新西兰英语 758 Statistics

 　　Statistics¹ New Zealand is a government department. The census² information is an important part of their job but they also give us a lot of information about our country, people and economy at other times. You might like to look at these two web sites.

　　Facts. This gives you a map of NZ with some pictures on it. Hold the mouse over the pictures and it tells you some information about that area. For example, if you hold your mouse over the signpost saying Beach, on the West Coast of the South Island, you will see that people living there are close to the coast but also 65% of Kiwis in 2006 lived within 5km of the coast. Another fact is that Auckland has 2757 cafes and restaurants while Wellington has only 810.

　　Every year, Stats New Zealand prints a small booklet of useful information about New Zealand. You can ask them to send you a copy or you can find it on the website New Zealand in Profile³. You can find the top 10 imports and exports and our top 5 trading countries. You can see that we have 31.2 million sheep and 6.5 million dairy⁴ cows.

　　Vocabulary

　　?statistics (stats) – mathematics which organises data from surveys etc

　　?census – see February 19th 2013

　　?profile – summary of main ideas

　　?dairy cows give milk

1 statistics   

n.统计，统计数字，统计学

参考例句：

• 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。

2 census   

n.(官方的)人口调查，人口普查

参考例句：

• 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。

3 profile   

n.侧面，轮廓，人物素描；概要，人物简介；v.描绘...轮廓，评论人物

参考例句：

• I turned my head and saw the profile of a man.我转过头，看见一个人的侧影。
• He drew her profile.他给她画侧面像。

4 dairy   

n.牛奶场，乳品店；adj.乳制品的

参考例句：

• The yogurt sold by this dairy is delicious.这家乳品店出售的酸奶非常好喝。
• He kept a few dairy cows.他养了几头奶牛。