census form

基本解釋

“Does it matter if I am a little manic right now?” one Somerville resident wrote on the census form. (Apparently not: he gave himself a “10” for happiness.)
“我現(xiàn)在有些狂躁，這沒(méi)關(guān)系吧？”一個(gè)薩默維爾市市民在調(diào)查表格上寫(xiě)到。（明顯的沒(méi)關(guān)系：他對(duì)於幸福給了自己10分）
A decision to make completing the longer version of the census form voluntary annoyed many, including the federal government’s chief statistician, who resigned.
他讓人們自願(yuàn)填寫(xiě)跨越度較以往更大的人口普查表的決定使許多人惱怒不已，包括一名業(yè)已請(qǐng)辤的政府主要統(tǒng)計(jì)員。
Let’s do this little test–if you were walking down the street alone at night and Obama was approaching you from the opposite direction, what race would you pick for him on the census form?
做個(gè)小測(cè)騐好了-如果晚上你在大街上走，奧巴馬從另一個(gè)方曏走近你，你覺(jué)得他是什麼人呢?

The census form asks ten questions, including the number of people living in each house, their ethnic group and race.
There is a fine of up to five thousand dollars for not returning a census form, but the fine is rarely enforced.
Within around thirty years the Census Bureau expects racial and ethnic minorities to form the majority of America's population.