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EU Vaccine Roll-out

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ヨーロッパ各国の首相はワクチンの供給をスピードアップさせるため協議する予定です。あなたの国のワクチン接種の開始状況はいかがですか? European leaders are going to meet to discuss how to distribute vaccines faster. How is your country rolling out the vaccines?

6 Useful words

  1. To lock up
    To put someone in prison or a psychiatric hospital.
    She was locked up for fifteen years for the murder of her husband.
  2. To lag
    To fail to keep up with others in movement or development.
    The student’s progress was lagging compared to his classmates; he would need private tutoring to reach the same level.
  3. Involvement
    Participation in an activity.
    His involvement in the debate club helped him develop good leadership..
  4. To hold to account
    To make someone explain publicly why they made a mistake or committed a crime.
    The politician is being held to account regarding his decision to side with the mafia.
  5. Unanimously
    Without opposition; with the agreement of everyone involved.
    The council agreed unanimously that bullying among students was an issue and it needed to be stopped.
  6. Non-binding
    Not legally necessary to obey or follow.
    The committee’s vote is non-binding.

True False Questions

False.
{...claims that another Dubai royal princess attempted to escape the country 20 years ago but was recaptured in Britain and locked up for eight years.}
True.
{The EU’s vaccination rate is lagging significantly behind that of the UK and US}
True.
{For the first time ever a German court has convicted a former Syrian intelligence officer of involvement in crimes against humanity.}
True.
{The IOC voted unanimously...}
False.
{...to accept the Queensland city as the first non-binding choice for the games.}

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