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- People dry and smoke fish on local beaches.
- They use open, smoky fires to cure fish.
- The work is hard and takes a long time.
- They need a lot of firewood to cook.
- Researchers made a new enclosed oven to help.
- The oven keeps heat and uses less wood.
- It smokes fish faster and with less smoke.
- Processors can sell better fish and save work.
- People hope for safer and cleaner work.
Difficult words
- cure — save food so it lasts longer
- enclosed — closed all around, not open
- researcher — person who studies and finds informationResearchers
- processor — person or group who prepares foodProcessors
- firewood — wood used to make fire for cooking
- smoke — use fire to give food a special tastesmokes
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Discussion questions
- Do you like smoked fish?
- Do you cook with firewood?
- Do you want safer and cleaner work?
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