The cane toad is a large (1.8 kg) amphibian species native to Central and South America. It was deliberately introduced to Australia in 1935 with the expectation that it would protect farmers' crops by eating harmful insects. Unfortunately, the toad multiplied rapidly, and a large cane toad population now threatens small native animals that are not pests. Several measures have been proposed to stop the spread of the cane toad in Australia.
One way to prevent the spread of the toad would be to build a national fence. A fence that blocks the advance of the toads will prevent them from moving into those parts of Australia that they have not yet colonized. This approach has been used before: a national fence was erected in the early part of the twentieth century to prevent the spread of rabbits, another animal species that was introduced in Australia from abroad and had a harmful impact on its native ecosystems.
Second, the toads could be captured and destroyed by volunteers. Cane toads can easily be caught in simple traps and can even be captured by hand. Young toads and cane toad eggs are even easier to gather and destroy, since they are restricted to the water. If the Australian government were to organize a campaign among Australian citizens to join forces to destroy the toads, the collective effort might stop the toad from spreading.
Third, researchers are developing a disease-causing virus to control the cane toad populations. This virus will be specially designed: although it will be able to infect a number of reptile and amphibian species, it will not harm most of the infected species; it will specifically harm only the cane toads. The virus will control the population of cane toads by preventing them from maturing and reproducing.
The reading passage proposes three measures to halt the spread of the cane toad in Australia. however, the professor in the lecture presents compelling arguments to illustrate why she thinks the measures mentioned in the reading passage would not be successful and might even cause unexpected environmental damage.
To begin with, the reading passage suggests that one way to stop the spread of the toad is to build a national fence. however, the professor contends that the fence would not be effective because rivers and streams are very common in the area and they can easily help carry toads and their eggs from one side to the other to establish populations.
Secondly, the passage recommends that toads and their eggs be captured and destroyed by volunteers organized by he government. The professor doubts that this measure would cause unwanted damage to the native frogs that are endangered. Since most of the volunteers would have a hard time telling the difference between toads, especially younger ones, and native frogs, they will be very likely to inadvertently harm the native frogs.
Finally, the professor holds a strongly negative view towards the idea of developing a disease-causing virus to manipulate the cane toad population that has been proposed in the reading passage. cane toads are constantly transported to central and south america by researchers or pet collectors. As a result, if they are infected by the disease, they will bring this disease to central and south america, where king toads reside, thus devastating the local king toad populations and the local ecosystem, of which king toads play a significant role.
Grammar and spelling errors:
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Suggestion: However
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Suggestion: However
... the toad is to build a national fence. however, the professor contends that the fence ...
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Suggestion: by the government
...d and destroyed by volunteers organized by he government. The professor doubts that this measure...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, if, second, secondly, so, thus, as a result, to begin with
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 16.0 22.412803532 71% => OK
Preposition: 30.0 30.3222958057 99% => 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: 1408.0 1373.03311258 103% => OK
No of words: 267.0 270.72406181 99% => OK
Chars per words: 5.2734082397 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.04229324003 4.04702891845 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.76960151163 2.5805825403 107% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.565543071161 0.540411800872 105% => OK
syllable_count: 431.1 419.366225166 103% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 7.0 8.23620309051 85% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 13.0662251656 77% => 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: 26.0 21.2450331126 122% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively long.
Sentence length SD: 57.5591000625 49.2860985944 117% => OK
Chars per sentence: 140.8 110.228320801 128% => OK
Words per sentence: 26.7 21.698381199 123% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.6 7.06452816374 108% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 4.0 4.19205298013 95% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 1.0 4.33554083885 23% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.218376048429 0.272083759551 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0921185878005 0.0996497079465 92% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0554749858908 0.0662205650399 84% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.121015104808 0.162205337803 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0472383899751 0.0443174109184 107% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 16.7 13.3589403974 125% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 45.09 53.8541721854 84% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 13.4 11.0289183223 121% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.58 12.2367328918 111% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.01 8.42419426049 107% => OK
difficult_words: 69.0 63.6247240618 108% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 12.4 10.498013245 118% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => 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.