与美国小学生一起学英文第12册 第26期:人口调查

 　　Census¹ 人口调查

　　Do you know what a census is? 你知道什么是人口调查吗？

　　It is an official survey of a country to learn about people living in the country. 它是一个国家用来了解人民生活的官方调查。

　　In the United States, there is a government agency that takes the census. 在美国，有一个政府机构负责人口调查。

　　It sends survey letters to every household in the United States. 它向美国的每个家庭发送调查信件。

　　The survey asks the number of people in a household, their age, gender², jobs and so on. 调查询问家庭人数，他们的年龄、性别和工作等等。

　　In ancient Rome, a census was taken to record the number of adult men for military service. 在古罗马，人口调查用于记录参军的成年男子人数。

　　But now, countries take censuses³ to learn about their citizens and plan various policies. 但现在，国家实施人口调查用来了解公民和计划各种政策。

1 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• 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。

2 gender   

n.（生理上的）性，（名词、代词等的）性

参考例句：

• French differs from English in having gender for all nouns.法语不同于英语，所有的名词都有性。
• Women are sometimes denied opportunities solely because of their gender.妇女有时仅仅因为性别而无法获得种种机会。

3 censuses   

人口普查，统计( census的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Data derived from population censuses is useful for social researchers. 从人口普查中得到的数据对社会研究者们很有用处。
• UNFPA also helps countries compile reliable demographic data and carry out censuses. 人口基金还帮助各国汇编可靠的人口数据及开展人口普查。