Both the reading and the listening offers opposing views on the decline of the population of the yellow cedar trees. While the passage suggests some natural causes leading to the declination of the trees, the lecturer repudiates every fact of the article and makes more ratified points.
First and foremost, the passage mentions that decline in the yellow cedar trees is due to the attack of the insect parasite, the cedar beetle. It's larvae feeds on the wood of the tree, and due to the sustained attack by the beetles the number of the yellow cedar trees dropped by large number. On the other hand, the speaker refutes the point made in the reading, according to him the bark and leaves of the trees are resistant to the insect attacks as they are saturated with a strong chemical which is poisonous to the insects. Moreover, the insects attacked the trees which are already damaged and would have died eventually. Thus, the professor makes more substantial point.
Secondly, the article goes on by saying that another reason for the decline of the trees are the brown beers as they eat the bark of the tree. The bark contains as much sugar as the wild berries have. And aggressive feeding of the bark by the brown beer makes the tress weak and gradually the tree dies. On the contrary, the lecturer says that the trees are present in the mainland and the island of the northwestern North America and there are no beers in the island part. Still the number of trees are decreasing in that area too. Therefore, the point made in the article is nullified by the lecturer.
Lastly, the reading posits that due to climatic changes the root system of the tree is affected in a detrimental way. Earlier, the surface roots used to grow in the early spring but now it grows in the winter season. This change in the root growth has made it sensitive due to cold and this causes damage of the tree and is one of the cause of death. The professor contends that the trees growing in the lower elevation where the weather is warm are also declining same as the trees growing in the higher elevation where the weather is cold. So the weather is not impacting the population of the trees.
In a nutshell, both the reading and listening provides interesting facts regarding the topic, but the reasons given by the lectures makes the point made of the reading unsubstantial. Clearly the disparity exists between them, but the facts produced by the speakers are more valid.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 475, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Still,
... there are no beers in the island part. Still the number of trees are decreasing in t...
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Line 7, column 97, Rule ID: IN_A_X_MANNER[1]
Message: Consider replacing "in a detrimental way" with adverb for "detrimental"; eg, "in a hasty manner" with "hastily".
...the root system of the tree is affected in a detrimental way. Earlier, the surface roots used to gro...
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Line 7, column 199, Rule ID: THE_FALL_SEASON[1]
Message: Use simply 'winter'.
Suggestion: winter
...in the early spring but now it grows in the winter season. This change in the root growth has mad...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, if, lastly, moreover, regarding, second, secondly, so, still, therefore, thus, while, on the contrary, 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: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 16.0 7.30242825607 219% => Less conjunction wanted
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 15.0 22.412803532 67% => OK
Preposition: 56.0 30.3222958057 185% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2035.0 1373.03311258 148% => OK
No of words: 435.0 270.72406181 161% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.67816091954 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.56690854021 4.04702891845 113% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.34596997189 2.5805825403 91% => OK
Unique words: 202.0 145.348785872 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.464367816092 0.540411800872 86% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 617.4 419.366225166 147% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 13.0 8.23620309051 158% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.51434878587 264% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 20.0 13.0662251656 153% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 49.7745919119 49.2860985944 101% => OK
Chars per sentence: 101.75 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.75 21.698381199 100% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.9 7.06452816374 98% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 6.0 4.27373068433 140% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.183534917815 0.272083759551 67% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0546701082739 0.0996497079465 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.03680961197 0.0662205650399 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0911640000251 0.162205337803 56% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0413013895754 0.0443174109184 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 53.8541721854 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.86 12.2367328918 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.8 8.42419426049 93% => OK
difficult_words: 86.0 63.6247240618 135% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => 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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