JSC Unit: 7; Lesson-2(B); The Ama Drivers 2
In some fishing villages along the coast of Japan, there are amazing groups of women known as Ama divers’. These women worked and are still working as Ama.
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The word âAmaâ means âwomen of the sea or sea womenâ. They are independent divers.
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They make their living by diving. They can dive to the depth of the sea up to 25 meters.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰā§āϰ āĻāĻŦā§āϰ⧠⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§ā§ āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
And they dive without using oxygen tanks or other breathing equipment. The Ama divers rely on their own skills and breathing techniques.
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They use that skill and technique to push themselves down to the bottom of the sea and back to the surface again.
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They can hold their breath for up to two minutes. Careful watching, lung capacity and hunter instincts are the special qualities of Ama divers.”
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However some of these young villagers are going to the city for other jobs. The remaining Ama divers are now aged between 50 and 60.
āϝāĻžāĻšā§āĻ, āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻĒāϞā§āϞāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧠āϝā§āĻŦāϤāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤ āĻ āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϏ āĻāĻāύ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāĻŦāĻ ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻāϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝā§āĨ¤
But there are still some who continue to dive even at their 70s. If the young people do not take up Ama diving, soon this profession will die out.
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English | āĻŦāĻžāĻāϞāĻž |
Vocabulary
01. Coast (n) 02. Amazing (adj) 03. Group (n) 04. Depth (n) 05. Diving (n) 06. Rely (v) 07. Technique (n) 08. Careful (adj) 09. Because of (phr) 10. Capacity (n) 11. Hunter (n) 12. Instinct (n) 13. Equipment (n) |
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