The reading believes that imposing high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy foods will bring lots of benefits to the society, while the professor asserts that those benefits cannot be realized.
Firstly, the reading claims that by imposing taxes, people are less likely to get indulged in unhealthy behaviors. For example, raising the taxes on cigarettes will lead people to buy fewer of them, which can be expected on other unhealthy food. However, the professor views the issues from an opposite angle. According to the professor, if the cigarettes' price gets lower, people will buy those cheaper ones with lower quality, which are more harmful to their health. What's more, those people who continue to buy the cigarettes will have less money to spent on the healthy food. Therefore, their health conditions will get worse.
Secondly, the reading argues that these taxes are financially fair. Whereas the professor opposes the claim by saying that it's unfair because it doesn't take the income into account. To be specific, those people who earn less pay the same taxes as those who earn more. Then those who have less income will have to bear higher relative taxes comparative to those who have more income.
Thirdly, the reading states that the high rate of taxation can largely increase revenue for the government, which can be used for other projects to benefit the public welfare. By contrast, in accordance to the professor, it doesn't hold water. It's because if the governments impose the taxes on cigarettes, they will get a large amount of revenue like millions of dollars. Then the government will be dependent on those revenue and doesn't want to lose it. So they won't eliminate the behavior of smoking and having unhealthy food by some radical measures, let alone banning people from cigarettes or unhealthy food. Otherwise, they will lose a large amount of money.
- TPO 53- Many countries require cigarette smokers to pay particularly high taxes on their purchases of cigarettes; similar taxes are being considered for unhealthy foods. The policy of imposing high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy products has a nu 80
- In twenty years there will be fewer cars in use than there are today. 70
- In twenty years there will be fewer cars in use than there are today. 96
- TPO-52. Integrated Writing Task. Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage. 3
- TPO 53- Many countries require cigarette smokers to pay particularly high taxes on their purchases of cigarettes; similar taxes are being considered for unhealthy foods. The policy of imposing high taxes on cigarettes and other unhealthy products has a nu 80
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: What's
...which are more harmful to their health. Whats more, those people who continue to buy ...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...im by saying that its unfair because it doesnt take the income into account. To be spe...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...ast, in accordance to the professor, it doesnt hold water. Its because if the governme...
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Line 7, column 245, Rule ID: IT_IS[6]
Message: Did you mean 'it's' (='it is') instead of 'its' (possessive pronoun)?
Suggestion: It's; It is
...to the professor, it doesnt hold water. Its because if the governments impose the t...
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Line 7, column 415, Rule ID: THIS_NNS[2]
Message: Did you mean 'this revenue' or 'those revenues'?
Suggestion: this revenue; those revenues
...hen the government will be dependent on those revenue and doesnt want to lose it. So they won...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
... will be dependent on those revenue and doesnt want to lose it. So they wont eliminate...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, firstly, however, if, second, secondly, so, then, therefore, third, thirdly, whereas, while, for example
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 8.0 10.4613686534 76% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 5.04856512141 257% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 26.0 22.412803532 116% => OK
Preposition: 38.0 30.3222958057 125% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1577.0 1373.03311258 115% => OK
No of words: 312.0 270.72406181 115% => OK
Chars per words: 5.05448717949 5.08290768461 99% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.20279927342 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.40520260874 2.5805825403 93% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.519230769231 0.540411800872 96% => OK
syllable_count: 492.3 419.366225166 117% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 3.25607064018 215% => Less pronouns wanted as sentence beginning.
Article: 5.0 8.23620309051 61% => 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: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 43.2258893333 49.2860985944 88% => OK
Chars per sentence: 92.7647058824 110.228320801 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.3529411765 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.52941176471 7.06452816374 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 6.0 4.19205298013 143% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 4.45695364238 202% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.225859628571 0.272083759551 83% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0742155129299 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0712701223532 0.0662205650399 108% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.161994917084 0.162205337803 100% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0528118255008 0.0443174109184 119% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.5 13.3589403974 86% => Automated_readability_index is low.
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: 12.01 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.12 8.42419426049 96% => OK
difficult_words: 71.0 63.6247240618 112% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 10.5 10.7273730684 98% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => 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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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.