Debate week
Debate Topic: Population crisis – should Japan encourage more immigration?
Vocabulary:
plunge: (v.) go down drastically or submerge in water
OECD: (abbreviation) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, a group of 38 countries
last resort: (n.) an option for dealing with a problem reserved for last in case of an emergency
demographic: (n./adj.) (related to) the different sectors of a population
ticking time bomb: (idiom) a situation that is likely to cause severe damage at some point in the future
be cut off from the world: (phrase) be completely isolated
champion (a cause): (v.) strongly support or defend a cause
double down on (something): (v.) refuse to change one’s mind about continuing with an action, even if there is risk or backlash in doing it.