VOA标准英语2010年-Website of the Week - 2010 Census
时间：2019-01-13 作者：英语课 分类：VOA标准英语2010年(二月)
Congressional representation, billions in government aid depend on once-a-decade count
Art Chimes | Washington, DC 25 February 2010
Census 1 technology has come a long way since punch cards were used in the 1940/1960 census.
Time again for our Website of the Week, when we showcase interesting and innovative 2 online destinations.
Once every 10 years the U.S. government conducts a census of everyone living in the United States. It's mandated 3 in our Constitution, and the information collected is used in a variety of ways. It determines whether states gain or lose seats in Congress, it plays a key role in determining how federal programs distribute some $400 billion to states and localities, it fuels academic research, and it helps businesses decide where to put new stores. The place to learn more is 2010.census.gov.
"Our mission is to give you, the public, the best statistical 4 information about our economy and society. You may recognize our work when you hear reports on the economy, health care, unemployment, housing, trade, and a lot of other topics," says census director Robert Groves 5.
The U.S. Census Bureau is sending out millions of census forms. Each household is asked to fill in the 10-question form and mail it back.
To avoid costly 6 follow-up, the census is mounting a TV campaign, including spots aimed at groups less likely to send back their form, such as young adults.
Members of ethnic 7 minorities are also less likely to answer the census, so the census website includes videos designed to reassure 8 people who may fear contact with federal officials. One of the clips features Detroit official Durene Brown, who cautioned that, "we need to get rid of any fears that they might have about privacy or any other issues. ... Everybody needs to be counted."
Census day is April 1. Learn more about America's once-a-decade census at 2010.census.gov, or visit our site, VOAnews.com, for the link to this and hundreds of other Websites of the Week.
- A census of population is taken every ten years.人口普查每10年进行一次。
- The census is taken one time every four years in our country.我国每四年一次人口普查。
- Discover an innovative way of marketing.发现一个创新的营销方式。
- He was one of the most creative and innovative engineers of his generation.他是他那代人当中最富创造性与革新精神的工程师之一。
- Mandated desegregation of public schools. 命令解除公立学校中的种族隔离
- Britain was mandated to govern the former colony of German East Africa. 英国受权代管德国在东非的前殖民地。
- He showed the price fluctuations in a statistical table.他用统计表显示价格的波动。
- They're making detailed statistical analysis.他们正在做具体的统计分析。
- The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
- The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。
- It must be very costly to keep up a house like this.维修这么一幢房子一定很昂贵。
- This dictionary is very useful,only it is a bit costly.这本词典很有用，左不过贵了些。
- This music would sound more ethnic if you played it in steel drums.如果你用钢鼓演奏，这首乐曲将更具民族特色。
- The plan is likely only to aggravate ethnic frictions.这一方案很有可能只会加剧种族冲突。