Relacionar Columnas IV LEVEL UNIT 10 IN THE NEWS lesson 4Versión en línea Reading comprehension por Martha Uribe 1 What is the woman wearing? 2 How long do they swim without eating or drinking? 3 What does the film Breathing Underwater consist of? 4 What did these women begin to do hundreds of years ago? 5 What did she combine the footage she captured with? 6 Where is she from? 7 What did the director do to film this documentary? 8 Who is the woman? 9 How old are the women? 10 Why do the haenyeo rub their masks with toothpaste? eight hours poetic narration written by Song Ji-na and touching music by Yang Bang-ean She followed a group of haenyeo from Udo for seven years. a haenyeo, or “sea woman” Udo, an island off the southern coast of South Korea a wetsuit to keep them clear a collection of the women’s memories They began to collect shellfish, octopuses, and seaweed to support their families. Most are older than 50, and some are over 80. 1 What dangers do haenyeo face apart from cold water and lack of oxygen? 2 What don’t they have? 3 Why are they sometimes tempted to stay underwater? 4 What does a diver do each time she surfaces and why? 5 What kinds of equipment do they use? 6 How many classes of haenyeo are there and what are the differences between them? 7 What is the biggest danger to haenyeo? 8 What is the meaning of “breathing underwater?” to grab just one more valuable sea creature There are three classes, and divers in each level can dive to varying depths. drowning “greed,” or a desire for success that conflicts with their desire for safety wet-suits, round masks, fins, and weight belts along with spears, floats, and nets fishing boats passing overhead, seaweed wrapping around their bodies, and getting carried away by the waves oxygen tanks (She lets out a whistle called SUMBI that helps her recover her breath quickly.
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