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VOA标准英语2010年-US on Front Lines of Demographic Trans

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每日一词【906】census：人口普查

今天我们要学的词是census。 Census, 是人口普查的意思。The U.S. Census Bureau kicked off its 2010 population count in a remote Alaskan village on Monday, 美国人口普查局星期一在阿拉斯加一个偏远的小村庄正式开始

US Census

An old man was sitting on his porch （门廊）, when a young man walked up with a pad and pencil in his hand. What are you selling young man, the oldman asked. I'm not selling anything, the young man said. I'm the Census Taker(户口调查人员）

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