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