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1、20高级英语视听说book2听力文本Book2Chapter1ThePopulationTodaywe’regoingtotalkaboutpopulationintheUnitedStates.Accordingtothemostrecentgovernmentcensus,thepopulationis281,421,906people.Nowthisrepresentsanincreaseofalmost33millionpeoplesincethe1990census.Apopulati
2、onofover281millionmakestheUnitedStatesthethirdmostpopulouscountryinthewholeworld.Asyouprobablyknow,thePeople’sRepublicofChinaisthemostpopulouscountryintheworld.Butdoyouknowwhichisthesecondmostpopulous?Well,ifyouthoughtIndia,youwereright.Thefourth,fif
3、th,andsixthmostpopulouscountriesareIndonesia,Brazil,andPakistan.Nowlet’sgetbacktotheUnitedStates.Let’slookatthetotalU.S.populationfigureof281millioninthreedifferentways.Thefirstwayisbyraceandorigin;thesecondisbygeographicaldistribution,orbywherepeopl
4、elive;andthethirdwayisbytheageandsexofthepopulation.Firstofall,let’stakealookatthepopulationbyraceandorigin.ThelatestU.S.censusreportsthat75.1percentofthepopulationiswhite,whereas12.3percentisblack.ThreepercentareofAsianorigin,and1percentisNativeAmer
5、ican.2.4percentofthepopulationisamixtureoftwoormoreraces,and5.5percentreportthemselvesas“ofsomeotherrace”.Let’smakesureyourfiguresareright:OK,white,75.1percent;black,12.3percent;Asian,3percent;NativeAmerican,1percent;amixtureoftwoormoreraces,2.4perce
6、nt;andofsomeotherrace,5.5percent.Hispanics,whoseoriginslieinSpanish-speakingcountries,comprisewhites,blacks,andNativeAmericans,sotheyarealreadyincludedintheabovefigures.ItisimportanttonotethatHispanicsmakeup12.5percentofthepresentU.S.population,howev
7、er.Finally,thecensustellsusthat31millionpeopleintheUnitedStateswereborninanothercountry.Ofthe31millionforeignborn,thelargestpart,27.6percentarefromMexico.Thenextlargestgroup,fromthePhilippines,number4.3percent.Anotherwayoflookingatthepopulationisbyge
8、ographicaldistribution.DoyouhaveanyideawhichstatesarethefivemostpopulousintheUnitedStates?Well,I’llhelpyououtthere.Thefivemostpopulousstates,withpopulationfigures,areCalifornia,withalmost34million;NewYork,with21million;Texas,with19million;andFlorida,
