时间:2019-01-12 作者:英语课 分类:2016年VOA慢速英语(四)月


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AS IT IS 2016-04-08 More People Move to Houston in US 越来越多的人来到美国休斯敦


More people moved to the Houston, Texas area in one year than to any other metropolitan 1 area in the United States.


The U.S. Census 2 Bureau recently released information about the growth of America’s cities in 2015.


It noted 3 that five metropolitan areas in Texas -- Midland, Odessa, Austin, College Station-Bryan and Houston -- are among the 20 fastest-growing areas in the country.


Texas gained almost a half-million new residents from July 2014 to July 2015. That is more than any other state.


Many people have also moved to Atlanta, Phoenix 4, New York and Los Angeles. The Census Bureau reported that Los Angeles County has more than 10 million people. It leads the nation’s 3,100 counties.


Metropolitan areas in Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina are also growing fast.


Last year, the population of North Carolina increased by more than 100,000 people. It is now the ninth state with 10 million or more residents. Most of the growth took place in or near the cities of Raleigh and Charlotte.


North Carolina’s metropolitan areas attract people because they have many different kinds of jobs and large universities and research organizations.


Rebecca Tippett is the director of Carolina Demography 5 at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Carolina Population Center. She told VOA that North Carolina has “everything from the mountains to the coast.” She moved there from Ohio. She says North Carolina is warmer.


The Villages, an area in Florida west of Orlando, was the fastest-growing metropolitan area in the United States, and has been for the past three years.


The Villages grew 4.3 percent between 2014 and 2015. Five other metropolitan areas in Florida are among the top 20 fastest-growing areas in the country.


Stefan Rayer is a population specialist at the University of Florida. He told VOA that “young people generally move either for education or for a job, and Florida is one of the largest states in the country. It’s very attractive. It has big metropolitan areas, it has good job opportunities, so that’s why people are moving to Florida.”


About 275 million people lived in the country’s metropolitan areas in 2015. That is an increase of about 2.5 million from 2014.


Words in This Story


metropolitan – adj. of or relating to a large city and the surrounding cities and towns


resident – n. someone who lives in a particular place


demography – n. the study of changes (such as the number of births, deaths or marriages) that take place over a period of time in human populations



adj.大城市的,大都会的
  • Metropolitan buildings become taller than ever.大城市的建筑变得比以前更高。
  • Metropolitan residents are used to fast rhythm.大都市的居民习惯于快节奏。
n.(官方的)人口调查,人口普查
  • 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。
adj.著名的,知名的
  • The local hotel is noted for its good table.当地的那家酒店以餐食精美而著称。
  • Jim is noted for arriving late for work.吉姆上班迟到出了名。
n.凤凰,长生(不死)鸟;引申为重生
  • The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
  • The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。
n.人口统计,人口学
  • Demography is the analysis of population variables.人口学是对人口变量的分析。
  • It was once a rule of demography that people have fewer children as their countries get richer.按人口统计学的一贯规律,一个国家里的人民越富有,他们所拥有的孩子就越少。
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