JSC Unit: 7; Lesson-2(A); The Ama Drivers 1
Before the beginning of the 20th century, pearls were obtained from pearl oysters.
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These oyster were collected from the bottom of the ocean, lake or river.
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To get enough pearl oysters, free-divers were often forced to descend to the depth of more than 100 feet in one breath.
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Because of the difficulty of diving, pearls at that time were of different quality as well as rare.
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In Asia some pearl oysters could be found on shoals at a depth of 5-7 feet from the surface.
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At times the divers had to go 40 feet or even up to 125 feet deep to find enough pearl oysters.
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These deep dives were extremely hazardous to the divers.
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English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĻž |
Vocabulary
01. Rare (adj) 02. Descend (v) 03. Hazardous (adj) 04. Diver (n) 05. Oyster (n) 06. Obtain (n) 07. Enough (adj) 08. Surface (n) 09. Extremly (adv) |
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