It is a fine sunny day in the Philippines. What is the language of the Philippines? Do many people speak English? Mr. Silberstein and Herman and Naoko and Taro are all on a boat. They are traveling east. They are going to a small group of remote islands. They are going to look for sunken treasure in the islands. Herman has been to the Philippines before but he has not been to these islands. Which islands has he been to? Herman is a diver. How long has he been a diver? Has Naoko ever dived? Has Taro ever dived? Is learning to dive expensive?
The crew of Mr Silberstein’s boat is Filipino. There are three crew-members. Are they from Luzon? How long is the boat? How many engines does it have? It takes two days to get to the remote island chain. There are a lot of ship-wrecks in this area. Some of them are Spanish, some of them are Dutch and some of them are Japanese and American wrecks from World War Two. When was World War Two? Would you go to war? How many wars has Japan been in since 1900? Is war wrong?
When the boat arrives, one of the crew drops the anchor. Mr. Silberstein and Taro go below and study the map. An hour later Herman and Mr Silberstein and Taro and one of the Filipinos dive into the water. They are all wearing scuba gear. Are they wearing wetsuits? The four divers descend slowly. They see a shipwreck below them. How deep is it? The four divers swim into the hold. Would you swim inside a sunken shipwreck? Have you ever seen a movie about scuba-diving on a shipwreck?
The four divers have torches. They look around the wreck. They find boxes of gold coins and old statues and old vases dishes. There is a lot of treasure. Suddenly the four of them hear the boat start. The four of them swim to the surface. The boat is gone. They can see it in the distanced. It is moving away. Are they afraid?
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