Glass is a favored building material for modern architecture, yet it is also very dangerous for wild birds. Because they often cannot distinguish between glass and open air, millions of birds are harmed every year when they try to fly through glass windows. There are, however, several solutions that responsible businesses can use to prevent injuries to birds.
One-Way Glass
One solution is to replace the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction. The occupants of the building can see out, but birds and others cannot see in. If birds cannot see through a window, they will understand that the glass forms a solid barrier and will not try to fly through it.
Colorful Designs
A second solution is to paint colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass. For example, a window could have a design of thin stripes painted over the glass. People would still be able to see through the openings in the design where there is no paint, while birds would see the stripes and thus avoid trying to fly through the glass. Architects can be encouraged to include colorful painted patterns on glass as part of the general design of buildings.
Magnetic Field
The third solution is to create an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from buildings. Humans use an instrument called a magnetic compass to determine directions—either north, south, east, or west. Bird research has shown that birds have a natural ability to sense Earth's magnetic fields; this ability works just like a compass, and it helps birds navigate in the right direction when they fly. A building in a bird flight path can be equipped with powerful electromagnets that emit magnetic signals that steer birds in a direction away from the building.
The passage and the lecture are both about three solutions that can prevent birds from flying through glass windows and getting injured. While the author argues that these solutions are effective, the lecture disputes the claim presented in the passage. His do not think these methods can help.
According to the passage, one-way glass can prevent birds from seeing through a window. In this way, birds will not try to fly through it. The lecturer challenges this argument. He claims that it is a bad idea, because one-way glass is a mirror in the perspective of birds. He points out that birds do not understand mirror, which reflects the sky and trees. As a result, they will just fly through it.
Secondly, the author suggests that colorful lines or some designs on regular glass may be helpful. In the article notes that birds can see the stripes and will not fly to it. In the meanwhile, people can still look through it. The lecturer, however, asserts that birds will only think of these patterns as open holes, thus they will directly fly through them and get injured. He goes on to say that with these small holes, the rooms can be dark for people.
Finally, the author put forth the idea that an artificial magnetic field may help. The author contends that birds navigate with the help of the magnetic field, so a powerful electromagnet can steer birds to fly away from the building. In contrast, the lecturer's instance is that magnetic field is only used by birds when flying a long distance, such as from a cold country to a warm one. He says that only eyes and light are utilized to navigate when traveling a short distance.
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, if, look, may, second, secondly, so, still, thus, while, in contrast, such as, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1357.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 289.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.6955017301 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.29743193767 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525951557093 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 390.6 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.1012961073 49.2860985944 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 75.3888888889 110.228320801 68% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0555555556 21.698381199 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06452816374 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.22507240837 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732825779919 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0590902662767 0.0662205650399 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.139529260692 0.162205337803 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0520713125043 0.0443174109184 117% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.7 13.3589403974 65% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 72.16 53.8541721854 134% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.2 11.0289183223 65% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.68 12.2367328918 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.49 8.42419426049 89% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.0 10.7273730684 47% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.
Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, if, look, may, second, secondly, so, still, thus, while, in contrast, such as, as a result
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 9.0 10.4613686534 86% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 5.04856512141 277% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 31.0 22.412803532 138% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 33.0 30.3222958057 109% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1357.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 289.0 270.72406181 107% => OK
Chars per words: 4.6955017301 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.12310562562 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.29743193767 2.5805825403 89% => OK
Unique words: 152.0 145.348785872 105% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525951557093 0.540411800872 97% => OK
syllable_count: 390.6 419.366225166 93% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 37.1012961073 49.2860985944 75% => OK
Chars per sentence: 75.3888888889 110.228320801 68% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.0555555556 21.698381199 74% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.0 7.06452816374 85% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 4.0 4.45695364238 90% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.22507240837 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0732825779919 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0590902662767 0.0662205650399 89% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.139529260692 0.162205337803 86% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0520713125043 0.0443174109184 117% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.7 13.3589403974 65% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 72.16 53.8541721854 134% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 7.2 11.0289183223 65% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.68 12.2367328918 79% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.49 8.42419426049 89% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 5.0 10.7273730684 47% => Linsear_write_formula is low.
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 75.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.5 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.