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.)
“我现在有些狂躁，这没关系吧？”一个萨默维尔市市民在调查表格上写到。（明显的没关系：他对于幸福给了自己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.
他让人们自愿填写跨越度较以往更大的人口普查表的决定使许多人恼怒不已，包括一名业已请辞的政府主要统计员。
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?
做个小测验好了-如果晚上你在大街上走，奥巴马从另一个方向走近你，你觉得他是什么人呢?

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.