▶ Your Answer : In the reading passage, there is ample support for the author’s claim that GM crops are advantageous for humans. However, the professor in the lecture gives several reasons as a rebuttal to the author’s point. First, the professor contends that GM crops cannot be the genuine key to the world starvation. As more crops produced than the amount of our consumption, the problem was not enough manufacturing amount but unevenly distributing system. This casts doubt on the reading passage’s claim that GM crops can aid to resolve world starvation. Next, the professor insists that the price of food will be inflated. Companies has invested lots of moneys to invent GM seeds and therefore they anticipate to make billionaire dollars. And since there has been plenty of water needed, the cost of seeds would not be that cheap. This counters the reading passage’s assertion that GM crops will deflate the cost of food. Finally, the professor argues that GM vaccines have the equal problem as outdated ones. Since GM vaccines has been made from bananas and tomatoes that easily go bad, it needs to be kept in cool condition either. This makes it harder to store and transport. This refutes the reading passage’s suggestion that GM crops will assist vaccine production. In conclusion, the professor effectively contradicts the points made in the reading by providing logical reasoning. |