常春藤生活英語：Survey Says 問卷調查

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。他負責在百貨公司前面收集問卷調查表。

霍　華：您好。您能撥出一點時間嗎?

女子一：對不起。我沒空。

霍　華：好吧。不好意思，我能請您幫我填問卷嗎?

女子二：你不知道我正在午休嗎?

霍　華：但這只會花您一點時間而已。

女子二：我的行程很趕。

霍　華：沒關系。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。

霍　華：妳怎么能得到那么多?我已經(jīng)在外面好幾個小時，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，人們就會找她要問卷來寫。

霍　華：真的嗎?我一定要找她談談。

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.(時間)緊的

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

時間有點緊迫，但我想我能將它完成。

3.rewarding　a. 有報酬的;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被否決。

Phrases for Learning

1.be in charge of + 動名詞∕名詞　　負責∕掌管……

Who is in charge of this department?

誰負責管理這個部門?

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. 調查

2.schedule　n. 時間表，計劃表

Enjoy Box

問卷設計

您走在在人潮眾多之地時，或許時常碰到有人走上前來請您幫忙填寫問卷。雖然僅是十來個問題，但可別小看這份問卷，其設計都大有學問在。問卷設計的好壞，很大程度上與設計原則有關。也就是說，整份問卷外觀的設計必須清楚，內容則要有條理，讓人能一目了然。一份完整的問卷包含引言、問卷問題及簡短結語。為了讓填寫問卷的對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，所以設計問題時，邏輯要清楚，并且要仔細思考每個問題的目的、用意以及解答時會不會造成混淆的情形等。結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，進而達成調查主題的目的。

Tips In Use

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

(……我能請您幫我填問卷嗎?)

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

Could I interest you in a cup of coffee?

(我可以請你喝杯咖啡嗎?)

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

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

(你可能會想知道，艾莉森已從紐約回來了。)