JSC Seen📖Class VIII

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.

āĻāĻļāĻŋā§ŸāĻžā§Ÿ āĻ¸āĻžāĻ—āĻ° āĻĒāĻžā§œā§‡āĻ° āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻ° āĻšāĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĒā§ƒāĻˇā§āĻ ā§‡āĻ° ā§Ģ-ā§­ āĻĢā§āĻŸ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ›ā§ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤āĨ¤

At times the divers had to go 40 feet or even up to 125 feet deep to find enough pearl oysters.

āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻ•āĻ–āĻ¨ā§‹ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§‡ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻž-āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻĄā§āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ°āĻ•ā§‡ ā§Ēā§Ļ āĻĢā§āĻŸ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻ¨āĻ•āĻŋ ā§§ā§¨ā§Ģ āĻĢā§āĻŸ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻ¯āĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻ¯ā§‡āĻ¤ā§‡ āĻšāĻ¤ā§‹āĨ¤

These deep dives were extremely hazardous to the divers.

āĻāĻ¤ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āĻ°ā§‡ āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āĻ¯āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽāĻ• āĻā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛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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