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