JSC Seen📖Class VIII

JSC Unit: 7; Lesson-2(B); The Ama Drivers 2

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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.

āϜāĻžāĻĒāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇ āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŽā§ŸāĻ•āϰ āĻĻāϞ āφāϛ⧇- āϤāĻžāϰāĻž “āφāĻŽāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋ” āύāĻžāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤ āĻāχ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžāϰāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ⧂āĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϤ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύ⧋ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤

The word ‘Ama’ means ‘women of the sea or sea women’. They are independent divers.

“āφāĻŽāĻž” āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻžāϰ⧀ āĻ…āĻĨāĻŦāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ-āύāĻžāϰ⧀āĨ¤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰ⧀āĨ¤

They make their living by diving. They can dive to the depth of the sea up to 25 meters.

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻœā§€āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻŦā§€āϰ⧇ ⧍ā§Ģ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤

And they dive without using oxygen tanks or other breathing equipment. The Ama divers rely on their own skills and breathing techniques.

āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻ…āĻ•ā§āϏāĻŋāĻœā§‡āύ āĻŸā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻ• āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻĒā§āϰāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧇āϰ āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻžāχ āĻĄā§āĻŦ āĻĻāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ “āφāĻŽāĻž” āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰ⧀āϰāĻž āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāϜāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāϰ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤

They use that skill and technique to push themselves down to the bottom of the sea and back to the surface again.

āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āϤāϞāĻĻ⧇āĻļ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āĻĻ⧇āϰāϕ⧇ āϠ⧇āϞ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ­āĻžāϗ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϏ⧇āχ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāϕ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āϞāĻžāĻ—āĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

They can hold their breath for up to two minutes. Careful watching, lung capacity and hunter instincts are the special qualities of Ama divers.”

āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĻ⧁āχ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āϧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤ āϏāϤāĻ°ā§āĻ• āĻ…āĻŦāϞ⧋āĻ•āύ, āĻĢ⧁āϏāĻĢ⧁āϏ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻ“ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϗ⧁āĻŖāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋāĨ¤

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•, āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧀ āϝ⧁āĻŦāϤāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϕ⧇āω āϕ⧇āω āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻļāĻšāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļāĻŋāĻˇā§āϟ āφāĻŽāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧟āϏ āĻāĻ–āύ ā§Ģā§Ļ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ ā§Ŧā§Ļ āĻāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇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.

āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ–āύ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āφāĻŽāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋ āφāϛ⧇ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϏāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ⧋āĻ°ā§āϧ āĻĒāĻĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ“ āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āϝ⧁āĻŦāϤāĻŋāϰāĻž āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻž āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻĒ⧇āĻļāĻž āφāϰ āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āϚāϰ⧇āχ āĻŦāĻŋāϞ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡ āϝāĻžāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āϞāĻž
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)

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāϰ

ā§Ļā§§. āωāĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧋āĻĒāϕ⧂āϞ

ā§Ļ⧍. āĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻŽā§ŸāĻ•āϰ

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻĻāϞ

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰāϤāĻž

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻĄā§āĻŦ⧁āϰāĻŋāϰ āĻ•āĻžāϜ

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻ­āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

ā§Ļā§­. āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞ

ā§Ļā§Ž. āϏāĻ°ā§āϤāĻ•

ā§Ļ⧝. āĻ•āĻžāϰāϪ⧇

ā§§ā§Ļ. āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž

ā§§ā§§. āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻŋ

⧧⧍. āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻž

ā§§ā§Š. āϏāϰāĻžā§āϜāĻžāĻŽ

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