Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they oppose specific points made in the reading passage.
Nutria is a beaver-like rat, sized approximately 24 inches long, growing up to 20 pounds, and usually living in semi-aquatic habitats. This creature originated in South America but is now widely spread throughout the ecosystem, becoming an annoying pest that harms the environment. Several solutions to prevent nutrias have been proposed in response.
One way is to use strong fences and walls made out of hard materials. Since nutrias have strong teeth to chew off wooden or Styrofoam structures, metal fences and walls can be effective. This would prevent nutrias from damaging farms, lawns, and gardens. Once they are installed, an extra maintenance fee would not be necessary, which means it is also reasonable in terms of price.
The second way is to dry up the drainage. Any place where water is running can be an attractive place for nutrias to use as a habitat or a travel route. Consequently, removing water from drainage could stop the nutrias from populating the place. Such a measure would be effective, especially in highlands where drainage systems are frequently used for growing sugar canes or rice crops. This is because, in contrast to lowlands, water does not stream permanently in high sites.
The third method is to cook nutrias for food. Unlike common thoughts, nutria meat has a tender texture, making it a favorable delicacy to the dinner table. Nutrias are also very nutritious. They contain high amounts of proteins and carbohydrates and low levels of fat and cholesterol than other domestic animals. For example, beef has less than 17 grams of protein per 100 grams, while nutrias contain an average of 22 grams.
The reading passage and lecture both have conflicting opinions about nutrias, that are rat liked and live in semi-aquatic habitats. The article strongly postulates that there are many ways to stop nutrias from harming the environment. On the other hand, the listening adamantly delineates that none of the author's claims are plausible and does not successfully as suspected.
First and foremost, according to the author of the excerpt, one means to prevent nutrias from damaging the environment is to use strong fences and walls made out of hard materials. Metal fences and walls can be really effective as nutrias have strong teeth. Nonetheless, the lecture offsets these points by declaring that nutrias are notorious with their sharp feet. In other words, they are able to dig deep underground and can easily pass through fences. Therefore, the author's idea does not provide any security against nutrias.
Next, the author contends that keeping the place dry would be an effective measure since nutrias can be attracted to place where water is running. However, the lecturer refutes this argument. He clears out that crops and vegetable can get affected badly by keeping the place dry. They will not grow if they will not get water. Moreover, it will have negative consequences on people's livelihood.
The article lastly asserts that by cooking nutrias for food can prevent environmental damage since nutrias are very nutritious. In contrast, the speaker of the listening counters these indications by insisting that nutrias are hosts, bacterias, and parasites. They carry pathogens which can cause a very serious disease. In addition to this, nutrias are infected by parasites, which means eating them can be really dangerous and one can suffer from a serious health problems.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 473, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'authors'' or 'author's'?
Suggestion: authors'; author's
...ily pass through fences. Therefore, the authors idea does not provide any security agai...
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Line 5, column 376, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[2]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'peoples'' or 'people's'?
Suggestion: peoples'; people's
..., it will have negative consequences on peoples livelihood. The article lastly asser...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
first, however, if, lastly, moreover, nonetheless, really, therefore, as for, in addition, in contrast, in other words, 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: 12.0 5.04856512141 238% => Less auxiliary verb wanted.
Conjunction : 10.0 7.30242825607 137% => OK
Relative clauses : 11.0 12.0772626932 91% => OK
Pronoun: 20.0 22.412803532 89% => OK
Preposition: 31.0 30.3222958057 102% => OK
Nominalization: 4.0 5.01324503311 80% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1505.0 1373.03311258 110% => OK
No of words: 285.0 270.72406181 105% => OK
Chars per words: 5.28070175439 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.10876417139 4.04702891845 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.62496478746 2.5805825403 102% => OK
Unique words: 170.0 145.348785872 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.59649122807 0.540411800872 110% => OK
syllable_count: 457.2 419.366225166 109% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 9.0 8.23620309051 109% => OK
Subordination: 0.0 1.25165562914 0% => More adverbial clause wanted.
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 5.0 2.5761589404 194% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 13.0662251656 130% => OK
Sentence length: 16.0 21.2450331126 75% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 38.9087300404 49.2860985944 79% => OK
Chars per sentence: 88.5294117647 110.228320801 80% => OK
Words per sentence: 16.7647058824 21.698381199 77% => OK
Discourse Markers: 8.05882352941 7.06452816374 114% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 5.0 4.33554083885 115% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 10.0 4.45695364238 224% => Less negative sentences wanted.
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: 0.157137667972 0.272083759551 58% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0469815348782 0.0996497079465 47% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0504709343915 0.0662205650399 76% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0940356935387 0.162205337803 58% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0318266412907 0.0443174109184 72% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 11.8 13.3589403974 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 55.24 53.8541721854 103% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.5 11.0289183223 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.05 12.2367328918 107% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.59 8.42419426049 102% => OK
difficult_words: 75.0 63.6247240618 118% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.5 10.7273730684 107% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.4 10.498013245 80% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.2008830022 107% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 83.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 25.0 Out of 30
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