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Furthermore, it is said in the lecture that despite a decrease of fish in the upper water, there is in fact an increase of other fish, particularly those in the bottom. This is contrary to the argument in the passage that zebra mussels can pollute a water body, snatch food and cause the number of fish in it to decline. The reading passage presents three reasons for the disappearance of the Teotihuacan civilization, while the listening material refutes the claim by pointing out these explanations are unconvincing. To begin with, the lecturer states that in the city of Teotihuacan, only some religious structures, instead of residential ones, were burned, so it was unlikely that an outside invasion had led to the disappearance of the Teotihuacan civilization. This undermines the idea of the author that invasion from exotic group, possibly Toltecs, contributed to the extinction of the civilization, with the evidence that structures were burned in the city. In addition, the speaker suggests that the Teotihuacan people had experienced more severe famines and had survived them, thus they could handle a famine that lasted only a few years. This contradicts what is stated in the reading that because of a sudden climatic change, starvation was widespread in the region for a few years and resulted in social change which in turn gave rise to the disappearance of the Teotihuacan civilization. Furthermore, it is said in the lecture that the Teotihuacan people could exchange their common but highly desirable obsidian for their needed resources, such as food and water. This is contrary to the argument in the passage that deforestation led to the extinction. Since the Teotihuacan people had cut many trees and depleted their needed resources, they had to desert their city. The reading passage presents biofules have some negative effects on food supply despite being environmentally friendly, while the listening material refutes the claim by pointing out these impacts can be ig