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.
First, some shrimpers (shrimp fishers) argue that turtles get trapped only rarely: it is estimated that on average, one shrimp boat accidentally catches about one turtle every month. On the other hand, using TEDs costs the shrimpers some of their catch. Every time the shrimpers cast the nets, a certain percentage of shrimp manage to escape through the turtle passages. The shrimpers complain that the cost of losing shrimp on a daily basis is too high in comparison with the small chance of saving one turtle.
Second, there are alternative methods of protecting sea turtles that may be more effective than TEDs. One method that can be used is shortening the time limit that shrimp boats are allowed to keep their nets underwater. When the time limit is reached, the nets have to be pulled up to the surface, allowing any turtles caught in the net to get air and also giving shrimpers the opportunity to release the turtles from the nets.
Third, TEDs are not effective for larger species of endangered sea turtles. Some species like loggerhead and leatherback turtles can grow to be quite large and cannot fit through the escape passage that standard TEDs provide. Such turtles cannot escape from the nets even if the nets are equipped with TEDs.
Recently, there has been a ton of debates about the efficiency of a turtle excluder device (TED) in turtle protection. More specifically, regarding the passage, the writer puts forth the idea that TED has three conundrums. In the listening passage, the lecturer is quick to point out there are some serious flaws in the writer's claims. The professor believes that TEDs are a good way to protect endangered turtles, and addresses, in detail the trouble with each point made in the reading text.
First and foremost, the author of the reading states that the number of shrimps lost from TED outweighs the number of turtles saved. Some professionals in the same field; however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. In the listening, such as the professor states that there are thousands of shrimp fishers in the sea and these fishers catch thousands of turtle annually. He goes to say that the turtle species in the ocean are affected by the shrimp fishers.
One group of scholars, represented by the writer, think that there is another method can be used to protect sea turtles, like shortening the time limit of nets underwater. Of course, though, not all experts in this field believe this is correct. Again, the speaker specifically addresses this point when he states that the government cannot monitor the time limit of all nets underwater.
Finally, the author wraps his argument by positing that TED is not apt for larger species of turtle. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes this issue with his claim by contending that TEDs can be modified in a way to be more effective to protect the larger turtles.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, regarding, so, of course, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 5.04856512141 59% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 42.0 30.3222958057 139% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1355.0 1373.03311258 99% => OK
No of words: 274.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 4.94525547445 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.0685311056 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.60212579645 2.5805825403 101% => OK
Unique words: 146.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.532846715328 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 401.4 419.366225166 96% => 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: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 31.2419457076 49.2860985944 63% => OK
Chars per sentence: 104.230769231 110.228320801 95% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0769230769 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.76923076923 7.06452816374 68% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => 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: 0.149973336951 0.272083759551 55% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0530593442123 0.0996497079465 53% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0489229455425 0.0662205650399 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0821365896216 0.162205337803 51% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0527569601044 0.0443174109184 119% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.4 13.3589403974 93% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 12.2367328918 93% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.14 8.42419426049 97% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 63.6247240618 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 80.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.0 Out of 30
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