新西兰英语 168 Commuting to Work
The Statistics 1 Department has just given us the figures for how people commute 2 to work. They gave percentages of people who drive, walk, cycle or take public transport to work. These figures come from the census 3 in 2006. Every five years, we have a census when we fill in a lot of information about ourselves and our families. The Statistics Department then uses this information to tell us things like the number and ages of people living in different parts of the country.
The information about commuting 4 to work is interesting because most people do not commute long distances in New Zealand. Even in our biggest city, Auckland which has more than a million people, the median distance that people travel to work is only 6km. More people now drive to work than 10 years ago. In Auckland, only 4% use public transport and in Christchurch, only 1% and those are mostly women. Wellington is unusual because 25% use public transport. The geography of Wellington is different from Auckland. Many people live north of the city near a rail line which is very convenient for them. There is only one motorway 5 in Wellington from Lower Hutt into the city. Christchurch is flat so it is more attractive for cyclists, but only 6% cycle to work and most of those are men. 4% walk or jog to work.
In the ten years between 1996 and 2006, there has been a 21% increase in the number of workers in the cities but a 14% increase in population. More people now live on the edge of the cities in smaller towns.
- We have statistics for the last year.我们有去年的统计资料。
- Statistics is taught in many colleges.许多大学都教授统计学。
- I spend much less time on my commute to work now.我现在工作的往返时间要节省好多。
- Most office workers commute from the suburbs.很多公司的职员都是从郊外来上班的。
- 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。
- I used the commuting time to read and answer my mail. 我利用上下班在汽车中的时间来阅读和答复给我的函电。
- Noncommuting objects are as real to the mathematicians as commuting objects. 对于数学家来说，不可交换的对象与可交换的对象是一样真实的。