Question

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.D

2.G

3.B

4.A

5.F

【解析】本文主要讲述了如何进行街头采访。文中给了几个小贴士来帮助那些新记者更轻松的进行街头采访，比如采访前计划好话题和问题，增强自己的信心，限制采访的时间等。

1.根据后一句“But with these tips, your first man-on-the-street interview experience can be easy.”可知，以下这些小贴士会让你的采访很容易。“but”一词连接两句相反的句意，故可推测，空白处会写道采访是件很困难的事。结合选项，故选D。

2.根据前文“think about the topic and develop a list of about ten general questions relating to it.”可知，本段讲的是在采访前需要想好话题以及和话题相关的问题，空白处前一句是一个问题，关键词“questions”，结合选项，故选G。

3.根据此段“Excuse me…This is a quick way to get people to warm up to you.”可知，在上街去采访别人时，不仅要有信心还要有礼貌，这是一个能快速温暖自己的方法。结合选项，故选B。

4.根据后一句“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，每次面试，你在街上不应该超过十分钟。一旦你得到你需要的答案，就转到下一个人。可推测你采访的时候要控制好自己的时间。结合选项，故选A。

5.根据前文“Make sure that as you go from interview to interview, you are getting a variety of answers”可知，当你采访的时候，你要尽量得到多种多样的答案。关键词“answers”，空白处又提到“A safe number of interviews to conduct is about six to ten” 进行采访的安全人数大约是六到十人。关键词“number of interviews”。结合选项。故选F。