Question

【題目】How to Do Man-on-the Street Interviews

The man-on-the-street interview is an interview in which a reporter hits the streets with a cameraman to interview people on the spot. 【1】 But with these tips, your first man-on-the-street interview experience can be easy.

When your boss or professor sends you out to do man-on-the –street interviews for a story, think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it. For example, if your topic is about environmental problems in America, you might ask, “Why do you think environmental protection is important in America?” 【2】

Hit the streets with confidence. 【3】 Say, “Excuse me, I work for XYZ News, and I was wondering if you could share your opinion about this topic,” This is a quick way to get people to warm up to you.

Move on to the next person if someone tells you she is not interested in talking on camera. Don’t get discouraged.

【4】 Each interview that you get on the street shouldn’t be longer than ten minutes. As soon as you get the answer you need, move on to the next person. Make sure that as you go from interview to interview, you are getting a variety of answers. If everyone is giving you the same answer, you won’t be able to use it. A safe number of interviews to conduct is about six to ten. 【5】

If your news station or school requires interviewees to sign release forms to appear on the air, don’t leave work without them.

A. Limit your time.

B. As you approach people, be polite.

C. If you don’t own a camera, you can buy one.

D. For new reporters, this can seem like a challenging task.

E. To get good and useful results, ask them the same question.

F. That number of interviews should give you all the answers you need.

G. With a question like this, you will get more than a ‘Yes” or “No” reply.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】G

【3】B

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】本文主要講述了如何進行街頭采訪。文中給了幾個小貼士來幫助那些新記者更輕松的進行街頭采訪，比如采訪前計劃好話題和問題，增強自己的信心，限制采訪的時間等。

【1】根據(jù)后一句“But with these tips, your first man-on-the-street interview experience can be easy.”可知，以下這些小貼士會讓你的采訪很容易。“but”一詞連接兩句相反的句意，故可推測，空白處會寫道采訪是件很困難的事。結(jié)合選項，故選D。

【2】根據(jù)前文“think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it.”可知，本段講的是在采訪前需要想好話題以及和話題相關(guān)的問題，空白處前一句是一個問題，關(guān)鍵詞“questions”，結(jié)合選項，故選G。

【3】根據(jù)此段“Excuse me…This is a quick way to get people to warm up to you.”可知，在上街去采訪別人時，不僅要有信心還要有禮貌，這是一個能快速溫暖自己的方法。結(jié)合選項，故選B。

【4】根據(jù)后一句“Each interview that you get on the street shouldn’t be longer than ten minutes. As soon as you get the answer you need, move on to the next person”可知，每次面試，你在街上不應該超過十分鐘。一旦你得到你需要的答案，就轉(zhuǎn)到下一個人�？赏茰y你采訪的時候要控制好自己的時間。結(jié)合選項，故選A。

【5】根據(jù)前文“Make sure that as you go from interview to interview, you are getting a variety of answers”可知，當你采訪的時候，你要盡量得到多種多樣的答案。關(guān)鍵詞“answers”，空白處又提到“A safe number of interviews to conduct is about six to ten” 進行采訪的安全人數(shù)大約是六到十人。關(guān)鍵詞“number of interviews”。結(jié)合選項。故選F。