▶ Your Answer : In the reading passage, there is ample
support for the author’s claim that because of the environmental problems, The
Everglades will be destroyed. However, the professor in the lecture gives
several reasons as a rebuttal to the author’s point.
First, the professor contends that water
pollution from agricultural facilities will decline. This is due to the fact
that a new regulation is enacted, and it restricts the use of chemical
materials for fertilization. Also, by the policies, farmers have to change fertilizers
that doesn’t contain dangerous materials. This casts doubt on the reading
passage’s claim that the Everglades will be demolished by water pollution from
agricultural facilities.
Second, the professor argues that there remains
soil in the Everglades. To be specific, although in the past government made
soil arid and weak people have begun restoring soil. Also, the restoration
project has been more boosted than people expected. Therefore, returning
original condition will not take long times. This counters the reading passage’s
claim that soil is losing very quickly.
Third, the professor insists that it is
unlikely for human development to threaten wildlife. From the reading passages,
panthers will disappear in the Florida; however, governments switched a lot of
areas to wild marshland, which allows panthers to be able to survive in the
places. This refutes the reading passage’s claim that human development is a
dangerous factor to wildlife of the Everglades. |