Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage.
The passage raises several arguments to support the high taxes on cigarettes and unhealthy food to achieve social benefits. However, the lecture challenges all of them.
Firstly, the lecture contends that it can prevent people from being addicted to unhealthy behaviors because of the higher price, thus making people healthier. In contradiction with this idea, the lecture claims that this measure may not necessarily lead to benefits in health. It explains that smokers, when faced with higher prices and a limited budget, will buy cheaper, lower-quality cigarettes, which contain more harmful substances. Therefore, the healthy risks will increase instead. Similarly, people addicted to junk food will consume more unhealthy food because they have less money for healthy food.
Moreover, according to the text, the taxation is financially fair because people who buy junk food and cigarettes generate more medical costs, while everyone make an equal contribution to covering the costs. Conversely, the lecture refutes this idea by pointing out that it is actually unfair. She argues that the income gap between the wealthy and the poor should be taken into account. Poorer smokers will bear a greater financial burden than the wealthier ones; the same situation applies to junk food consumers.
Finally, in contrast to the passage's claim that the government can use the extra revenue for public welfare projects. The lecture reminds us that it has a downside. The taxation indicates millions of money which the govenment do not want to lose. Consequently, the govenment will be reluctant to take other efficient actions to cope with this problem completely, like passing laws to ban smoking in public areas and eliminate unhealthy food.
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- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Nowadays it is easier to maintain good health than it was in the past 90
- Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they castdoubt onthe specific methods proposed in the reading passage 60
- Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made in the reading passage 3
- Which of the following people do you think need the government financial support most 1 people over 70 years old 2 young families with children 3 people who lost their jobs 87
- Your friend is going to reduce the living expenses Which of the following way would you recommend to your friend and why 1 Find a roommate that can share the living expenses 2 Buy the new technology products less frequently 3 Shop for less expensive food 73
Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, but, consequently, conversely, finally, first, firstly, however, may, moreover, similarly, so, therefore, thus, while, in contrast, in contrast to
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 10.4613686534 48% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 19.0 22.412803532 85% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1476.0 1373.03311258 107% => OK
No of words: 273.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.40659340659 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.63333025068 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 174.0 145.348785872 120% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.637362637363 0.540411800872 118% => OK
syllable_count: 449.1 419.366225166 107% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 48.475698379 49.2860985944 98% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.4 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.2 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 10.4 7.06452816374 147% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 4.45695364238 179% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.27373068433 23% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.105236421009 0.272083759551 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0383964681227 0.0996497079465 39% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0388906821301 0.0662205650399 59% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0647616164997 0.162205337803 40% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0147325695437 0.0443174109184 33% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.1 12.2367328918 115% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.62 8.42419426049 114% => OK
difficult_words: 88.0 63.6247240618 138% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.5 10.7273730684 79% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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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