与美国小学生一起学英文 第8册 第25期:调查

 　　Surveys² 调查

　　If you want to know what people think about you, what should you do? 如果你想知道别人是怎么看你的，你会怎么做？

　　You have to ask many people. 你要问很多人。

　　This is called a survey¹. 这就叫调查。

　　A survey is one of the easiest ways to collect information³ from a large number of people. 调查是从人群中收集信息的一种最简单的方法。

　　What does the survey look like? 调查是什么样子的？

　　A survey usually has different questions. 一份调查通常有不同的问题。

　　Each question has three to four choices⁴. 每个问题都有三四个选项。

　　A survey is a very useful⁵ tool⁶ to know others⁷' opinions⁸. 调查是了解他人观点的非常有用的工具。

　　You can do it by the internet⁹, telephone or mail¹⁰. 你可以利用互联网、电话或邮件做调查。

1 survey   

n.调查；考察；测验

参考例句：

• Survey the car before you buy it.买车之前先对它鉴定一下。
• His report is more than a survey.他的报告不只是一份调查。

2 surveys   

v.调查( survey的第三人称单数 )；测量；检查；眺望

参考例句：

• The results were taken from six surveys. 结果出自6项调查。 来自辞典例句
• Surveys show about two-thirds use such assessments, while half employ personality tests. 调查表明，约有三分之二的公司采用了这种测评；而一半的公司则采用工作人员个人品质测试。 来自百科语句

3 information   

n.起诉；信息，消息；知识；报告，通知，情报

参考例句：

• I hope the information I gave you was helpful.我希望我给你的消息对你有所帮助。
• We must get further information.我们必须获得更多的消息。

4 choices   

选择( choice的名词复数 )； 挑选； 供选择的东西； 入选者

参考例句：

• Of the two choices, I prefer the latter. 在两种中选择，我要后者。
• There are so many choices to make and I don't know which hotel to book into. 有很多旅馆可以挑选，我不知该住哪家才好。

5 useful   

adj.有用的；有益的

参考例句：

• The horse is a useful animal.马是有用的动物。
• He's a useful member of the team.他是该队的一名强手。

6 tool   

n.工具，器具

参考例句：

• You'll need a special tool to do that.干那个活儿要用专用工具。
• A foreign language is a useful tool.外语是有用的工具。

7 others   

prep.(pl.)另外的人

参考例句：

• Learning from others is important.向别人学习很重要。
• She is always ready to help others.她总是乐于助人。

8 opinions   

n.意见( opinion的名词复数 )；评价；舆论；（专家、医生、律师等的）专门意见

参考例句：

• He felt that the book misrepresented his opinions. 他觉得这本书歪曲了他的观点。
• We were invited to give our opinions about how the work should be done. 我们应邀就如何开展工作提出意见。

9 internet   

n.因特网；互联网络

参考例句：

• You can find it on the Internet.你可以在因特网上找到它。
• I surf the Internet two hours a day.我每天上网冲浪两个小时。

10 mail   

n.邮件；v.邮寄

参考例句：

• He has a large amount of mail to answer every day.他每天有大量的信件要回复。
• Please forward my mail to me.请把我的邮件转寄给我。