▶ Your Answer :
Both the reading and listening are discussing the
topic of the tamarisk beetle that reduce the amount of tamarisk tree. However,
their perspectives are different. The reading argues that using tamarisk beetle
is not good idea to eradicate tamarisk tree, while the professor in the
listening disagrees, and says otherwise.
First of all, the passage states that the spread of
tamarisk beetle will not be able to be controlled. To prove this point, the
reading provides that because of beetle's migration, expansion of this insect
is so fast that it is negative effect in environment. On the other hand, the
listening debunks by saying that they consume only one food source and a lot of natural predator feed on this insect, so their population
size can be controlled.
Second, the reading describes that insect need a lot
of time to remove a tamarisk tree because the beetle can give the tree less
amount of damage during spring and summer. However the listening contradicts by
stating that since this insect consume all tree's leaf that can convert energy
through photosynthesis, the tree cannot produce large amount of energy.
Finally, the reading says that tamarisk beetle bring
about the wildfire even more. The dead tree that are killed by this insect is
easier to fire. Once again, the listening argues otherwise by stressing that
government can prevent wildfires because they created prevention method such as
cleaning dead wood, and leaf that increase possibility of fire.
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