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In An Israeli Prison, 2 Palestinians Found A Future: A Food Truck 

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Let's talk about food trucks in a complicated place. Food trucks have revolutionized the lunch hour for people across this country, making it easier for diners to try new foods and giving cooks the flexibility² to sell their food wherever there's a demand. And that trend has spread as far as the Israeli-occupied West Bank. Two Palestinian men who met behind bars in an Israeli prison have launched their own food truck in their hometown. NPR's Lauren Frayer went to meet them in Ramallah.

ABDEL RAHMAN RAHIM AL-BIBI: (Foreign language spoken).

LAUREN FRAYER, BYLINE³: Huddled⁴ over a hot griddle in the back of his food truck, Abdel Rahman Rahim al-Bibi doesn't hold back on the curry⁵ powder. He's frying up shish taouk, a spicy⁶ chicken kebab dish popular in the Middle East.

AL-BIBI: (Foreign language spoken).

FRAYER: He says in Israeli prison, they didn't eat much meat or spices, and used to dream about what they'd cook when they got out.

KHALDOUN BARGHOUTI: Hamburger, schnitzel, chicken breast, chicken fingers, roast beef...

FRAYER: His business partner, Khaldoun Barghouti, teases him about gaining a big belly⁷ since he got out of jail a year ago.

BARGHOUTI: (Foreign language spoken, laughter).

FRAYER: Barghouti and al-Bibi say they worked together in an Israeli prison canteen. Barghouti served almost eight years on weapons charges, al-Bibi nine years for shooting at Israeli forces in an incident an Israeli military spokesperson said injured two soldiers. These men are among several hundred-thousand Palestinians who spent time in Israeli jails. And for these two, it was time to think lots about food.

BARGHOUTI: In prison, we are cooking for all the prisoner - in all, for about 1,000 prisoner, we cooking for him breakfast and lunch and...

FRAYER: They had to be creative, scavenging stale rolls for bread crumbs⁸, frying spices to stretch their flavor. That's what gave them the idea for this food truck, stocked with all the spices they'd dreamed of. They painted it with psychedelic rainbows and a smiley face on front.

(SOUNDBITE OF ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

FRAYER: Barghouti shows me four solar panels on the roof, designed by an engineer they did time with. The West Bank has lots of fast food joints⁹ and vegetable carts. But they say the Palestinian Authority had to create a new kind of license¹⁰ for this restaurant on wheels.

(SOUNDBITE OF CAR HORN)

FRAYER: Today, they do a swift business - a dozen customers in a half-an-hour. Burgers cost about $2.

FAIZA BAZAR: (Foreign language spoken).

FRAYER: Customer Faiza Bazar says her daughter came home from school gushing¹¹ about how all the teenagers eat here. She's got two hungry daughters in tow. Six months after their food truck's debut¹², Barghouti and al-Bibi are working till midnight seven days a week and recently hired two more workers. The food truck concept seems to have caught on here.

MONTAGNE: And that's Lauren Frayer.

1 browser   

n.浏览者

参考例句：

• View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。
• I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 flexibility   

n.柔韧性，弹性，（光的）折射性，灵活性

参考例句：

• Her great strength lies in her flexibility.她的优势在于她灵活变通。
• The flexibility of a man's muscles will lessen as he becomes old.人老了肌肉的柔韧性将降低。

3 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

4 huddled   

挤在一起（huddle的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• We huddled together for warmth. 我们挤在一块取暖。
• We huddled together to keep warm. 我们挤在一起来保暖。

5 curry   

n.咖哩粉，咖哩饭菜；v.用咖哩粉调味，用马栉梳，制革

参考例句：

• Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish.有咖喱的菜配米饭最棒。
• Add a teaspoonful of curry powder.加一茶匙咖喱粉。

6 spicy   

adj.加香料的；辛辣的，有风味的

参考例句：

• The soup tasted mildly spicy.汤尝起来略有点辣。
• Very spicy food doesn't suit her stomach.太辣的东西她吃了胃不舒服。

7 belly   

n.肚子，腹部；(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分，膛

参考例句：

• The boss has a large belly.老板大腹便便。
• His eyes are bigger than his belly.他眼馋肚饱。

8 crumbs   

int. (表示惊讶)哎呀 n. 碎屑 名词crumb的复数形式

参考例句：

• She stood up and brushed the crumbs from her sweater. 她站起身掸掉了毛衣上的面包屑。
• Oh crumbs! Is that the time? 啊，天哪！都这会儿啦？

9 joints   

接头( joint的名词复数 )； 关节； 公共场所（尤指价格低廉的饮食和娱乐场所） （非正式）； 一块烤肉 （英式英语）

参考例句：

• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on gas mains. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在煤气的总管道上了。
• Expansion joints of various kinds are fitted on steam pipes. 各种各样的伸缩接头被安装在蒸气管道上了。

10 license   

n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许

参考例句：

• The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
• The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。

11 gushing   

adj.迸出的；涌出的；喷出的；过分热情的v.喷，涌( gush的现在分词 )；滔滔不绝地说话

参考例句：

• blood gushing from a wound 从伤口冒出的血
• The young mother was gushing over a baby. 那位年轻的母亲正喋喋不休地和婴儿说话。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 debut   

n.首次演出，初次露面

参考例句：

• That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.在那同一年里，他初次在百老汇登台，扮演一个温文而雅的电台记者。
• The actress made her debut in the new comedy.这位演员在那出新喜剧中首次登台演出。