【文╱Coach Jeff、林育如】
It may be difficult to guess what the title of this article means! One way to research a topic that you don’t understand is to ask six important questions: who, what, where, when, how, and why. Reporters often use the answers to these questions to write their articles. Let’s try.
What is sea grass? It’s grass that grows in the ocean. Where does it grow? It usually grows in meadows in shallow water near the coast. Who cares? Scientists do, especially scientists studying climate change. Why? One important reason is that sea grass stores carbon so it’s good for the planet. When did the scientists study this? They did their research from 2016 to 2020. How did they do it? They put video cameras on tiger sharks to shoot video under water! Amazingly, those sharks found the largest sea grass meadow on Earth near the Bahamas: 66,000 square kilometers! Any questions?
看著這個標題，你可能很難猜出這篇文章的內容是什麼！一個搜尋你不了解的標題的方法就是問6個重要的問題：誰、什麼、在哪裡、何時、如何發生以及為什麼。記者常用這些問題的答案寫文章。我們來試試看。
什麼是海草？它是生長在海裡的草。它在哪裡生長？通常生長於沿海淺水處。誰在乎這件事？科學家們在乎，尤其是研究氣候變遷的科學家。為什麼？一個重要的原因是海草會儲存碳，因此儲存碳的海草對地球是好的。科學家什麼時候研究這件事的呢？他們在2016年到2020年之間做了這個研究。他們是如何做研究的？他們放攝影機在虎鯊身上以拍攝海水中的景象！神奇的是，那些沙魚竟然在巴哈馬附近發現了地球上最大的海草草原：6萬6千平方公里！還有其他問題嗎？
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【2023-01-16/聯合報/R12版/好讀周報Ｖ Ｉ Ｐ】
