In this set of material, the passage and the lecture provide two opposing points of view about the possibility of saving Torreya from becoming extinct. While the passage offers three ways to preserve the Torreya, the lecturer claims that all these ways won't be successful.
First, the article suggests that to reestablish Torreya in the same location in which it thrived for thousands of year. The lecture contradicts this idea by pointing out that the current location of these trees is much drier than before because of the global warming. That is why the Torreya tree has no chance to survive.
In addition, the writer asserts that by moving these trees to a new environment, we can save the tree. On the other hand, the speaker contrasts this idea by recalling an unsuccessful experience about moving the black locust trees to a new environment. They speared very quickly and destroyed many other species. The same can happen with this case.
Finally, the author argues that we can preserve the Torreya in research centers by collecting seeds and saplings from the wild and grow them in a closely monitored environment, but the speaker refutes this idea too by pointing out that the Torreya is a very vulnerable tree and it can only resist disease when it completely grow and become big and the small ones have not the chance of survival from disease. In this condition, we don't have enough capacity in a center to keep them safe.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 4, column 325, Rule ID: IT_VBZ[1]
Message: Did you mean 'grows'?
Suggestion: grows
... only resist disease when it completely grow and become big and the small ones have ...
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Line 4, column 431, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...val from disease. In this condition, we dont have enough capacity in a center to kee...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, while, in addition, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 8.0 7.30242825607 110% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 12.0772626932 75% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 36.0 30.3222958057 119% => OK
Nominalization: 8.0 5.01324503311 160% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1191.0 1373.03311258 87% => OK
No of words: 247.0 270.72406181 91% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.82186234818 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.96437052324 4.04702891845 98% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50172292251 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 139.0 145.348785872 96% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.562753036437 0.540411800872 104% => OK
syllable_count: 361.8 419.366225166 86% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 11.0 13.0662251656 84% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 22.0 21.2450331126 104% => OK
Sentence length SD: 96.2391133695 49.2860985944 195% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.272727273 110.228320801 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 22.4545454545 21.698381199 103% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.27272727273 7.06452816374 75% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 5.0 4.45695364238 112% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.30299100154 0.272083759551 111% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.110086825439 0.0996497079465 110% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0842806061345 0.0662205650399 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.179016686851 0.162205337803 110% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0651700553296 0.0443174109184 147% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.5 13.3589403974 94% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 57.61 53.8541721854 107% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.7 11.0289183223 97% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.97 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.44 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.8 10.498013245 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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