The article states that 2200 years ago Greeks used an ingenious weapon, in front of Roman attack, which was called " burning mirror" made by a big mirror to focus the Sun's rays and burned the ships, and provides three reasons of support. However, the professor says that the mentioned reasons in the article are not convincing then she refutes all of them.
Firs, the reading claims that ancient Greeks did not have enough technology to make such a huge mirror with precise parabolic curvature. The professor opposes this point by saying that the weapon was not necessarily one sheet. They had science to make many small pieces of parabolic mirrors and attach them to make a big curved mirror.
Second, the passage asserts that it would have taken a long time to burn a ship with a burning mirror. In an experiment, it took ten minutes to burn a stand wooden object from 30 meters distance, so it was impractical in battle. In contrast, the lecturer says that the ships were made from various materials which took a shorter time to be burned by Sun's rays; like " pitch" that was used to seal the ship from the water.
Third, the text mentions that the Greeks had better weapons like flaming arrows. Therefore, there was no reason to build the burning mirror. On the contrary, the professor states that there were some advantages of using the burning mirror. For example, the Romans were able to see thrown fires of the arrows, but they could not see anything when Greeks used a burning mirror. 
The article states that 2200 years ago Greeks  
used
 an ingenious weapon, in front of Roman attack, which  
was called
  "
;  
burning
  mirror"
; made by a  
big
 mirror to focus the Sun's rays and burned the  
ships
, and provides three reasons of support.  
However
, the professor says that the mentioned reasons in the article are not convincing then she refutes all of them.
Firs, the reading claims that ancient Greeks did not have  
enough
 technology to  
make
 such a huge mirror with precise parabolic curvature. The professor opposes this point by saying that the weapon was not  
necessarily
 one sheet. They had science to  
make
  many
  small
 pieces of parabolic mirrors and attach them to  
make
 a  
big
 curved mirror.
Second, the passage asserts that it would have taken a long time to burn a  
ship
 with a  
burning
 mirror. In an experiment, it took ten minutes to burn a stand wooden object from 30 meters distance,  
so
 it was impractical in battle.  
In contrast
, the lecturer says that the  
ships
  were made
 from various materials which took a shorter time to  
be burned
 by Sun's rays; like  
"
;  
pitch"
; that was  
used
 to seal the  
ship
 from the water.
Third, the text mentions that the Greeks had better weapons like flaming arrows.  
Therefore
, there was no reason to build the  
burning
 mirror.  
On the contrary
, the professor states that there were  
some
 advantages of using the  
burning
 mirror.  
For example
, the Romans were able to  
see
 thrown fires of the arrows,  
but
 they could not  
see
 anything when Greeks  
used
 a  
burning
 mirror.