a highly suitable habitat for insects such as the spruce bark beetle, which in large numbers can damage live, healthy spruce trees. So by removing rotting wood, salvage logging helps minimize the dangers of insect infestation, thus contributing to the health of the forest.
Third and last, salvage logging has economic benefits. Many industries depend upon the forests for their production, and because of this a fire can have a very harmful effect on the economy. Often, however, the trees that have been damaged by natural disasters still can provide much wood that is usable by industries. Furthermore, salvage logging requires more workers than traditional logging operations do, and so it helps create additional jobs for local residents.
Recently, there has been a debate as to salvage logging. More specifically, in regards to the passages, the writer puts forth the idea that salvage logging ( removing dead trees from affected areas). In the listening, the lecturer is quick to point out there are some serious troubles in the writer's claims. In fact, the lecturer believes salvage logging may seem effective but in the long term can cause serious problems, and addresses, in detail, the trouble with each point made in the reading passage.
First and foremost, the author of the writing passage states that salvage logging can help the soil and make room for growing new trees, and forests can recover after a disaster like a flood or fire forest immediately. Some professionals, however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. For instance, the lecturer believes that this can't be effective for regrowing new trees. After a strong disaster, the soil recover and will be able to grow new trees.
Second, in the reading passage, the author mentioned that by removing rotting wood and salvage logging the number of harmful insects such as spruce bark beetle will decrease. On the other hand, the lecturer believes that all of the insects aren't harmful. For example, in Alaska forests, the spruce bark beetle has been lived for over 100 years and no harm. There can be other insects and birds which are quite good for forests.
Finally, the author of the reading wraps his/her argument by positing the economic benefits of salvage logging. The author believes that the woods of damaged woods can be used for industries and require more workers so it will help the economical situations of local residents. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes issue with this claim by contending that the economical benefits are for a short period of time and not last a long time the effect will be just temporary, and also, most of the time the factories don't use local workers.
To sum up, both the writer and lecturer hold conflicting views about salvage logging. It's clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this issue.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 77, Rule ID: IN_REGARD_TO[1]
Message: Use simply 'regarding' or 'with regard to'.
Suggestion: regarding; with regard to
... to salvage logging. More specifically, in regards to the passages, the writer puts forth the...
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Line 1, column 156, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...puts forth the idea that salvage logging removing dead trees from affected areas....
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Line 2, column 334, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
...stance, the lecturer believes that this cant be effective for regrowing new trees. A...
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Line 3, column 222, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
... other hand, the lecturer believes that all of the insects arent harmful. For example, in ...
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Line 3, column 241, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: aren't
...cturer believes that all of the insects arent harmful. For example, in Alaska forests...
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Line 4, column 360, Rule ID: ECONOMICAL_ECONOMIC[1]
Message: Did you mean 'economic' (=connected with economy)?
Suggestion: economic
... with this claim by contending that the economical benefits are for a short period of time...
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Line 4, column 396, Rule ID: PERIOD_OF_TIME[1]
Message: Use simply 'period'.
Suggestion: period
...the economical benefits are for a short period of time and not last a long time the effect wil...
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Line 4, column 512, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...nd also, most of the time the factories dont use local workers. To sum up, both the...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, may, second, so, as to, for example, for instance, in fact, such as, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 11.0 10.4613686534 105% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 14.0 7.30242825607 192% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 17.0 22.412803532 76% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 30.3222958057 132% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1738.0 1373.03311258 127% => OK
No of words: 353.0 270.72406181 130% => OK
Chars per words: 4.92351274788 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33454660006 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.41192137451 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 189.0 145.348785872 130% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.535410764873 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 525.6 419.366225166 125% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 9.0 2.5761589404 349% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 58.1105020614 49.2860985944 118% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.235294118 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.7647058824 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.05882352941 7.06452816374 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 8.0 4.19205298013 191% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.130003126404 0.272083759551 48% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0384745366309 0.0996497079465 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0380882166819 0.0662205650399 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0657230300731 0.162205337803 41% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0309621253032 0.0443174109184 70% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.1 13.3589403974 91% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.26 12.2367328918 92% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.16 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 79.0 63.6247240618 124% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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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