■ 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
▶ Topic :Mima mounds
▶ Your Answer :
It is controversial over how mima mounds were formed. In the lecture, the speaker asserts that the theories suggested in the reading are groundless. This casts down on the reading passage's point that there are plausible theories to explain.
To begin with, the lecturer contends that it was less likely that Native American tribes built mima mounds. To be specific, experts closely examined the human remains but failed to find evidence among them. This is contradictory to the reading's claim that tribes made the mounds for religious ceremony.
On top of that, the speaker maintains that it is not plausible to believe that seismic activities is a reason. This is because that there are no mima mounds in other places where earthquake are taking place. Besides, some regions that there are mounds have stable ground. This view is in direct opposition to the reading's assertion that the earthquake brought about mima mounds.
Lastly, the lecturer points out the problem about a theorem regarding with small burrowing animals called the gophers. This is since no one could give testimony over whether the animals made the mounds or not. In addition, the mounds are not nice place to live for them. This refutes the reading passage's insistence that the gophers were attributable to build the mounds.