Writing 8: Responding to the Integrated Task
Answer Key
Exercise 1: Question: Summarize the points in the lecture, being sure to explain how they address the specific concerns in the reading passage. Exercise 2: Sample notes divided into two columns.
Reading
Lecture
Casts doubt on Reading claims, says args. ≠ convincing
In US, hum pop ↑ pesticds ↑ birds ↓
1 . yes hab . ↓ for some birds, for others ↑ ex . pijens (sp?), hawks in cities
1 . habitat ↓ , becuz ↑ people . = no homes for birds
2 . agric ↑ , less land for birds
2 . not true in US . LESS land for agr becuz crops r better .
3. yes pestcds killed birds in past, but now not so bad. Also some crops don’t need pestcds => okay 4 birds
3. people use ↑ pesticides for agric, gardns . Kills birds
Script Exercise 2 Lecture Narrator: Now listen to part of a lecture on the topic you just read about. Professor: The passage claims that there will be fewer and fewer birds, but the arguments used to support this claim are unconvincing. First, it’s true that urban growth has been bad for some types of birds, but urban development actually provides better and larger habitats for other types—so much so that city and suburban dwellers often complain about increased bird populations: seagulls at landfills, pigeons on the streets, and so on. Even birds like hawks and falcons can now be found in cities, where they prey on the increasing populations of pigeons and rodents. So it’s not going to be a story of uniform decline of bird populations in the future—some populations may shrink but
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