The reading passage mentions the benefits of imposing taxes on those who use the cigarette. And several reasons are offered in support of the argument. However, in the conversation, the lecturer casts doubt on it.
To commence with, the article mentions that the taxes which are imposed on those unhealthy food and beverage are effective means to discourage people from keeping using the cigarette again. With much more expenditure on this product, some consumers will gradually give up buying. However, the lecturer indicates that once the price of the cigarette becomes higher than ever before, a certain number of people have no choice but to shift to buy the low-quality and cheaper one. This, on the other hand, is much more detrimental to people's health because consumers have no idea about the content of the product.
In addition, the reading passage suggests that the added taxes is a kind of fair practice to cover the financial cost that the cigarette users have done. This policy can facilitate the transition of the extra financial burden that has been made by those who use the cigarette. However, the lecturer argues that the definition of fairness varies from person to person. Those who are in the status of high income may feel that the extra taxes on the cigarette won't be a burden at all. But, for those who have lower salaries, this extra expenditure will affect their right to smoke and they will feel quite unfair.
Finally, it is mentioned in the passage that the extra revenue acquired from the taxes is good for the development of the local development such as the education construction. However, this argument is refuted by the professor. She mentions the downside of the revenues derived from the taxes of cigarettes. If the government official could always get the chance to the stable revenue, they are not willing to allocate this revenue to any kind of new development such as museums and parks. It will affect the benefit of the residents.
In conclusion, though the passage mentions three benefits of the taxes on the cigarette, the professor refutes the argument.
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement People who develop many skills are more successful than people who focus on one skill only 80
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The best way to travel is in a group led by a tour guide Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 80
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement Most advertisements make products seem much better then they really are Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 76
- Do you agree or disagree with the following statement The best way to truly relax and reduce stress is to spend time alone Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer 87
- The extended family is less important now than it was in the past 73
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, however, if, may, so, in addition, in conclusion, kind of, such as, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 12.0772626932 108% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 51.0 30.3222958057 168% => OK
Nominalization: 14.0 5.01324503311 279% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1751.0 1373.03311258 128% => OK
No of words: 353.0 270.72406181 130% => OK
Chars per words: 4.96033994334 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.33454660006 4.04702891845 107% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56729754805 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 182.0 145.348785872 125% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.515580736544 0.540411800872 95% => OK
syllable_count: 564.3 419.366225166 135% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 3.25607064018 246% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 18.0 13.0662251656 138% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 21.2450331126 89% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.3664464248 49.2860985944 96% => OK
Chars per sentence: 97.2777777778 110.228320801 88% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6111111111 21.698381199 90% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.5 7.06452816374 78% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 10.0 4.33554083885 231% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.09317482303 0.272083759551 34% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0317354966679 0.0996497079465 32% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0403082836502 0.0662205650399 61% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0600405584785 0.162205337803 37% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0473249772877 0.0443174109184 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.7 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 52.19 53.8541721854 97% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.49 12.2367328918 94% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.25 8.42419426049 98% => OK
difficult_words: 82.0 63.6247240618 129% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.498013245 91% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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It is not exactly right on the topic in the view of e-grader. Maybe there is a wrong essay topic.
Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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