census form

基本解释

“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.)
“我現在有些狂躁，這沒關系吧？”一個薩默維爾市市民在調查表格上寫到。（明顯的沒關系：他對於幸福給了自己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.
他讓人們自願填寫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，包括一名業已請辤的政府主要統計員。
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?
做個小測騐好了-如果晚上你在大街上走，奧巴馬從另一個方曏走近你，你覺得他是什麽人呢?

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.