Listening

Security #41

ILR 3 · Security & military · radio roundtable · natural recording

Play the recording, then answer the questions.

Question 1 of 6What is the core disagreement in this exchange?
Question 2 of 6What does the researcher say happens to some young men who are wrongly arrested?
Question 3 of 6What does the brigadier's image of mowing grass suggest?
Question 4 of 6Why does the researcher say "we're doing it on their behalf"?
Question 5 of 6What does the brigadier imply by "fine talk for conference halls"?
Question 6 of 6What does the moderator's closing remark suggest?
Vocabulary
اجْتِثَاثuprooting, eradication
لَا جِدَالَ فِيهَاindisputable
الْمُسَكِّنpainkiller
الْعِلَّةillness, root cause
الْقُضْبَانbars (of a cell)
يُبْعَثُ مِنْ رَمَادِهِrises from its ashes
الْقَبْضَة الْأَمْنِيَّةsecurity grip, crackdown
نِيَابَةً عَنْon behalf of
الْحَاجِزcheckpoint
تَرَفluxury
أَسْلَاكwires, wiring
نَبْرَةtone