Summarize the points made in the lecture, being sure to explain how they respond to the specific points made in the reading passage.
One of the threats to endangered sea turtle species is the use of nets by commercial shrimp-fishing boats. When turtles get accidentally caught in the nets, they cannot rise to the surface of the ocean to breathe, and they die. Some people suggest that this problem can be solved through an invention called a turtle excluder device (TED) that is incorporated into the nets. A TED provides a passage through which the turtles can escape. However, TEDs have been criticized for several reasons. First, some shrimpers (shrimp fishers) argue that turtles get trapped only rarely: it is estimated that on average, one shrimp boat accidentally catches about one turtle every month. On the other hand, using TEDs costs the shrimpers some of their catch. Every time the shrimpers cast the nets, a certain percentage of shrimp manage to escape through the turtle passages. The shrimpers complain that the cost of losing shrimp on a daily basis is too high in comparison with the small chance of saving one turtle. Second, there are alternative methods of protecting sea turtles that may be more effective than TEDs. One method that can be used is shortening the time limit that shrimp boats are allowed to keep their nets underwater. When the time limit is reached, the nets have to be pulled up to the surface, allowing any turtles caught in the net to get air and also giving shrimpers the opportunity to release the turtles from the nets. Third, TEDs are not effective for larger species of endangered sea turtles. Some species like loggerhead and leatherback turtles can grow to be quite large and cannot fit through the escape passage that standard TEDs provide. Such turtles cannot escape from the nets even if the nets are equipped with TEDs.
The reading and the lecture is about the use of turtle excluder device (TED) to protect the endangered sea turtle species. The reading states that TEDs are not that effective for several reasons. However, the lecturer casts doubt on what is presented in the text and refuses all the reasons mentioned in the reasons.
The lecturer argues that the first reason, turtles get trapped rarely, is not true because many shrimpers catch thousands of turtle every year. Even though many escape through th eturtle passages, the cost as a whole would not be too high. The reading passage, however, argues that shrimpers would not be able to catch much turtles due to the escape of turtles and this method will cost them too much so it not an effective way to protect the turtles.
Regarding the second reason, shortening the time limit to keep net under water, the lecturer explains that it is impossible to impose time limits for keeping net under. Government can not monitor the time during which shrimpers using nets to capture turtles. The reading passage gives the opposite view.
Finally, the lecturer objects the third reason - not useful for larger species. She points out that lager TEDs can also be made to catch larger turtle species. Once large TEDs are produced this will not be problem. Thisis in direct contradiction with the claim in the reading passage that larger species will not fit in the TEDs.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 56, Rule ID: ADVERB_WORD_ORDER[9]
Message: The adverb 'rarely' is usually put before the verb 'trapped'.
Suggestion: rarely trapped
...gues that the first reason, turtles get trapped rarely, is not true because many shrimpers cat...
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Line 3, column 320, Rule ID: MUCH_COUNTABLE[1]
Message: Use 'many' with countable nouns.
Suggestion: many
...at shrimpers would not be able to catch much turtles due to the escape of turtles an...
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Line 7, column 161, Rule ID: SENTENCE_FRAGMENT[1]
Message: “Once” at the beginning of a sentence requires a 2nd clause. Maybe a comma, question or exclamation mark is missing, or the sentence is incomplete and should be joined with the following sentence.
...be made to catch larger turtle species. Once large TEDs are produced this will not b...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, finally, first, however, regarding, second, so, third
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 5.04856512141 139% => OK
Conjunction : 3.0 7.30242825607 41% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 8.0 12.0772626932 66% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 13.0 22.412803532 58% => OK
Preposition: 26.0 30.3222958057 86% => 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: 1172.0 1373.03311258 85% => OK
No of words: 240.0 270.72406181 89% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.88333333333 5.08290768461 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.93597934253 4.04702891845 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.24680271713 2.5805825403 87% => OK
Unique words: 134.0 145.348785872 92% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.558333333333 0.540411800872 103% => OK
syllable_count: 351.9 419.366225166 84% => 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: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.51434878587 0% => OK
Preposition: 1.0 2.5761589404 39% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 13.0 13.0662251656 99% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 44.9429618793 49.2860985944 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 90.1538461538 110.228320801 82% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.4615384615 21.698381199 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.53846153846 7.06452816374 64% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 3.0 4.19205298013 72% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 3.0 4.33554083885 69% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 7.0 4.45695364238 157% => 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: 0.22057535464 0.272083759551 81% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0729577297583 0.0996497079465 73% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0645829370595 0.0662205650399 98% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.121571507711 0.162205337803 75% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0275212726804 0.0443174109184 62% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.8 13.3589403974 81% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 53.8541721854 115% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 5.55761589404 56% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 11.0289183223 83% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.02 12.2367328918 90% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.02 8.42419426049 95% => OK
difficult_words: 53.0 63.6247240618 83% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.7273730684 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.2008830022 80% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 78.3333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 23.5 Out of 30
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