Many parents wouldn't dream of buying the stuff for their daughters anyway, as a straw poll among my friends and acquaintances demonstrated.就我对朋友和熟人所做的调查显示，很多父母无论如何都不会为他们的女儿购买这种东西。I took a straw poll among my colleagues to find out how many can use chopsticks.我在同事中间作了一个调查，看多少人会用筷子。