與頂尖保育專家一起在加州蒙特雷出海賞鯨 | Business Insider：英語精讀講義

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

Happywhale 是一個研究平台，任何人都可以上傳鯨魚的照片。

We can identify them with AI image recognition.

我們可以利用 AI 影像辨識來辨認牠們。

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

我們正前往加州的 Moss Landing，與 Rob 和 Erin 會合，

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

我和這兩位研究鯨魚的科學家已經認識很多年，

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

但我們從未一起進行過實地研究。

So I'm really excited.

所以我真的很興奮。

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

在蒙特雷灣搭船出海，是相當特別的體驗，

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

因為你會置身於非常原始、自然的環境中。

It's sort of in the animal zone,

彷彿進入了動物的地盤，

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

眼前大自然的尺度，讓人難以想像。

Oh, wow.

喔，哇。

Yeah, here come the whales. 文法

對，鯨魚來了。

That's

那是……

Whale up 9:00. 文化背景

9 點鐘方向，鯨魚浮上來了。

Here comes the fluke sequence. 文化背景

接著要揚尾了。

Nice.

好棒。

Nice.

好棒。

Nice.

好棒。

Beautiful.

太美了。

It is just inspiring to go out on the water.

乘船出海真的很能激發靈感。

I find myself making new connections 文法

我發現自己總會產生新的聯想，

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

也受到啟發，開啟新的研究方向。

Looks like a young animal.

看起來是隻年輕的個體。

Oh, yeah.

喔，對。

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

我覺得我們做的許多科學研究，有時會讓人覺得只停留在假設層面，

very academic,

非常學術化，

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

而親自到野外、來到水上，總有一種奇妙的魔力，

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

感受鹹鹹的海水飛沫，親眼看見、親耳聽見你所研究的動物。

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

這會提醒你，當初為何踏入這個領域。

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

好，那我們來試著辨認那隻鯨魚。

There's a quick crop.

先快速裁切一下。

Send it to the AI machine,

把照片傳給 AI 系統，

and we have a match. 片語搭配

我們找到吻合的個體了。

Absolutely.

完全沒錯。

Yeah, there you go. 語氣意圖

對，你看。

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

你可以看到藤壺留下的疤痕，證明兩者吻合。

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

接著，尾鰭後緣的形狀很獨特，右側還有一點白色斑紋。

Yep.

沒錯。

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

現在我們可以看看，這隻鯨魚過去曾在哪些地方出沒。

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

自 4 月以來，牠只被目擊過四次，第一次是在下加利福尼亞，

and then all the other sightings here in Monterey Bay.

其餘目擊紀錄全都在這裡的蒙特雷灣。

There you go.

你看。

Cool.

酷。

That's amazing.

太驚人了。

That is so cool.

真的太酷了。

This is a place where the ocean was very unhealthy.

這片海域的生態曾經非常不健康。

Go back 60 years, 表達脈絡

回到 60 年前，

there weren't whales, 表達脈絡

當時沒有鯨魚，

there weren't seals,

沒有海豹，

there weren't kelp forests,

沒有海藻森林，

there weren't sea otters,

沒有海獺，

and the fisheries had collapsed because of overfishing. 文法

漁業也因過度捕撈而崩潰。

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

不過現在，我們有蓬勃的漁業，

a strong conservation industry,

蓬勃的保育事業，

a strong tourism industry,

蓬勃的觀光業，

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

這一切能夠相輔相成，正是因為我們管理得宜。

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

好啦，我們開一小段路吧，

go look at some of the images we got, 文法

去看看剛才拍到的一些影像，

look at them on the laptop.

在筆電上仔細瞧瞧。

Yeah.

好啊。

Got a lot of good photos.

拍到很多很棒的照片。

Awesome stuff.

都很精彩。

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

對，跟我來，我想到一個好地方。

All right.

好。

Cool.

酷。

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

來看看我們拍到的這些鯨魚吧。

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.

我要用你這輛 Toyota 配備的 Wi-Fi Connect，把這些照片直接上傳到 Happywhale。

Very cool.

太酷了。

Okay.

好。

So, there you go.

你看。

There's the whale with the killer whale scars.

這就是那隻身上有虎鯨留下的疤痕的鯨魚。

Wow.

哇。

Yeah.

對。

These markings match a known individual here. 文化背景

這些斑紋和一隻已有紀錄的個體吻合。

Yeah, okay, here's another.

對，好，這裡還有另一隻。

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

我看目錄編號就知道，這隻鯨魚在墨西哥有目擊紀錄。

Oh, wow.

喔，哇。

Really clear match here,

這裡的特徵明顯吻合，

the scar across the tail.

就是這道橫跨尾鰭的疤痕。

Mhm.

嗯哼。

I wonder if that was an entanglement. 語氣意圖

我在想，那會不會是纏繞造成的。

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

這是我們今天的航跡。

Oh, look at that.

喔，你看。

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

這裡就是蒙特雷灣鯷魚群最密集的區域。

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

你知道，人眼往往會聚焦在最明顯的特徵上。

The computer is taking a broader view, 慣用語

電腦則會從更全面的角度來看，

which is really important, I think,

我認為這一點真的很重要，

for the work that you want to do.

對你想做的研究尤其如此。

So, tell me about this white-sided dolphin.

那麼，跟我說說這隻太平洋斑紋海豚吧。

What do you use to identify?

你們用什麼特徵來辨認牠們？

Here, we look at the distinctiveness of the fin.

我們會觀察背鰭的獨特特徵。

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

如果像這隻一樣有個明顯的缺口，

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

我們就能持續追蹤牠。

Erin has a thousand,

Erin 的目錄裡收錄了 1,000、

2,000 individuals in her catalog.

2,000 隻個體。

It takes months to match the photographs. 文法

比對照片得花上好幾個月。

This is exactly what we need to shrink that time 慣用語

這正是我們需要的，能縮短

from data collection to knowledge.

從蒐集資料到轉化成知識所需的時間。

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

這樣我們就能估算牠們的數量，

and information about their social networks. 用詞

並了解牠們的社交網絡。

Yes.

沒錯。

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

如果能整合彼此的努力，我們的研究一定會做得更好。

Oh, and I mean,

喔，而且，我是說，

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

了解這些動物目前的狀況真的非常重要。

Let's do it.

那就開始吧。

Let's do it.

就這麼辦。

The day with Rob and Erin was excellent.

與 Rob 和 Erin 共度的這一天太棒了。

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

能與 Oceans Initiative 的 Rob 和 Erin 這樣的科學家交流，實在很美好。

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

你知道，他們充滿熱忱，也熱愛運用紮實的鯨魚科學研究，為海洋管理帶來更好的成果。

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

我們和 Ted 一起在海上度過了精彩的一天，

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

能親身見識這項技術，真的非常棒。

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

我認為這項技術在保護太平洋西北地區的鯨豚方面極具潛力。

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

我真的非常期待回去後，讓 Happywhale 和 Oceans Initiative 開始攜手合作，

to work on killer whales,

共同研究虎鯨、

Pacific white-sided dolphins,

太平洋斑紋海豚、

humpback whales in the Pacific Northwest,

太平洋西北地區的座頭鯨，

and frankly, around the world.

坦白說，甚至是全世界的鯨豚。

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

我覺得 Oceans Initiative 和 Happywhale 攜手合作，真的能大有可為，

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

結合他們的科學實力與熱忱，以及我們的技術與專業知識。

Really,

說真的，

we're better together. 表達脈絡

我們攜手合作，會變得更好。