Broccoli is a vegetable that is popular throughout the United States, but it can be grown only in temperate climates with mild summers. Because of this limitation, 90 percent of the broccoli consumed in the United States is grown in the cooler regions of California, on the West Coast. It must be shipped 4000 kilometers across the entire country to reach the populous East Coast This situation may soon change. However, scientists are attempting to create a new type of broccoli that can be grown on the East Coast despite the hotter summers there. This project has several potential benefits. First, growing broccoli on the East Coast and distributing it to nearby grocery stores would lower broccoli costs for consumers Transporting the vegetable from California by truck takes several days, which makes transportation costs high. Growing broccoli locally would reduce transportation costs, so stores could sell broccoli for less money. Second, he new type of broccoli will probably be much more desirable to consumers than some other new crops. The new broccoli is being created using traditional breeding techniques: researchers are crossbreeding broccoli with other similar plants that have desirable characteristics, such as resistance to hot summers Other new crops—varieties of squash or maize, for example—were created using genetic modification technology. Genetically modified crops are very controversial: many consumers believe they are unsafe and so reject them. However, the new broccoli will not be in that category. Third, vegetables are healthiest to eat right after they are harvested because they retain most of their beneficial nutrients and vitamins. The longer it takes for a vegetable like broccoli to reach consumers, the fewer nutrients and vitamins it contains. Broccoli that is grown locally can be eaten much sooner after it is cut, which will make this new broccoli healthier for East Coast residents than California broccoli.
Recently, many debates have been about the beneficial sides of east coast Broccoli. More specifically, regarding the passage. the writer suggests that planting broccoli on the east coast has many benefits. In the listening passage, the lecturer is quick to point out there are some serious flaws in the writer's claims. In fact, the professor believes that the new Broccoli might not benefit as mentioned in the passage.
First and foremost, the author of the reading states that the new Broccoli will be cheaper than the west coast one because transportation costs will reduce.
Some professionals in the same field, however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. In the listening, for example, the professor states that the east coast Broccoli will not be cheaper. She elaborates that Broccoli on the east coast will have lower yields and the east coast will harvest less Broccoli because it is a seasonal vegetable.
One group of scholars, represented by the writer, thinks that the new Broccoli will be preferable because the company uses a traditional method of planting Broccoli. Of course, though, not all experts in the field believe this is accurate. Again the speaker addresses this point when she states that the public will stay suspicious about the east coast Broccoli. She says that the company that will produce this Broccoli is the same one that uses genetic modification on plants.
Finally, the author wraps his argument by posting that the new Broccoli will be healthier because it will be full of nutrients and vitamins. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes this issue with this claim by contending that the locally available vegetables will have the same amount of nutrients and vitamins as the new Broccoli.
To sum up, both the writer and professor hold conflicting views about the cons of growing Broccoli on the east coast. It is clear that they will have trouble finding common ground on this view.
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...re specifically, regarding the passage. the writer suggests that planting broccoli ...
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...inding common ground on this view.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, first, however, if, regarding, so, for example, in fact, of course, to sum up
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 13.0 5.04856512141 257% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 5.0 7.30242825607 68% => OK
Relative clauses : 14.0 12.0772626932 116% => OK
Pronoun: 28.0 22.412803532 125% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 34.0 30.3222958057 112% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1622.0 1373.03311258 118% => OK
No of words: 319.0 270.72406181 118% => OK
Chars per words: 5.08463949843 5.08290768461 100% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.22617688928 4.04702891845 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.56504498667 2.5805825403 99% => OK
Unique words: 155.0 145.348785872 107% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.485893416928 0.540411800872 90% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 480.6 419.366225166 115% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 3.0 3.25607064018 92% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 6.0 2.5761589404 233% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
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: 37.3866915611 49.2860985944 76% => OK
Chars per sentence: 95.4117647059 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.7647058824 21.698381199 86% => OK
Discourse Markers: 5.05882352941 7.06452816374 72% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.09492273731 147% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.186940444147 0.272083759551 69% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.071774901057 0.0996497079465 72% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0452192094291 0.0662205650399 68% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.114451348755 0.162205337803 71% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0401241115077 0.0443174109184 91% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.9 13.3589403974 89% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.18 12.2367328918 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.99 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 70.0 63.6247240618 110% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 6.5 10.7273730684 61% => 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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Maximum four paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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