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