Question Summarize the points made in the lecture being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage | TOEFL IELTS GMAT GRE SAT ACT PTE ESL

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Question: Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they challenge the specific points made in the reading passage.

The reading and the listening are both about the devices that help trees grow. The reading proposes several disadvantages of this method, while the lecturer counterargues. She is of the opinion that those disadvantages are not convincing.

To begin with, the writer of the reading proposes that the cost of the device, which cost 25 U.S. dollars each, is too expensive to afford. The lecturer challenges this proposal by mentioning that the devices can be reused after the small tree grows up. Since one device can be reused 20 times or more, the price of it is reasonable.

Secondly, the author claims that it is hard to motivate local people to install and maintain the device they can benefit from since those protected trees are not the source of food. However, the lecturer refutes this by pointing out that the device can collect water for other plants. Thus, it helps the vegetation grows more food. Moreover, the lecturer says that after the trees grow up, the branches of the trees can be used for firewood. As a result, there are several benefits result from using such devices.

Finally, the author asserts that due to the limited ability to collect and converse water of the device, trees might not survive in a reverse environment. Nevertheless, the lecturer says that trees grow long roots to reach water sources underground, once they find the sources, they can survive. For example, 90 percent of the trees still thrive after the device has been removed. Thus, trees can survive in harsh environments.

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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, moreover, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, thus, while, for example, as a result, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 12.0 10.4613686534 115% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 5.04856512141 158% => OK
Conjunction : 4.0 7.30242825607 55% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 10.0 12.0772626932 83% => OK
Pronoun: 21.0 22.412803532 94% => OK
Preposition: 32.0 30.3222958057 106% => OK
Nominalization: 2.0 5.01324503311 40% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1270.0 1373.03311258 92% => OK
No of words: 257.0 270.72406181 95% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.94163424125 5.08290768461 97% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.00390054096 4.04702891845 99% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.50148860282 2.5805825403 97% => OK
Unique words: 138.0 145.348785872 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.536964980545 0.540411800872 99% => OK
syllable_count: 384.3 419.366225166 92% => 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: 11.0 8.23620309051 134% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 1.25165562914 240% => Less adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 2.0 2.5761589404 78% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 15.0 13.0662251656 115% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 21.2450331126 80% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.2326213244 49.2860985944 78% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.6666666667 110.228320801 77% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.1333333333 21.698381199 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.2 7.06452816374 116% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 0.0 4.19205298013 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 4.33554083885 161% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 3.0 4.45695364238 67% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.27373068433 117% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.106428559738 0.272083759551 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0373944183469 0.0996497079465 38% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0379808420699 0.0662205650399 57% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.069893166617 0.162205337803 43% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0166176514983 0.0443174109184 37% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.4 13.3589403974 78% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 53.8541721854 116% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 11.0289183223 79% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.08 12.2367328918 91% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.04 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 58.0 63.6247240618 91% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 10.7273730684 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.498013245 84% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 73.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 22.0 Out of 30
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
finally, however, moreover, nevertheless, second, secondly, so, still, thus, while, for example, as a result, to begin with

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments