The reading and listening material are contradicting with each other in terms of the government ownership of Amtrak. The author of the article states that the government should not own Amtrak and sell it to a privately-owned company, however, the lecturer casts doubt of this opinion and refutes all his reasons explained in the article.
First and foremost, the author argues that the government loses money on many Amtrak routes because these routes are set in remote and less populated areas which can not bring enough passengers to earn revenue. However, the lectures offer the opposite stand that the author fails to understand the meaning of the existence of these routes. She figures out these routes are not used to profit, but provide necessary service to people in need. Those people who live in remote areas own the same rights to have the service provided by the government.
Moreover, another topic of the debate is connected with that the author thinks the government ownership of Amtrak is unfair to privately owned transportation companies such as airlines because the government does not give these companies money to lower the price. While the lecturer refutes this theory by pointing out that the government does support airlines in multiple aspects, such as building necessary buildings, training workers, and setting off satellites to help them operate accurately.
Finally, the author's third reason that the government should invest more in other transportation systems because Amtrak is unimportant for Americans, is also counteracted by the lecturer. She says that the problem with Amtrak is because Amtrak is out of date. She uses examples in Japan and Europe to illustrate that with more investment in developing faster and more convenient railway systems, people are glad to take the train service. According to this phenomenon, she suggests that the government should invest more in Amtrak.
- Government should not provide financial support to artists For example painters writer musicians and the government should let them support themselves 90
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Parents today are more involved in their children s education than were parents in the past Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 90
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Because modern life is very complex it is essential for young people to have the ability to plan and organize Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 90
- Because of climate change more and more land that was once used to grow crops or provide food for animals is turning to dry unusable desert land There are many proposals about how to stop this process known as desertification A number of proposals involve 81
- Which one of the following do you think is the best way to get to know a city in a limited amount of time when you first visit it 1 touring historic sites 2 going to markets or shops 3 eating in restaurants or spending time in cafes 70
Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, moreover, so, third, while, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 43.0 30.3222958057 142% => OK
Nominalization: 13.0 5.01324503311 259% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1615.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 307.0 270.72406181 113% => OK
Chars per words: 5.26058631922 5.08290768461 103% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.18585898806 4.04702891845 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.70490137004 2.5805825403 105% => OK
Unique words: 163.0 145.348785872 112% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.530944625407 0.540411800872 98% => OK
syllable_count: 506.7 419.366225166 121% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 6.0 8.23620309051 73% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 2.0 1.51434878587 132% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 12.0 13.0662251656 92% => OK
Sentence length: 25.0 21.2450331126 118% => OK
Sentence length SD: 61.2921057088 49.2860985944 124% => OK
Chars per sentence: 134.583333333 110.228320801 122% => OK
Words per sentence: 25.5833333333 21.698381199 118% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.91666666667 7.06452816374 84% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 4.33554083885 46% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
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: 0.328615657052 0.272083759551 121% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.123539014592 0.0996497079465 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0831615620951 0.0662205650399 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.204897450926 0.162205337803 126% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0631172653082 0.0443174109184 142% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 13.3589403974 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 37.64 53.8541721854 70% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 14.2 11.0289183223 129% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.52 12.2367328918 110% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.15 8.42419426049 109% => OK
difficult_words: 83.0 63.6247240618 130% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.5 10.7273730684 126% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.0 10.498013245 114% => OK
text_standard: 14.0 11.2008830022 125% => 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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