中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
英語學習論壇的“聽力練習區”正式與大家見面啦。歡迎大家來這里練習聽力，交流經驗，共同進步。
本練習區的音頻文件選自英語點津的“聽中國日報”、“VOA常速”、“流行金曲”及“名人演講”等欄目，題材豐富，難度各異，適合不同階段的英語學習者。
英語點津會定期發布音頻材料，大家可以在跟帖中貼出自己聽寫出的音頻文字稿。每個音頻材料的標準文字稿會在帖子發布兩天后公布。
As part of the country's sixth national census, which began on Monday, 100,000 census takers are knocking on doors in Beijing. They have 10 days to complete their task.
"Time is limited and the workload is huge," said Sun Shuzhen, deputy director of the census office in Dongcheng district.
The exercise will involve 6 million door-to-door census takers visiting 400 million households, including foreigners and people from Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macao who live on the mainland.
The once-in-a-decade census will form the basis for policy-making in the world's most populous country, estimated last year to have more than 1.3 billion people.
China's last census in 2000 showed the population at 1.295 billion, compared to 594 million when the first census was conducted in 1953.
According to the regulation on population census, all personal information collected in the census is strictly confidential and will be handed in directly to the bureau for data processing.
Questions:
1. How often is a census taken in China?
2. China’s last census taken in 2000 showed the population at nearly 1.3 billion people. How many people were counted when the first census was conducted in 1953?
3. Will personal information be made public following the census?
Answers:
1. A census is taken once a decade in China.
2. In 1953, census takers counted 594 million people.
3. No. All personal information collected in a census is “strictly confidential”.
（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）
About the broadcaster:
Renee Haines is an editor and broadcaster at China Daily. Renee has more than 15 years of experience as a newspaper editor, radio station anchor and news director, news-wire service reporter and bureau chief, magazine writer, book editor and website consultant. She came to China from the United States.
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