SUN Wave Alexander Bodnar

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Today's words are “pull the plug.”

Pull the plug.

When you cancel or stop doing something, you pull the plug.

Headlines:

From NHK

After 56 years of production, Toshiba pulled the plug on its first television factory.

From Tech Wire Asia

Microsoft pulls the plug on China’s LinkedIn operations.

From The Guardian

Facebook is a harmful presence in our lives. It’s not too late to pull the plug on it

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〔活動などを〕やめる、打ち切る
・The producers pulled the plug on Kerry's new play. : プロデューサーは、ケリーの新しい舞台から手を引いた。

〔事業・融資などから〕手を引く、撤退する


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Welcome to Words in the News. I'm Alex Bodnar.

Today's word is mandatory.

Mandatory.

Mandatory means something that you must do. For example, the government or your boss might say to you, "You must get the vaccine." You cannot say no. It's mandatory. 

Example sentence: "The vaccine is mandatory."

Question: Do you think that the Covid vaccine should be mandatory? 

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mandatory: 必須、必須項目、義務化

mandatory vaccination:  強制接種

News item: Protesters in Calgary, Edmonton oppose mandatory vaccinations

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