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 number of social benefits.
The content of the listening totally contradicts the article on the topic of the increasing tax to reduce purchasing cigarettes. Firstly, the author says that high taxes will discourage people from indulging in smoking, as long as other kinds of unhealthy behavior. However, the lecturer refutes it and points out that rather than buying fewer cigarettes, people who like to smoke may switch to buy cheaper ones because of the high taxes. In addition, people who like unhealthy foods may still buy the harmful foods, but reduce the consumption of healthy food because they have less money left after buying the former one which they like.
Secondly, the author mentions that these taxes of unhealthy goods are kind of financially fair because those who lead unhealthy lives create more medical costs. Likewise, the lecturer disputes it and argues that this fair may be unfair to some people. For example, the rich and the poor will pay the same amount of taxes, while these taxes are expensive to the poor in terms of their income. Hence, it is unfair in some senses.
Lastly, the author suggests that these taxes benefit both the government and every person in that the government increases its revenue and it can support the public welfare. Nevertheless, the lecturer maintains that the government would rely on this revenue too much and it won't do the reasonable policy in some respects since it doesn't want to lose this money. For instance, the government will ban cigarettes in more places to an unreasonable degree.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 330, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...onable policy in some respects since it doesnt want to lose this money. For instance, ...
^^^^^^
Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, first, firstly, hence, however, lastly, likewise, may, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, while, for example, for instance, in addition, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 4.0 10.4613686534 38% => More to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 7.0 7.30242825607 96% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 24.0 22.412803532 107% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1275.0 1373.03311258 93% => OK
No of words: 255.0 270.72406181 94% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.0 5.08290768461 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.99608801488 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.46354426898 2.5805825403 95% => OK
Unique words: 151.0 145.348785872 104% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.592156862745 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 392.4 419.366225166 94% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 3.25607064018 31% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 2.0 1.25165562914 160% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
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: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 47.0025496055 49.2860985944 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 115.909090909 110.228320801 105% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.1818181818 21.698381199 107% => OK
Discourse Markers: 14.2727272727 7.06452816374 202% => Less transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 3.0 4.09492273731 73% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 1.0 4.19205298013 24% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 4.0 4.33554083885 92% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 0.0 4.27373068433 0% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.218522628323 0.272083759551 80% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0734135828747 0.0996497079465 74% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0536626159191 0.0662205650399 81% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.126603274344 0.162205337803 78% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0297455740276 0.0443174109184 67% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.7 13.3589403974 103% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 56.59 53.8541721854 105% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 11.1 11.0289183223 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 12.02 12.2367328918 98% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.49 8.42419426049 101% => OK
difficult_words: 60.0 63.6247240618 94% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 13.0 11.2008830022 116% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Minimum four paragraphs wanted. The correct pattern:
para 1: introduction
para 2: doubt 1
para 3: doubt 2
para 4: doubt 3
Less contents wanted from the reading passages(25%), more content wanted from the lecture (75%).
Don't need a conclusion paragraph.
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Rates: 81.6666666667 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 24.5 Out of 30
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