options: f : not really . i did n't start diving until i was 7 years old . f : not really . i started swimming when i was 10 and diving when i was 12 years old . f : not really . i did n't start diving until i was 10 years old . f : not really . i started diving when i was 10 years old .
article: m : i 'm on the beach to talk to mel flynn , an australian teenager who spends most of her free time underwater . hello , mel . f : hi . m : how did you become interested in diving ? f : i grew up near the beach and i liked watching little fish . my parents say they knew i 'd work with fish when i got older . they 're both biologists , but more interested in land animals . when i was old enough , i asked if i could go diving . so i could take a closer look at all the amazing things living underwater . m : when did you start to dive ? f : i learned to swim when i was 3 , but i had to wait 7 years to dive . but even then we could n't go deeper than 12 meters . m : did you feel scared ?