与顶尖环保专家一起在加州蒙特雷出海观鲸 | Business Insider：英语精读讲义

Happywhale is a research platform where anybody can upload photos of whales. 語法

Happywhale 是一个科研平台，任何人都可以上传鲸鱼照片。

We can identify them with AI image recognition.

我们可以利用 AI 图像识别技术识别它们。

We are off to Moss Landing, California to meet up with Rob and Erin, 講解

我们要前往加利福尼亚州的莫斯兰丁，与 Rob 和 Erin 会合，

two whale scientists and research scientists I've known for many years, 語法

他们是我认识多年的两位鲸类科学家和研究人员，

but we've never worked together in the field. 用詞

但我们从未一起开展过野外工作。

So I'm really excited.

所以我特别兴奋。

Going out into Monterey Bay on a boat is a pretty special experience

乘船驶入蒙特雷湾，是一种相当特别的体验，

because you're out in a very wild and natural environment.

因为你会置身于一个非常原始、自然的环境中。

It's sort of in the animal zone,

仿佛进入了动物的地盘，

nature at a scale that's hard to grasp. 用詞

眼前的大自然规模之宏大，令人难以想象。

Oh, wow.

哦，哇。

Yeah, here come the whales. 語法

对，鲸鱼游过来了。

That's

那是……

Whale up 9:00. 文化背景

9 点钟方向有鲸鱼浮出水面。

Here comes the fluke sequence. 文化背景

接下来是一连串的扬尾动作。

Nice.

漂亮。

Nice.

漂亮。

Nice.

漂亮。

Beautiful.

太美了。

It is just inspiring to go out on the water.

出海真的很能激发灵感。

I find myself making new connections 語法

我发现自己会产生新的联想，

and being inspired to start new lines of research. 短語搭配

也会受到启发，开启新的研究方向。

Looks like a young animal.

看起来是一头幼鲸。

Oh, yeah.

哦，对。

I think a lot of the science that we do can start to feel very hypothetical,

我觉得，我们做的许多科学研究有时会显得只停留在假设层面，

very academic,

非常学术化，

and there's just something magical about being in the field and being on the water

但亲临野外、置身水上，总有一种神奇的感觉，

and feeling the salt spray and seeing and hearing the animals that you study.

感受海水飞沫，亲眼看到、亲耳听到你所研究的动物。

It reminds you why you got into the field in the first place. 講解

这会让你想起，自己当初为什么会进入这个领域。

Okay, so let's try to identify that whale.

好，我们来试着识别那头鲸。

There's a quick crop.

先快速裁剪一下照片。

Send it to the AI machine,

把它发送给 AI 系统，

and we have a match. 短語搭配

找到了匹配记录。

Absolutely.

没错。

Yeah, there you go. 語氣意圖

对，就是它。

So you can see the barnacle scars that show that match. 文化背景

你可以看到，藤壶留下的疤痕完全吻合。

And then that trailing edge is quite distinct and a little bit of white pigment on the right side. 用詞

而且尾鳍后缘的形状很独特，右侧还有一点白色斑纹。

Yep.

对。

So now we can take a look at where this whale's known from. 語法

现在我们可以看看这头鲸此前在哪里出现过。

It's been seen just four times since April, first seen in Baja, 語法

从 4 月至今，它只被目击过 4 次，第一次是在下加利福尼亚半岛，

and then all the other sightings here in Monterey Bay.

之后的记录全都在蒙特雷湾。

There you go.

你看。

Cool.

酷。

That's amazing.

太神奇了。

That is so cool.

这也太酷了。

This is a place where the ocean was very unhealthy.

这里的海洋生态曾经非常糟糕。

Go back 60 years, 表達脈絡

回到 60 年前，

there weren't whales, 表達脈絡

那时没有鲸鱼，

there weren't seals,

没有海豹，

there weren't kelp forests,

没有海藻森林，

there weren't sea otters,

也没有海獭，

and the fisheries had collapsed because of overfishing. 語法

渔业也因过度捕捞而崩溃。

Well, now we have a strong fishing industry, 表達脈絡

但现在，我们的渔业蓬勃发展，

a strong conservation industry,

生态保护行业充满活力，

a strong tourism industry,

旅游业也十分兴旺，

and all these things are working together because we're managing it well.

这一切能协同发展，是因为我们管理得当。

Well, hey, let's take a little drive,

好啦，我们开车走一小段，

go look at some of the images we got, 語法

去看看我们拍到的一些照片，

look at them on the laptop.

用笔记本电脑查看一下。

Yeah.

好。

Got a lot of good photos.

拍到了很多好照片。

Awesome stuff.

太棒了。

Yeah, follow me to a spot I have in mind. 短語搭配

对，跟我来，我知道有个好地方。

All right.

好的。

Cool.

