Week 5
2. 5 careers i wouldnt expect woman to be in are scuba diving to the bottom of the ocean for things to sell, construction, fishermen,coal mining, and
3. I think it shouldnt be mandatory to make women join the military they should have an option to but not forced.
4.People may say that women are weaker and not as strong and capable as other men. This is why at times women get paid less than what men are paid for the same postition.
4.a. I might want to be a private investigator. This is a traditional man role.
Acording to the article women of Udo are going to the bottom of the ocean to find things they can sell.
Women are doing this because they don’t have any money and it’s a good paying job for them.
They spend an average of2 minutes under water holding there breath.
The greed for money keeps these women diving down.
She feels like shes dead when she goes out of breath. She goes back because of greed.
Per month women do 10 dives.
The rest of the time they work in fields, or run restaurants or inns because of the tourism.
Since the late 1970s the women have been sea diving.
There are 5,650 sea women in Cheju.
Men aren’t sea divers because they have to pay taxes and they won’t profit as much as women do.
The Korean culture doesn’t want there women showing there bare skin.
Sea diving change the role of women because sometimes instead of there husbands being the bread winners they were and they had control to kick there husbands out of the house if they were unfaithful.
The men in Mara Island often times tool care of the children, shopping and feeding the pigs.
Girl babies were celebrated in cheju because they knew that the girl would dive and bring money to the family.
Farming traditionally made up a third ofrevenues.
They told the reporter that they made a little bit of money.
The best divers can dive 40 feet.
These women just use there black wetsuits and goggles.
In Cheju tourism is growing.
Vocabulary:
prey- A person or thing that is the victim of an enemy.
islet- A very small island.
goggles- Large spectacles equipped with special lenses.
unison- Coincidence in pitch of two or more musical tones, voices.
jutting- To extend beyond the main body or line, project, or protrude .
throbbing- To beat with increased force or rapidity.
abalone- a large mollusk of the genus Haliotis, having a bowllike shell bearing a row of respiratory holes, the flesh of which is used for food and the shell for ornament and as a source of mother-of-pearl.
plunge- to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something.
synchronized- to cause to indicate the same time.
greed- excessive or rapacious desire, esp. for wealth or possessions.
revenue- the income of a government from taxation.
dislodge- to remove or force out of a particular place.
plumb- a small mass of lead or other heavy material.
dexterity- skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility.
clashed- to come together or collide noislily.
inferior- lower in place or position; closer to the bottom or base.
ostensibly- outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended.
forbade- to command a person not to do something or have something.
reversed- opposite or contrary.
prevailed- to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally.
status- the position of an individual in relation to another or others
fuel- combustible matter used to maintain fire, as coal, wood, oil, or gas, in order to create heat or power.
pervasive- to become spread throughout all parts of.
Week 5
2. 5 careers i wouldnt expect woman to be in are scuba diving to the bottom of the ocean for things to sell, construction, fishermen,coal mining, and
3. I think it shouldnt be mandatory to make women join the military they should have an option to but not forced.
4.People may say that women are weaker and not as strong and capable as other men. This is why at times women get paid less than what men are paid for the same postition.
4.a. I might want to be a private investigator. This is a traditional man role.
Vocabulary: