Question:Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage.
Palm oil, a liquid produced by palm trees and used for cooking and other purposes, has become very popular in recent years. As a result, the palm oil industry has had a dramatic impact on the economies and landscapes of countries in which it operates. When asked to make a recommendation about whether expanding palm oil production even more would be good or bad for the environment and the economy, many experts have stated that palm oil production has several positive effects and should be expanded.
First, the experts point out that palm tree farming helps preserve the world’s forests. Palm trees have a very high oil yield – far higher than that of other crops. For this reason, farming palm trees requires less land than farming other crops to produce the same economic value. Since palm tree farms require relatively little land (compared with many other crops), palm tree plantations require the clearing of smaller areas of forest than many other crops would. In other words, palm tree farms cause less deforestation and therefore have a lesser negative impact on the environment than other types of crops.
Second, palm oil is sometimes used to produce biodiesel, a fuel for motor vehicles. Using biodiesel in vehicle engines create fewer carbon emissions than using traditional fossil fuels does. Carbon emissions are known to contribute to climate change. Biodiesel from palm oil, when used as an alternative to fossil fuels, can help reduce this effect.
Third, palm oil production helps reduce poverty among small-scale farmers. About 50 percent to 70 percent of land used for farming in palm-oil-producing countries is actually cleared by small-scale, low-income family farmers. Growing palm trees is usually more profitable for such farmers than growing other crops, and it has in many cases helped improve the farmers’ standard of living.
Both the reading and the lecture are about palm oils. The author of the reading thinks that the production of those oils should be increased, and that presents three positive effects of palm trees cultivation. Conversely, the woman in the lecture challenges the reasons offered by the writer and gives his explanations to come to her conclusions.
In the first place, the lecturer and the author argue the effect of palm tree farming on the conservation of forests. While the reading says that they have a considerable oil yield, and thus they need less deforestation, the professor casts doubts about it. Additionally, she describes that since palm oil exploitation has increased in the food industry and cosmetic productions, its demand has risen accordingly. Therefore, farmers are clearing much more forests to prepare the required land for palm trees farming.
Secondly, the writer posits that the mentioned oil could be used for biodiesel production as an alternative to fossil fuels. However, the professor states that since many existing vegetation is burned to make the lands ready for farming, they are producing a shocking amount of harmful emissions.
Finally, the lecture and the text both put forth the idea that if palm tree farming has any positive effect on small-scale farmers. The writer of the passage believes that it will help poor farmers to raise their income. In contrast, the woman in the listening counters this notion by mentioning commercial companies. She continues to assert that corporations use this opportunity to take control of their incomes. Thus the small family farmers will not have access to the economic opportunity for a long time, and soon they will lose it.
It is obvious that the writer and the lecturer do not agree about the effectiveness of palm trees farming.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 166, Rule ID: MANY_NN_U[3]
Message: Possible agreement error. The noun vegetation seems to be uncountable; consider using: 'much existing vegetation', 'a good deal of existing vegetation'.
Suggestion: much existing vegetation; a good deal of existing vegetation
...owever, the professor states that since many existing vegetation is burned to make the lands ready for f...
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Line 4, column 416, Rule ID: SENT_START_CONJUNCTIVE_LINKING_ADVERB_COMMA[1]
Message: Did you forget a comma after a conjunctive/linking adverb?
Suggestion: Thus,
...unity to take control of their incomes. Thus the small family farmers will not have ...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
accordingly, conversely, finally, first, however, if, second, secondly, so, therefore, thus, while, in contrast, in the first place
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 7.0 10.4613686534 67% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 6.0 5.04856512141 119% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1521.0 1373.03311258 111% => OK
No of words: 296.0 270.72406181 109% => OK
Chars per words: 5.13851351351 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.14784890444 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76668975931 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 166.0 145.348785872 114% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.560810810811 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 459.9 419.366225166 110% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 29.4434297519 49.2860985944 60% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 101.4 110.228320801 92% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.7333333333 21.698381199 91% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.73333333333 7.06452816374 124% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 4.0 4.27373068433 94% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.232998953639 0.272083759551 86% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0785241286957 0.0996497079465 79% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0444464908984 0.0662205650399 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.133746671676 0.162205337803 82% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0395948991779 0.0443174109184 89% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.6 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.53 12.2367328918 102% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.74 8.42419426049 104% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.7273730684 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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