The reading and the lecturer both are about genetically modified trees. The author believes that planting genetically modified trees has three benefits, and presents them in the article. The lecturer refutes the claims made in the article. Her position is that if we look closer, there are disadvantages to this approach.
To begin with, the reading asserts that modifying trees genetically will help them to survive hard conditions. The speaker claims that in every wild tree species, there are always few ones, which resist the bad environmental conditions, and survive. But genetically modified trees are much more uniform, and if a harmful situation like pests or climate change happens, they will all die.
Secondly, the passage states that genetically modified trees are lucrative for farmers. The lecturer, however, argues that there are hidden costs in planting those trees. Because every time the farmer is going to plant new seeds, he has to pay the seed company its price, and it is not free.
Finally, the writer of the article contends that overuse of wild trees will be prevented by raising genetically modified trees. The lecturer believes that planting such kinds of trees will damage the wild trees, because they grow aggressively among natural trees. They are going to compete with wild trees in absorbing water, nutrients, and sunlight. Eventually, make wild trees disappear.
The reading and the
lecturer
both are about
genetically
modified
trees
. The author believes that planting
genetically
modified
trees
has three benefits, and presents them in the article.
The
lecturer
refutes the claims made in the article. Her position is that if we look closer, there are disadvantages to this approach.
To
begin
with, the reading asserts that modifying
trees
genetically
will
help
them to survive
hard
conditions. The speaker claims that in every wild
tree
species, there are always few ones, which resist the
bad
environmental conditions, and survive.
But
genetically
modified
trees
are much more uniform, and if a harmful situation like pests or climate
change
happens, they will all
die
.
Secondly
, the passage states that
genetically
modified
trees
are lucrative for farmers. The
lecturer
,
however
, argues that there
are hidden
costs in planting those
trees
.
Because
every time the farmer is going to plant new seeds, he
has to
pay the seed
company
its price, and it is not free.
Finally
, the writer of the article contends that overuse of wild
trees
will be
prevented
by raising
genetically
modified
trees
. The
lecturer
believes that planting such kinds of
trees
will damage the wild
trees
,
because
they grow
aggressively
among natural
trees
. They are going to compete with wild
trees
in absorbing water, nutrients, and sunlight.
Eventually
,
make
wild
trees
disappear.