The text explains a turtle excluder device called TED which helps the endangered sea turtles not to die by escaping from the shrimp fishers' nets and going to the surface to breathe. Then the listening passage contradicts the ideas of the text about why TED isn't good.
First, it is written in the text that using TED isn't an optimal solution for saving mentioned turtles because a shrimp boat catches about one turtle in a month; the professor, however, believes that there are thousands of shrimp boats, and by considering the large scale of these boats, too many turtles will die. The professor also contradicts the text regarding losing shrimps.
Second, the text suggests using a time limit for the nets to stay underwater. By using this solution, turtles will be able to breathe after that time, and shrimp fishers will be able to release the turtles which are stuck in the net; the listening passage, however, thinks of this solution as just a theory and it can not do it because the shrimp fishers can not monitor time limits.
Finally, the text explains that TEDs can not release other species of turtles because of their larger size; the professor, however, says that they also can be released by producing larger TEDs.
To sum up, the listening passage causes doubt on the points made in the reading passage.
The
text
explains
a
turtle
excluder
device called TED which
helps
the endangered sea
turtles
not to
die
by escaping from the
shrimp
fishers' nets and going to the surface to breathe. Then the listening
passage
contradicts the
ideas
of the
text
about why TED isn't
good
.
First
, it
is written
in the
text
that using TED isn't an optimal solution for saving mentioned
turtles
because
a
shrimp
boat catches about one
turtle
in a month; the professor,
however
, believes that there are thousands of
shrimp
boats, and by considering the large scale of these boats, too
many
turtles
will
die
. The professor
also
contradicts the
text
regarding losing shrimps.
Second, the
text
suggests using a time limit for the nets to stay underwater. By using this solution,
turtles
will be able to breathe after that time, and
shrimp
fishers will be able to release the
turtles
which
are stuck
in the net; the listening
passage
,
however
,
thinks
of this solution as
just
a theory and it can not do it
because
the
shrimp
fishers can not monitor time limits.
Finally
, the
text
explains
that
TEDs
can not release other species of
turtles
because
of their larger size; the professor,
however
, says that they
also
can
be released
by producing larger
TEDs
.
To sum up, the listening
passage
causes doubt on the points made in the reading
passage
.