Name: 佛州鯊魚教授想讓女孩們投入科學懷抱！| 路透社 (This Florida shark prof wants girls to dive into science | REUTERS)
Uploaded: 2026-01-10T17:01:09.000Z
Duration: 2 min 42 s

This shark could hold clues to the state of the underwater ecosystem in southern Florida's Biscayne bay.

這隻鯊魚可能藏著關於佛羅裡達州南部 Biscayne bay 海底生態系狀態的線索。

Professor Catherine McDonald runs the University of Miami's Shark Research and Conservation Program.

Catherine McDonald 教授是邁阿密大學鯊魚研究與保育計畫的主持人。

The goal of weekly expeditions like this is to better understand shark habitats.

像這樣每週的探險，目標是更瞭解鯊魚的棲息地。

The samples that we took today help us answer questions about how this ecosystem is functioning now and.

我們今天採集的樣本，能幫助我們回答關於這個生態系現在的功能以及。

But they will also help us answer questions about how it's changing in the face of the human caused alterations that we know are coming in the future.

但同時也能幫助我們回答，面對我們知道未來將會發生的人為改變，生態系將如何變化。

MacDonald has another passion too, getting women and girls excited about science.

MacDonald 還有另一個熱情，就是讓女性和女孩們對科學感到興奮。

McDonald's newest intern, undergraduate student Hayley Acker, says it hasn't always been smooth sailing trying to pursue her love of sharks.

McDonald 最新的實習生，大學部學生 Hayley Acker 表示，追求她對鯊魚的熱愛，並非總是一帆風順。

I have been obsessed with them since I was a little kid and I've always lived near the water.

我從小就對牠們著迷，而且我一直住在靠近水邊的地方。

I applied to numerous shark labs and tried to get my foot in the door, but

我申請了眾多鯊魚實驗室，試圖爭取機會，但

it seemed that they only were selecting other males to be their volunteers and their helpers and they just didn't.

感覺他們只選男性當志工和助手，而且他們就是不。

I believe that they just didn't think that I was smart enough or could do it, you know, wasn't strong enough.

我相信他們只是覺得我沒足夠聰明或做不到，你知道的，不夠強壯。

And finally being able to come here and be given this opportunity to work with sharks and, you know, work on my dream has been awesome and I love that I'm finally able to like, prove myself.

最後能來到這裡，有機會能跟鯊魚一起工作，實現我的夢想，這真是極佳，而且我愛我終於能證明自己了。

I get letters from young girls who are excited about shark science, sometimes just asking scientific questions, sometimes asking how they can grow up to be like me.

我收到許多小女孩的信，她們對鯊魚科學感到興奮，有時只是問科學問題，有時問她們如何長大後能像我一樣。

And I think for my whole lab answering those questions, responding to those girls is one of the things that we find really deeply rewarding.

我認為對我整個實驗室來說，回答這些問題、回應這些女孩是我們覺得非常有意義的事情之一。

MacDonald hopes some of those letter writers might eventually land in a lab like hers.

MacDonald 希望那些寫信來的女孩們，未來能進入像她一樣的實驗室。

We run trips that are intentionally geared towards middle school girls, which studies show is an age at which many girls sort of start to think that maybe science isn't for them.

我們會安排專門針對國中女生設計的行程，研究顯示這個年紀的許多女生開始覺得科學可能不適合她們。

And the chance to watch them connect with my undergraduate interns and my graduate students is really meaningful.

而她們能與我的大學部實習生和研究所學生互動的機會，真的很有意義。

When they ask me how, I don't lose hope because conservation is sometimes a happy experience, but

當她們問我怎麼辦時，我不會失去希望，因為保育有時是件開心的事，但

有時是件令人沮喪且充滿挑戰的事。

Where would I get the nerve to give up if they're not.

如果她們沒有，我又哪來的勇氣放棄呢？