▶ Your Answer :
In the lecture, the speaker contends that the claim suggested in the reading is groundless. This casts doubt on the reading's assertion that GM crops are good for humans.
To begin with, the lecturer asserts that it is unlikely that producing GM crops is one way to solve the problem of world hunger. What this means is that Although people can increase crop yields by producing GM crops, they cannot relieve world hunger. She points out that the world already produce enough food to feed most people, so distributing unequally is a real problem. This is in contradiction to the reading passage's point that GM crops can enable people to solve the problem of world hunger. In addition, the speaker maintains that it is untrue that people can reduce food prices by producing GM crops. To explain, certain companies that expect profit sell GM crops' seeds with expensive prices and more water is required to raise GM crops than normal palnts, which contribute to expensive prices. This is in direct opposition to the reading's claim that people can lower the price of food by producing GM crops.
Lastly, the lecturer mentions that vaccines made by GM crops cannot be easily stored and shipped. She supports her idea by saying that vaccines made by GM crops are made up of fruits that are likely to become easily spoiled such as Banana. For this reason, people have to keep vaccines GM crops continuously cooled, so it is not easy to store. This rebuffs the reading passage's insistence that people can easily store and ship vaccines made by GM crops. |