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LESSON 1 Gerunds

EXPLORE

1 READ the article about Jason deCaires Taylor. Notice the words in bold.
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Jason deCaires Taylor
MEXICO
Combining work and play is not easy to do. However, British
sculptor Jason deCaires Taylor has succeeded in doing exactly that. As
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a child, Taylor often went diving for fun in Malaysia. He enjoyed seeing the beautiful
colors of the coral reefs. He also enjoyed swimming with the fish that used the reefs as
their home.

Over the years, more and more divers have visited coral reefs. The divers have
sometimes damaged the reefs. Saving coral reefs became a passion of Taylor’s. He has
created underwater sculpture parks to draw divers away from natural coral reefs. His
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sculptures also provided a base for growing new coral.
Taylor’s largest work, The Silent Evolution, lies 30 feet (9 meters) under
water near Isla Mujeres, Mexico. It consists of 400 life-size human figures. It
took Taylor 18 months to create the statues. Placing them on the sea floor took
another 120 hours. Before long, however, many
different plants were growing on the figures, and
Taylor’s work was a success.

1 sculptor: an artist who makes works of art from stone, wood, or metal
2 draw: attract

The Silent
Evolution, Isla
Mujeres, Mexico

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