英语新闻听写 美国多公司反对2020人口普查新问题

A number of U.S. companies are warning the Trump¹ administration that a citizenship² question on the 2020 Census³ would harm business if it leads to an undercount of immigrants.

许多美国公司都在告诫特朗普政权，如果2020年人口普查中提问的公民身份问题导致移民人数被低估，那么企业将受到损害。

They say the question could undermine the data they use to place stores, plan inventory⁴ and plot ad campaigns.

他们表示，这个问题可能会破坏他们用来选择商店地址、计划库存和策划广告活动的数据。

The main purpose of the Census, which occurs every 10 years, is to draw voting districts and divide some $800 billion in federal programs.

人口普查每十年举行一次，它的主要目的是划分选区，并在联邦计划中分配大约8000亿美元。

For companies, it provides the most detailed⁵ picture available of consumer and labor⁶ markets.

对企业来说，它会提供关于消费者和劳动力市场的最详细的信息。

Under the current administration's proposal, the Census would ask whether respondents are citizens of the United States for the first time in 70 years.

根据本届政府的提议，本次人口普查将询问受访者是否为美国公民，这是70年来的第一次。

1 trump   

n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭

参考例句：

• He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
• The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。

2 citizenship   

n.市民权，公民权，国民的义务(身份)

参考例句：

• He was born in Sweden,but he doesn't have Swedish citizenship.他在瑞典出生，但没有瑞典公民身分。
• Ten years later,she chose to take Australian citizenship.十年后，她选择了澳大利亚国籍。

3 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。

4 inventory   

n.详细目录，存货清单

参考例句：

• Some stores inventory their stock once a week.有些商店每周清点存货一次。
• We will need to call on our supplier to get more inventory.我们必须请供应商送来更多存货。

5 detailed   

adj.详细的，详尽的，极注意细节的，完全的

参考例句：

• He had made a detailed study of the terrain.他对地形作了缜密的研究。
• A detailed list of our publications is available on request.我们的出版物有一份详细的目录备索。

6 labor   

n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦

参考例句：

• We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
• He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。