■ Direction You have 20 minutes to plan and write your response. You response will be judge on the basis of The quality of writing and on how well your response presents the points in the lecture and the relationship to the reading passage. Typically, an effective response will be 150 to 225 words. ■ Question Summarize the points made in the lecture you just heard, explaining how they cast doubt on the points made in the reading
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▶ Your Answer : In the given set of information , the lecture and the reading passage deal with white nose syndrome, a contagious disease caused by fungus that grows on bats. The lecturer casts doubt on the reading passage's claim on possible solutions to stop the spread of the fungus, by presenting three possible counterarguments.
FIrst of all, the reading passage claims that increasing the level of acidity in bat caves will discourage fungus to thrive and grow. However, the lecturer argues that this claim is disputable. This is because recent experiment proved that certain types of fungus are tolerant in a wide range of conditions including highly acidic environment. Besides, altering the acidity in the caves would be difficult.
Next, according to the reading passage, drugs could be used to treat contaminated areas where the fungus is thriving. However, the lecturer claims that the claim is controversial. To be specific, although this tactic may stop the fungal growth, environmental problems will follow. It will destroy beneficial fungus, endangered bats and other species by affecting the ecosystem in the cave.
Lastly, the lecturer disagrees on the point made in the reading passage on providing artificial habitats to protect bats from deadly fungus. She contends that this method is impratical as the cave-like setting can not serve every existing wild bats. Moreover, bats will be protected temporarily and will be vulnerable to WNS once released. |
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In the given
set of information, the lecture and the reading passage deal with white nose
syndrome, a contagious disease caused by fungus that grows on bats. The
lecturer casts doubt on the reading passage's claim on possible solutions
to stop the spread of the fungus, by presenting three possible
counterarguments.
First of all, the
reading passage claims that increasing the level of acidity in bat caves will
discourage fungus to thrive and grow. However, the lecturer argues that this
claim is disputable. This is because recent experiment proved that certain
types of fungus are tolerant in a wide range of conditions including highly
acidic environment. Besides, altering the acidity in the caves would
be difficult.
Next, according
to the reading passage, drugs could be used to treat contaminated areas where
the fungus is thriving. However, the lecturer claims that the claim is
controversial. To be specific, although this tactic may stop the fungal
growth, environmental problems will follow. It will destroy beneficial fungus,
endangered bats and other species by affecting the ecosystem in the cave.
Lastly, the
lecturer disagrees on the point made in the reading passage on providing
artificial habitats to protect bats from deadly fungus. She contends that this
method is impractical(impractical) as the cave-like setting
cannot serve every existing wild bats. Moreover, bats will be protected
temporarily and will be vulnerable to WNS once released.
Writing 0-30 Score Scale
Fair (17-23)
Overall Comment: Lecturer와 reading
passage의 핵심포인트들을 잘 잡았고 잘 표현했습니다. 그러나 토플 형식 맞게 구성하지
않았습니다. 서론은 (듣기 도입-읽기 주제)형식 맞게 구성해주시고 본론은 (듣기 반론-읽기 근거)형식
맞게 구성하세요. 읽기를 언급할 때 (this counters, this
refutes, this contradicts)표현으로 시작하여 언급하세요. 형식만 고치면
좋은 점수가 기대됩니다.