Listening
Security #40
ILR 3 · Security & military · radio commentary · broadcast recording
Play the recording, then answer the questions.
Question 1 of 6What is the commentator's central argument?
Question 2 of 6Which problem in prisons does the commentator describe?
Question 3 of 6What is the commentator implying about the official name of prisons?
Question 4 of 6What does the commentator suggest by "we were the ones who closed every door"?
Question 5 of 6Why does the commentator mention critics accusing him of wanting five-star hotels?
Question 6 of 6What does the closing question imply about prison policy?
Vocabulary
رَقِيقgentle, delicate
الْمُسَمَّىthe thing named
مُكْتَظّovercrowded
نُزَلَاءinmates
أَعْوَاد الثِّقَابmatchsticks
تَتَلْمَذُوا عَلَىapprenticed under
وَصْمَةstigma
الرِّزْق الْحَلَالhonest livelihood
غَلَبَ الطَّبْعُ التَّطَبُّعَnature overcame nurture
الْعَوْد إِلَى الْجَرِيمَةreoffending
التَّسَاهُلleniency
عَلَى أَكْمَلِ وَجْهٍperfectly