Pros and Cons of Turtle Excluder Device
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 TEDs, 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 TEDs and challenges each of the writer’s points.
First, the article posits that the design of the TED includes a metal barrier inside the net that prevents
larger animals from getting caught. Additionally, it says that the 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 a 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 a TED
can also prevent shrimp from passing into the depths of the trawls, which decreases their profits.
Another reason the writer feels that TEDs are 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 anyway.
To sum up, both the author and the lecturer hold conflicting views about TED
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Comments
Essay evaluations by e-grader
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...
^^^
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 7.48453608247 187% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 4.92783505155 61% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 5.05154639175 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 3.03092783505 495% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 32.0 32.9175257732 97% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 26.3917525773 152% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 3.85567010309 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1613.0 937.175257732 172% => OK
No of words: 326.0 206.0 158% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.94785276074 4.54256449028 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 3.78020617076 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.4890686526 2.54303337028 98% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 127.690721649 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542944785276 0.622605031667 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 476.1 290.88556701 164% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.41237113402 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.13402061856 66% => OK
Article: 11.0 0.824742268041 1334% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 1.83505154639 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.463917525773 216% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 1.44329896907 277% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 12.6804123711 134% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 16.3608247423 116% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.5299168516 44.8134815571 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.8823529412 76.5299724578 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1764705882 16.8248392259 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.64705882353 4.34317383033 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 19.0 4.29896907216 442% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 2.54639175258 39% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 7.41237113402 54% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 1.49484536082 535% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.94845360825 127% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.109429941101 0.216113520407 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0491035122966 0.0766984524023 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.145853501322 0.0603063233224 242% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0415192759368 0.12726935374 33% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.131038410299 0.0580467560999 226% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 8.37731958763 137% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 70.7449484536 86% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 3.82989690722 81% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 7.45979381443 127% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 8.71597938144 131% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 7.59969072165 107% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 41.2886597938 177% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 8.62886597938 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 8.54432989691 112% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 8.15463917526 123% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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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.
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...
^^^
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 7.48453608247 187% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 3.0 4.92783505155 61% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 5.05154639175 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 3.03092783505 495% => Less relative clauses wanted (maybe 'which' is over used).
Pronoun: 32.0 32.9175257732 97% => OK
Preposition: 40.0 26.3917525773 152% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 3.85567010309 104% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1613.0 937.175257732 172% => OK
No of words: 326.0 206.0 158% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.94785276074 4.54256449028 109% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.24917287072 3.78020617076 112% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.4890686526 2.54303337028 98% => OK
Unique words: 177.0 127.690721649 139% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542944785276 0.622605031667 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 476.1 290.88556701 164% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.41237113402 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 9.13402061856 66% => OK
Article: 11.0 0.824742268041 1334% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 1.83505154639 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 0.463917525773 216% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 1.44329896907 277% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 12.6804123711 134% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 16.3608247423 116% => OK
Sentence length SD: 44.5299168516 44.8134815571 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 94.8823529412 76.5299724578 124% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.1764705882 16.8248392259 114% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.64705882353 4.34317383033 107% => OK
Paragraphs: 19.0 4.29896907216 442% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 2.54639175258 39% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 7.41237113402 54% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 1.49484536082 535% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 3.94845360825 127% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.109429941101 0.216113520407 51% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0491035122966 0.0766984524023 64% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.145853501322 0.0603063233224 242% => The coherence between sentences is low.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0415192759368 0.12726935374 33% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.131038410299 0.0580467560999 226% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 8.37731958763 137% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 60.65 70.7449484536 86% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 3.82989690722 81% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 7.45979381443 127% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.43 8.71597938144 131% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 7.59969072165 107% => OK
difficult_words: 73.0 41.2886597938 177% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 8.62886597938 87% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 8.54432989691 112% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 8.15463917526 123% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 78.6516853933 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 7.0 Out of 9
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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.