It
is controversial how Taltihwaka, the ancient city where in now Maxico, collapsed.
The speaker disagrees with reasons that mentioned in passage and makes points
against the author’s claims.
First,
The speaker argues that it just small fraction burned. The lecture explains that
many of the properties like dishes and pots. This opposes the author’s claim
that the city was burned by foreign invaders. The reading insists that because
of burning the city collapsed.
Second,
The professor says that the people of the city already well knew how to cope
with drought. The speaker mentions that the geography of the city is same as
Mexico, so the drought is not unsolvable problems to them. This differs from
the passage’s position that severe drought is the reason of collapse. The
author argues that skeleton of juvenile that shows malnutrition is the evidence
of people who starved to death
Finally,
The lecture asserts that Deforestation had been about 100 years. The professor
contends that it just a challenge, not collapse. This contradicts the author’s
contention that cutting too many trees led to collapse. The passage insists
that it result in soil erosion and mineral depletion.
To
sum up, the listening contradicts the reasons that mentioned in passage. |