常春藤生活英語：Survey Says 問卷調(diào)查

Dialogue A

Today is the first day of Howard's new job. He is in charge of collecting surveys in front of a department store.

Howard:Hello. Do you have a minute to spare?

Woman 1:I'm sorry. No.

Howard:OK. Excuse me, could I interest you in filling out a survey?

Woman 2:Don't you know I'm on my lunch break?

Howard:But this will only take a minute.

Woman 2:I'm on a tight schedule.

Howard:All right. Hi, today is my first day and I was wondering…

Woman 3:I'm waiting for my boyfriend. Don't bother me.

今天是霍華開始新工作的第一天。他負(fù)責(zé)在百貨公司前面收集問卷調(diào)查表。

霍　華：您好。您能撥出一點(diǎn)時(shí)間嗎?

女子一：對(duì)不起。我沒空。

霍　華：好吧。不好意思，我能請(qǐng)您幫我填問卷嗎?

女子二：你不知道我正在午休嗎?

霍　華：但這只會(huì)花您一點(diǎn)時(shí)間而已。

女子二：我的行程很趕。

霍　華：沒關(guān)系。您好，今天是我第一天上班，不知道……

女子三：我在等我的男朋友。別煩我。

Dialogue B

Howard talks to Ariel, another survey collector.

Howard:Ariel, how many surveys have you gotten filled out today?

Ariel:Thirty. It's been a rewarding day.

Howard:How did you get so many? I've been out here for hours and have only gotten one.

Ariel:My first day was the hardest, too. I was tired of being rejected and wanted to quit. Then, I talked to Melissa.

Howard:Who's Melissa?

Ariel:She is the queen of surveys. She just stands there and people ask for surveys to fill out.

Howard:Really? I must go talk to her.

霍華跟另一位收集問卷的人員艾莉兒說話。

霍　華：艾莉兒，妳今天讓人填了幾份問卷?

艾莉兒：三十份。今天收獲還不錯(cuò)。

霍　華：妳怎么能得到那么多?我已經(jīng)在外面好幾個(gè)小時(shí)，卻只得到一份。

艾莉兒：我第一天上班也是最辛苦的。我被拒絕到煩，根本想要辭職。然后我就去找梅莉薩談。

霍　華：梅莉薩是誰?

艾莉兒：她是問卷女王。她只是站那里，人們就會(huì)找她要問卷來寫。

霍　華：真的嗎?我一定要找她談?wù)劇?/p>

Building Your Vocabulary

1.spare　vt. 撥出，騰出

I can't spare you any money.

我沒多余的錢給你。

2.tight　a.(時(shí)間)緊的

It will be a bit tight, but I think I can finish it.

時(shí)間有點(diǎn)緊迫，但我想我能將它完成。

3.rewarding　a. 有報(bào)酬的;有意義的

Teaching is a very rewarding career.

教書是一份很有意義的工作。

4.reject　vt. 拒絕

Ken was afraid that his idea would be rejected.

阿健害怕他的意見會(huì)被否決。

Phrases for Learning

1.be in charge of + 動(dòng)名詞∕名詞　　負(fù)責(zé)∕掌管……

Who is in charge of this department?

誰負(fù)責(zé)管理這個(gè)部門?

2.fill out...　　填寫……

Mandy spent five minutes filling out the form.

曼蒂花了五分鐘填寫這份表格。

參考字詞

1.survey　n. 調(diào)查

2.schedule　n. 時(shí)間表，計(jì)劃表

Enjoy Box

問卷設(shè)計(jì)

您走在在人潮眾多之地時(shí)，或許時(shí)常碰到有人走上前來請(qǐng)您幫忙填寫問卷。雖然僅是十來個(gè)問題，但可別小看這份問卷，其設(shè)計(jì)都大有學(xué)問在。問卷設(shè)計(jì)的好壞，很大程度上與設(shè)計(jì)原則有關(guān)。也就是說，整份問卷外觀的設(shè)計(jì)必須清楚，內(nèi)容則要有條理，讓人能一目了然。一份完整的問卷包含引言、問卷問題及簡短結(jié)語。為了讓填寫問卷的對(duì)象了解填寫的方法及要求，引言必須寫得具體明白。而問題是整份問卷的核心，所以設(shè)計(jì)問題時(shí)，邏輯要清楚，并且要仔細(xì)思考每個(gè)問題的目的、用意以及解答時(shí)會(huì)不會(huì)造成混淆的情形等。結(jié)語部分則可寫一些感謝語，感謝參與者熱心作答及提供寶貴意見。

具備上述的幾樣要素，才算是一份合格的問卷，被訪問者的答案才能切中要題，進(jìn)而達(dá)成調(diào)查主題的目的。

Tips In Use

...could I interest you in filling out a survey?

(……我能請(qǐng)您幫我填問卷嗎?)

1.本句中的 interest 為及物動(dòng)詞，表『使人感興趣』，而整句"Could I interest you in + 動(dòng)名詞∕名詞"則是禮貌性的口語用法，表『我可否請(qǐng)您做……』或『我可否給您……』。

Could I interest you in a cup of coffee?

(我可以請(qǐng)你喝杯咖啡嗎?)

2.另一個(gè)常用的口語用法為"It may interest you to know + that 子句"，表『你可能會(huì)想知道……』。

It may interest you to know that Alison has come back from New York.

(你可能會(huì)想知道，艾莉森已從紐約回來了。)