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According to the reading materials, a type of evergreen tree named Torreya taxifolia

started to die out in the 1950s, and the experts are considering three ways to
address the decline of Torreya. However, the speaker considered all of these three
ways could not be used to solve the problem of Torreya taxifolia's extinction.
Firstly, the author believes that Torreya should be reestablished in the same
location in which it thrived. There are a specific microclimate is very favorable to
Torreya. In fact, she believes that these solutions won’t lead to satisfactory
consequences at all. Firstly, the professor mentions that help the Torreya reestablish
in its original habitat is unlikely to success. She claims that the coolest and dampest
area of the microclimate is strongly influenced by many worldwide climate effects
such as the global warming, thus it is impossible for Torreya to thrive again in the
same place. This strongly opposes the first method in the reading passage.
Secondly,  the  professor  claims  that  moving  Torreya  to  a  totally  different
location  is  also unrealistic. She takes Black Locus as an example. Black Locus thrives
quickly after entering a new habitat and endangers many scarce species. The
professor points out the disastrous consequence and opposes the second method
raised in the reading passage. Last but not least, the professor claims that keeping
Terroya in research center won’t be a good method either. Trees preserved in the
center cannot resist diseases in the long run. The professor again opposes the last
method in the reading passage.

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