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      2. What measures are necessary to improve the present penitentiary
         system?
      3. What is the attitude of the society to ex-prisoners? Does this problem
         have a solution?

       Listening and Speaking
       Exercise 8. Before listening to the text “Rehabilitation” make sure that
you know the following words from it. Match the words with their definitions
and translate them.

   1. adjust              a) chosen to do
                          b) a house where people can stay cheaply for a
   2. compulsory
                              short time
                          c) get used to something by changing your
   3. furlough
                              behaviour or ideas
   4. hostel              d) leave
   5. release             e) obligatory
   6. voluntary           f) set free

     Exercise 9. Listen to the text “Rehabilitation” twice and choose the right
answer. Prove your choice by providing the context.

      1. The purpose of hostels is
      A) serve as local prisons
      B) serve as pre-release centers
      C) serve as prisons for the long-term offenders
      2. The Prison Service helps prisoners
      A) to adjust to life in society
      B) to have all equipment necessary for work
      C) to understand their duties
      3. Adult offenders
      A) must take public exams
      B) may receive physical education
      C) must study 15 hours a week
      4. Prison Industries help prisoners
      A) to find a job after the release
      B) to acquire experience in highly-paid professions
      C) to get some work skills
      5. Hostellers are allowed to leave their hostel
      A) only at weekends
      B) only at Christmas
      C) each evening

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