Summarise the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they case doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.
Toward the end of his life, the Chevalier de Seingalt (1725-1798) wrote a long memoir recounting his life and adventures. The Chevalier was a somewhat controversial figure, but since he met many famous people, including kings and writers, his memoir has become a valuable historical source about European society in the eighteenth century. However, some critics have raised doubts about the accuracy of the memoir. They claim that the Chevalier distorted or invented many events in the memoir to make his life seem more exciting and glamorous than it really was.
For example, in his memoir the Chevalier claims that while living in Switzerland, he was very wealthy, and it is known that he spent a great deal of money there on parties and gambling. However, evidence has recently surfaced that the Chevalier borrowed considerable sums of money from a Swiss merchant. Critics thus argue that if the Chevalier had really been very rich, he would not have needed to borrow money.
Critics are also skeptical about the accuracy of the conversations that the Chevalier records in the memoir between himself and the famous writer Voltaire. No one doubts that the Chevalier and Voltaire met and conversed. However, critics complain that the memoir cannot possibly capture these conversations accurately, because it was written many years after the conversations occurred. Critics point out that it is impossible to remember exact phrases from extended conversations held many years earlier.
Critics have also questioned the memoir's account of the Chevalier's escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. He claims to have escaped the Venetian prison by using a piece of metal to make a hole in the ceiling and climbing through the roof. Critics claim that while such a daring escape makes for enjoyable reading, it is more likely that the Chevaliers jailers were bribed to free him. They point out that the Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice who could have offered a bribe.
Recently, there has been a ton of debate as to the memoir of the Chevalier de Seingalt is not completely correct and some events had been distorted or invented by him to make his life more exciting. More specifically, in regard to the passages, the writer puts forth the idea that in some parts of the memoir we find events that not true. In the listening passage, the lecturer is quick to point out there are some serious flaws in the writer's claims. In fact, the lecturer believes the memoir of the Chevalier is pretty accurate and is a reliable source, and addresses, in detail, the trouble at each point made in the reading text.
First and foremost, the author of the reading text states that in the memoir, the time that Chevalier has been in Switzerland he seemed wealthy, But there is some evidence that shows he borrowed some money from a Swiss merchant. Some professionals in the same field, however, stand in firm opposition to this claim. The lecturer believes that Chevalier wasn't poor, and he had a huge amount of money but when he traveled to Switzerland it takes a few days for him to his money arrived. So because of that, he loans from a merchant.
Second, in the reading passage, the author claims that there some doubts the conversations he recorded in his memoir between him and the famous writer Voltaire. The author thinks that those conversations can't be accurate because they had been written after years and it's impossible for him to remember all of the things. On the other hand, the lecturer believes that Chevalier wrote down every day and he had taken notes and journals every particular night.
Finally, the author wraps his argument by questioning his escape from a notorious prison in Venice, Italy. The author pointed out that Chevalier had a number of politically well-connected friends in Venice. He thinks that he wrote about this to make his memoir more exciting. Not surprisingly, the lecturer takes issue with this claim by contending there is some old evidence in the Venicienne government document that shows a short time after Chevalier escape they have been repaired the ceiling. So she thinks there is no reason for that except because of Chevalier's escape.
To sum up, obviously, the lecturer and the author of the reading text hold conflicting views about the memoir of the Chevalier.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 2, column 354, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: wasn't
...m. The lecturer believes that Chevalier wasnt poor, and he had a huge amount of money...
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Line 3, column 204, Rule ID: CANT[1]
Message: Did you mean 'can't' or 'cannot'?
Suggestion: can't; cannot
... author thinks that those conversations cant be accurate because they had been writt...
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Line 3, column 302, Rule ID: ALL_OF_THE[1]
Message: Simply use 'all the'.
Suggestion: all the
... and its impossible for him to remember all of the things. On the other hand, the lecturer...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, second, so, well, as to, in fact, in regard to, to sum up, on the other hand
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 10.4613686534 134% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 0.0 5.04856512141 0% => OK
Conjunction : 13.0 7.30242825607 178% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 43.0 22.412803532 192% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 56.0 30.3222958057 185% => OK
Nominalization: 6.0 5.01324503311 120% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1934.0 1373.03311258 141% => OK
No of words: 402.0 270.72406181 148% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.81094527363 5.08290768461 95% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.47771567384 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.58893923666 2.5805825403 100% => OK
Unique words: 190.0 145.348785872 131% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.47263681592 0.540411800872 87% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 598.5 419.366225166 143% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.55342163355 97% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 2.0 3.25607064018 61% => OK
Article: 14.0 8.23620309051 170% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 3.0 1.51434878587 198% => OK
Preposition: 7.0 2.5761589404 272% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 23.0 21.2450331126 108% => OK
Sentence length SD: 51.6725784466 49.2860985944 105% => OK
Chars per sentence: 113.764705882 110.228320801 103% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.6470588235 21.698381199 109% => OK
Discourse Markers: 6.47058823529 7.06452816374 92% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 8.0 4.33554083885 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 4.45695364238 135% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 3.0 4.27373068433 70% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.205414753489 0.272083759551 75% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0675070538792 0.0996497079465 68% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0463079862856 0.0662205650399 70% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.117548075264 0.162205337803 72% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0538462528837 0.0443174109184 122% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.1 13.3589403974 98% => 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: 10.91 12.2367328918 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.45 8.42419426049 88% => OK
difficult_words: 68.0 63.6247240618 107% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 10.7273730684 121% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 10.498013245 107% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 11.2008830022 98% => 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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