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.
Both the reading passage and the lecture discuss the solutions that can prevent birds from flying through glass windows. The passage proposes three solutions that can use to prevent injuries to birds. However, the professor in the lecture casts doubt on all the solutions mentioned in the passage.
First of all, the passage states that replacing the regular, clear glass with one-way glass that is transparent in only one direction is one of effective solutions. Since birds cannot see through a window, they will not try to fly through it. Nevertheless, the professor counters the passage by pointing out that birds do not understand the concept of mirror. Thus, if they see trees and sky from the one-way glass, they will still try to fly through it.
Secondly, the passage claims that painting colorful lines or other designs on regular window glass can effectively prevent injuries to birds, since birds would try to avoid flying through the glass that has stripes on it. Notwithstanding, the professor disagrees with the passage. He mentions that birds will perceive the part without painting as a hole, so they will still try to fly through it. If we want to adopt this solution, the holes have to be very small, but the building will also become very dark.
Finally, the passage mentions creating an artificial magnetic field to guide birds away from building, since bird research has shown that birds can sense Earth's magnetic fields to navigate themselves. However, the professor refutes the passage by arguing that birds only guide themselves with magnetic field when they travel in long distances. By contrast, when they travel in short distances, they still rely on lights to guide them.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 168, Rule ID: USE_TO_VERB[1]
Message: Did you mean 'used'?
Suggestion: used
...ssage proposes three solutions that can use to prevent injuries to birds. However, ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, finally, first, however, if, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, thus, in short, first of all
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 3.0 10.4613686534 29% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 11.0 5.04856512141 218% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 27.0 22.412803532 120% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 44.0 30.3222958057 145% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1428.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 282.0 270.72406181 104% => OK
Chars per words: 5.06382978723 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.09790868904 4.04702891845 101% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.46095203024 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 145.0 145.348785872 100% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.514184397163 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 405.0 419.366225166 97% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 1.25165562914 479% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 14.0 13.0662251656 107% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.2381453634 49.2860985944 92% => OK
Chars per sentence: 102.0 110.228320801 93% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.1428571429 21.698381199 93% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.92857142857 7.06452816374 112% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => 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: 0.288779080411 0.272083759551 106% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.106294753 0.0996497079465 107% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0797745327939 0.0662205650399 120% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.176573687983 0.162205337803 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0694579655009 0.0443174109184 157% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 68.1 53.8541721854 126% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.07 12.2367328918 99% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.76 8.42419426049 92% => OK
difficult_words: 56.0 63.6247240618 88% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.2008830022 71% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 85.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.5 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.