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