tpo 60: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on the specific theories mentioned in the reading passage
Passage:
Although the sale of rhinoceros horns is illegal worldwide, rhinoceroses (Rhinos) are commonly poached (hunted illegally) for their horns, which can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars per kilogram. Rhino horns are so valuable that one type of rhino is already extinct because poachers killed too many of them. All rhinos may soon become extinct unless something is done to help save them. Several ideas have been suggested
The reading suggests three solutions to save rhinoceroses from being hunted for their horns. But the lecture disputes all given solutions, points out their weaknesses, and shows why these given solutions are not practical or beneficial.
First, The professor says that the reading's suggestion to dishorn Rhinos is both impractical and dangerous to the Rhinos' survival. It is impractical because experts would have to first find Rhinos in the wild and then prepare them for surgery, which would need a lot of time and money; therefore, it is not a practical solution. Moreover, it is wrong because Rhinos use their horns to dig for water, obtain food, protect their territory, and more. So dehorning them, as the reading suggests, would put them at a disadvantage in the wild.
Second, the professor points out that convincing people to abandon their old and strong beliefs is very hard. So it is quite unlikely that educating consumers would result in changing their ancient ideas about how horns are good for their health. Thus, the reading suggestion to decrease the demand for rhino horn through educating consumers is a weak solution.
Third, the lecturer asserts that if the government follows the author's advice and legalizes selling rhino horn, it might have unpredictable consequences. For instance, if acquiring horn becomes acceptable, then more people, who are not buying horn right now because it is an illegal trade, might be encouraged to buy rhino horn. The increased demand might, in turn, cause the price to goes higher; therefore, a larger market for rhino horn might be formed. So, the reading's last solution is not a convincing one either.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 139, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...he lecture disputes all given solutions, points out their weaknesses, and shows w...
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Line 5, column 36, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'readings'' or 'reading's'?
Suggestion: readings'; reading's
... First, The professor says that the readings suggestion to dishorn Rhinos is both im...
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Line 10, column 64, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...erts that if the government follows the authors advice and legalizes selling rhino horn...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, if, moreover, second, so, then, therefore, third, thus, for instance
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 15.0 10.4613686534 143% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 9.0 5.04856512141 178% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 7.30242825607 123% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 12.0772626932 50% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 20.0 30.3222958057 66% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1407.0 1373.03311258 102% => OK
No of words: 273.0 270.72406181 101% => OK
Chars per words: 5.15384615385 5.08290768461 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.06481385082 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.64082495567 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 162.0 145.348785872 111% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.593406593407 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 415.8 419.366225166 99% => 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: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 35.2211945337 49.2860985944 71% => OK
Chars per sentence: 108.230769231 110.228320801 98% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.0 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.15384615385 7.06452816374 87% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 4.33554083885 138% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => 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: 0.0807600175575 0.272083759551 30% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0347567794136 0.0996497079465 35% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0208049018935 0.0662205650399 31% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0565975462454 0.162205337803 35% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0249527629727 0.0443174109184 56% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.3 13.3589403974 100% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 58.62 53.8541721854 109% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.59 12.2367328918 103% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.44 8.42419426049 100% => OK
difficult_words: 65.0 63.6247240618 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 10.7273730684 103% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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