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According to the listening, the lecturer alleges that genetically modified crops: GMO has negative effects on humans as well as environment. This casts doubts on the reading passage’s claim that GMO is the best scientific method to solve world starving.
Firstly, the speaker mentioned that other natural crops can be damaged by GMO crops while pollinating og GMO. GMO’s pollens can reach broad area and these powders can ruin natural crops by changing natural crops’ genes. Also, GMO arouse super weed insects which are hazardous to crops. This contradicts to the reading passage’s maintenance that GMO has advantage of resistance of insects.
Secondly, genetically modified crops require a large sum of money to people. In other words, it is useless scientific method for farmers who live in developing country to grow GMO. Also, GMO bring not that much outputs to farmers. This challanges to the reading script where it says GMO enables farmers to earn a lot of money, since, genetically modified crops yield abundant crops.
Thirdly, GMO have negative effects on people’s health: allergy and growth of anti-biotic resistance. In addition, the rate of nations oppose to import of GMO is increasing. This shows that GMO are not a reliable method in growing crops. This goes against to the reading script’s arguement that genetically modified crops have affluent nutritions than we usually think. |