The passage proposes three reasons why power companies refuse additional environmental regulations. Unfortunately, all of these statements are contradicted by the lecturer.
First, the lecturer argues that current regulations are insufficient. According to the passage, power companies have been, for example, forced by the existing regulations to install liners to prevent toxic chemicals from leaking into the soil. However, the lecturer points out that this regulation targets new facilities only, whereas previous facilities are not required and there is evidence that some components have sunk into the groundwater and made water not potable.
Furthermore, the speaker asserts that strict laws for disposing of waste products will not affect the recycling. Though the passage contends that customers are less likely to purchase products with reused coal ash, the lecture holds that it will have little to do with recycling with a specific example that people buy products which contain recycled mercury.
Moreover, the lecturer claims that strict regulations will not lead to a significant increase in the price of electricity. It is reported in the passage that power companies have no choice but to sell the electricity at a higher price in order to cover their additional costs on the disposal of the waste. On the contrary, the lecture quotes a view of an expert and believes that new policies will only result in a slight increase - about 1 percent - not as much as stated in the passage.
In short, using specific examples and reasons, the lecturer refutes all the statements presented in the passage and suggests that strict regulations are needed to protect the environment.
- TPO-47 - Integrated Writing Task Pterosaurs were an ancient group of winged reptiles that lived alongside the dinosaurs. Many pterosaurs were very large, some as large as a giraffe and with a wingspan of over 12 meters. Paleontologists have long wondered 50
- TPO-48 - Independent Writing Task Do you agree or disagree with the following statement?Because modern life is very complex, it is essential for young people to have the ability to plan and organize. 90
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, furthermore, however, if, moreover, so, whereas, for example, in short, on the contrary
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 4.0 5.04856512141 79% => OK
Conjunction : 6.0 7.30242825607 82% => OK
Relative clauses : 12.0 12.0772626932 99% => OK
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 3.0 5.01324503311 60% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1433.0 1373.03311258 104% => OK
No of words: 265.0 270.72406181 98% => OK
Chars per words: 5.40754716981 5.08290768461 106% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.03470204552 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8526986234 2.5805825403 111% => OK
Unique words: 157.0 145.348785872 108% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592452830189 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 444.6 419.366225166 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.55342163355 109% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 8.0 8.23620309051 97% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => 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: 24.0 21.2450331126 113% => OK
Sentence length SD: 57.8626187156 49.2860985944 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 130.272727273 110.228320801 118% => OK
Words per sentence: 24.0909090909 21.698381199 111% => OK
Discourse Markers: 9.0 7.06452816374 127% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 4.27373068433 47% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.311090095373 0.272083759551 114% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0986098993691 0.0996497079465 99% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0500648453975 0.0662205650399 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.138448979323 0.162205337803 85% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.053867103284 0.0443174109184 122% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.1 13.3589403974 121% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 38.66 53.8541721854 72% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.8 11.0289183223 125% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 14.39 12.2367328918 118% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.59 8.42419426049 114% => OK
difficult_words: 80.0 63.6247240618 126% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.6 10.498013245 110% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 88.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 26.5 Out of 30
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