Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific solutions presented in the reading passage.
The reading passage talks about three approaches to prevent the decline of Torreya trees. The lecturer suggests that the approaches mentioned in the passage will not provide satisfactory solutions for various reasons.
To begin with, the reading passage cites the first approach of reestablishing Torreya in the same cooler and wetter microclimate of Northern Florida where it once thrived for thousands of years. The professor disagrees with this and says that the microclimate is getting affected by the changing climate of the larger area of that region which is turning dry due to global warming. Thus, the microclimate is no longer as cool and wet as it was before and is becoming dry. Hence, it won’t be to support Torreya’s growth.
Furthermore, the passage mentions the second option that is moving Torreya to a different location far from its microclimate in Florida. This is because some scientists believe that Torreya has been grown successfully in the further north in the past. Thus, it can be relocated with the help of assisted migration to the north where it can thrive. Again, the professor disagrees and gives the example of the black locust tree which was relocated to the north. The locust tree grew and spread so much in the north that it killed other important plants species of that area which were already on the verge of extinction. Thus, it would be unwise to relocate Torreya to the north.
Lastly, the third approach mentioned in the reading passage talks about preserving Torreyas in research centers where it will be easier for scientists to protect and conduct research on them, ensuring their long time survival. However, the professor says that this approach will not be fruitful because Torreya species in the labs won’t be able to resist diseases and will die soon. This is because disease resistance requires a large and genetically diverse population that can only be seen in the wild. Besides, the research centers won’t have enough space to grow large Torreya populations.
Thus, the lecturer does not think that the approaches suggested by the reading passage will be effective in preventing Torreya’s decline.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
besides, first, furthermore, hence, however, if, lastly, second, so, third, thus, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 16.0 12.0772626932 132% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 30.3222958057 148% => OK
Nominalization: 5.0 5.01324503311 100% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1824.0 1373.03311258 133% => OK
No of words: 354.0 270.72406181 131% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15254237288 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33761313653 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.65041008621 2.5805825403 103% => OK
Unique words: 179.0 145.348785872 123% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.505649717514 0.540411800872 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 537.3 419.366225166 128% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 3.25607064018 154% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 20.0 21.2450331126 94% => OK
Sentence length SD: 46.0925802224 49.2860985944 94% => OK
Chars per sentence: 107.294117647 110.228320801 97% => OK
Words per sentence: 20.8235294118 21.698381199 96% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.58823529412 7.06452816374 79% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => 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: 0.120289199696 0.272083759551 44% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0450107629688 0.0996497079465 45% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0446899159095 0.0662205650399 67% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0921058611056 0.162205337803 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0485087335296 0.0443174109184 109% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.2 13.3589403974 99% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 59.64 53.8541721854 111% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.9 11.0289183223 90% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.11 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 78.0 63.6247240618 123% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.0 10.498013245 95% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => 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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