Integrated Writing .. Altruism

[MoeAziz]

The reading passage:



The listening passage: I'm sorry kitos, but you need to download it 'cause i couldn't find the script. So I uploaded the audio passage :(

http://www.2shared.com/audio/JDaohQIH/M-HTOEFLTrack_1-42.html?

The question: Summarize the points in made in this lecture ( the listening passage), being sure to explain how they oppose specific points made in the reading passage.

My answer:

In this set of materials, the information in the reading passage cites beliefs about a certain type of a behavior. While on the other hand, the information listening passage cites facts which oppose the information in the reading passage.

In the reading passage, the author discusses Altruism which is a type of behavior among animals and humans in which they sacrifice their own interest for nothing. The author exemplifies Altruism among humans by donating an organ to a family member or a stranger. The author also provides an example of Altruism among animals of a meerkat that stands guard for other meerkats while they are hunting for food or eating food they have obtained. When the standing guard meerkat sees a predator; it alarms other meerkats so that they can run. Therefore, it puts itself in great danger and gains nothing in return.

In the listening passage, the speaker opposes the information in the reading passage by showing that the donators and the guarding meerkat gain something for themselves. She says that people receive appreciation and approval from others when they donate a kidney to a family member or a stranger. She also says that the guarding meerkat doesn't put itself in great danger for nothing in which this guarding meerkat stands guard after eating and filling its stomach, she also mentions that it is the first of meerkats to run since it is the first who sees the predator. Hence, the guarding meerkat doesn't put itself in danger for nothing.

TOEFL listening lectures: A university lecture by a professor of Social History (2)

[Kitosdad]