Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.

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Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they cast doubt on specific points made in the reading passage.

In the given set of materials, the reading and the listening is about whether the bees existed on the Earth 20 million years ago or not. The author in the reading claims that the bee nests were not built by the bees as they were not present at that time. The professor counters the reading and explains few reasons in support of the answer.
To begin with, the author in the reading contends that no fossils of actual bees were found from that date to 200 million years ago. The earliest preserves of the bees were found only 100 million years ago. The professor does not agree to this. She mentions that it is not true because there are no fossil remains of the bees maybe due to the lack of the tree resin found in the trees. The presence of the specific trees with the resin might be rare 200 million years ago that is why there are no fossils of tr bees.
Secondly, the author in the reading elaborates that, there were no flowering plants present 200 million years ago because today the bees feed on the flowering plants. There is a mutually dependent biological relationship between the bees and the flowering plants.However, the lecturer is not looking forward to it. She points out that, it is possible that the flowering plants were not present at that time. Also, the bees 200 million years ago feed on the non-flowering plants like the fern and the pine. Later the flowering plants came into the existence and the bees fed on them and since that time there is a constant relation between the bees and the flowering plants.
Lastly, the author mentions that, the fossilized structures found in the Arizona resembles the nest made by modern bees and also lack some details like the chambers of the modern bees nests have the caps which is lacking in the fossilized bees. The lectures refutes to the argument. She states that, the fossilized bees lack the chamber evidence that bees built the chamber. Moreover, the modern bees have a waterproof structure on them which is also present in the fossilized bees which makes them similar.
To conclude, the reading and the listening is abut the presence of the bees 200 million years ago along with the reasons in support and against the statement. The professor strongly counters the claims made in the reading.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 263, Rule ID: SENTENCE_WHITESPACE
Message: Add a space between sentences
Suggestion: However
...tween the bees and the flowering plants.However, the lecturer is not looking forward to...
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Line 4, column 258, Rule ID: AGREEMENT_SENT_START[1]
Message: You should probably use 'refute'.
Suggestion: refute
...ng in the fossilized bees. The lectures refutes to the argument. She states that, the f...
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Line 5, column 47, Rule ID: BEEN_PART_AGREEMENT[1]
Message: Consider using a past participle here: 'abutted'.
Suggestion: abutted
...clude, the reading and the listening is abut the presence of the bees 200 million ye...
^^^^

Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, lastly, look, may, moreover, second, secondly, so, to begin with

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

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 19.0 10.4613686534 182% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 5.04856512141 20% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 7.30242825607 151% => OK
Relative clauses : 17.0 12.0772626932 141% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 22.412803532 112% => OK
Preposition: 50.0 30.3222958057 165% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 5.01324503311 140% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1870.0 1373.03311258 136% => OK
No of words: 401.0 270.72406181 148% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.66334164589 5.08290768461 92% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.47492842339 4.04702891845 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.32947340679 2.5805825403 90% => OK
Unique words: 159.0 145.348785872 109% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.39650872818 0.540411800872 73% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 549.9 419.366225166 131% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.4 1.55342163355 90% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 4.0 3.25607064018 123% => OK
Article: 17.0 8.23620309051 206% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 2.5761589404 116% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 19.0 13.0662251656 145% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 21.2450331126 99% => OK
Sentence length SD: 48.921951522 49.2860985944 99% => OK
Chars per sentence: 98.4210526316 110.228320801 89% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.1052631579 21.698381199 97% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.63157894737 7.06452816374 66% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.09492273731 122% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => 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: 0.068860601759 0.272083759551 25% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0278959386366 0.0996497079465 28% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0324899951025 0.0662205650399 49% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0496845758571 0.162205337803 31% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0281381973023 0.0443174109184 63% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.1 13.3589403974 83% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 67.08 53.8541721854 125% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 9.75 12.2367328918 80% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.16 8.42419426049 85% => OK
difficult_words: 63.0 63.6247240618 99% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 9.0 10.7273730684 84% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.498013245 99% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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