options: m : keeping close to other divers ? that was a good way to keep safe . m : never going deeper than 7 meters ? that was a good way to keep safe . m : so , if you were close to the dive boat , you could get close to the dangerous fish , right ? m : staying away from dangerous fish ? that was a good way to keep safe .
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 ? f : not really . the teacher told us which dangerous fish to avoid and as long as we left them alone , we would n't be in danger . and we were never too far from our dive boat .