行。

Let's check out some of these whales we photographed. 短語動詞

我们来看看拍到的这些鲸鱼吧。

Yeah, I can't wait. 語氣意圖

好啊，我等不及了。

I'm going to use your Toyota available Wi-Fi connect to upload these directly to Happywhale.

我要通过你这辆 Toyota 提供的 Wi-Fi Connect，把这些照片直接上传到 Happywhale。

Very cool.

太酷了。

Okay.

好。

So, there you go.

好了，你看。

There's the whale with the killer whale scars.

就是这头鲸，它身上有虎鲸留下的伤疤。

Wow.

哇。

Yeah.

对。

These markings match a known individual here. 文化背景

这些斑纹与这里一头已有记录的鲸完全吻合。

Yeah, okay, here's another.

对。好，这是另一头。

I know by the catalog number this is a whale known from Mexico.

我从图录编号就知道，这头鲸曾在墨西哥有过记录。

Oh, wow.

哦，哇。

Really clear match here,

这里的匹配特征非常清楚，

the scar across the tail.

就是横贯尾鳍的那道疤痕。

Mhm.

嗯。

I wonder if that was an entanglement. 語氣意圖

我在想，那会不会是被渔具缠绕留下的。

So, here's our voyage track for the day.

这是我们今天的航行轨迹。

Oh, look at that.

哦，快看。

This is where the heart of the anchovies were in Monterey Bay.

这里就是当时蒙特雷湾鳀鱼群最密集的地方。

You know, the human eye tends to focus on the most obvious feature. 語法

你知道，人的眼睛往往会盯着最明显的特征。

The computer is taking a broader view, 習語

而计算机会从更全面的角度分析，

which is really important, I think,

我认为这一点非常重要，

for the work that you want to do.

尤其对你想做的工作来说。

So, tell me about this white-sided dolphin.

跟我说说这头斑纹海豚吧。

What do you use to identify?

你们根据什么来识别它？

Here, we look at the distinctiveness of the fin.

我们会观察背鳍的独特特征。

So, if it has a nice notch like that, 語法

所以，如果背鳍上有这样一个明显的缺口，

we're able to track that through time. 短語搭配

我们就能长期追踪这个个体。

Erin has a thousand,

Erin 的图录里收录了 1000 到

2,000 individuals in her catalog.

2000 个个体。

It takes months to match the photographs. 語法

匹配这些照片要花上好几个月。

This is exactly what we need to shrink that time 習語

这正是我们需要的，它能缩短

from data collection to knowledge.

从收集数据到形成知识所需的时间。

We'd be able to get estimates of how many there are 語法

这样我们就能估算它们的数量，

and information about their social networks. 用詞

还能了解它们的社会关系网络。

Yes.

是的。

Our work could be really better together if we combine that effort.

如果把双方的力量结合起来，我们的研究工作真的会做得更好。

Oh, and I mean,

哦，而且，我想说，

it's so important to understand what's going on with these animals. 短語動詞

了解这些动物目前的状况真的太重要了。

Let's do it.

那就这么办。

Let's do it.

就这么办。

The day with Rob and Erin was excellent.

和 Rob、Erin 共度的这一天非常棒。

It's beautiful to connect with scientists like Rob and Erin from Oceans Initiative.

能与 Oceans Initiative 的 Rob 和 Erin 这样的科学家相识交流，真是件美好的事。

You know, they have this real inspiration and love of using good whale science to create better outcomes for managing oceans.

他们对这项事业充满热忱，也热衷于运用扎实的鲸类科研成果，为海洋管理带来更好的成效。

We had an incredible day out on the water with Ted,

我们和 Ted 一起出海，度过了精彩绝伦的一天，

and it was fantastic to see the technology firsthand. 短語搭配

能够亲眼见识这项技术，感觉太棒了。

And I think this technology holds so much promise to protect whales and dolphins in the Pacific Northwest. 短語搭配

我认为这项技术在保护太平洋西北地区的鲸鱼和海豚方面潜力巨大。

And I'm just so excited to go back and start working together, Happywhale and Oceans Initiative,

我特别期待回去后，让 Happywhale 和 Oceans Initiative 开始携手合作，

to work on killer whales,

共同研究虎鲸、

Pacific white-sided dolphins,

太平洋斑纹海豚、

humpback whales in the Pacific Northwest,

太平洋西北地区的座头鲸，

and frankly, around the world.

坦白说，还要把这项工作推向全世界。

I feel like Oceans Initiative and Happywhale can really go places together 習語

我觉得 Oceans Initiative 和 Happywhale 携手合作，真的能大有作为，

with their science and inspiration and our technology and know-how. 用詞

他们拥有科学实力和热忱，我们则拥有技术和专业知识。

Really,

说真的，

we're better together. 表達脈絡

我们携手合作会做得更好。