CNN 2009-12-30

Take all of the stress of flying this time of year, and imagine you are doing it in a wheel chair for the first time ever. Our Reynolds Wolf looks at a program that's helping¹ passengers travel after they've suffered major injuries.

OK so you want me turned around?

Constance Kay is getting on a plane for the first time since her paralyzing injury.

Are you nervous for the(at the) first trip?

Oh, yes. Absolutely. I never thought I could do it at all. So, oh, yes, beyond a doubt.

She is taking part in a program between Delta² Airlines and the Shepherd Center in Atlanta, a rehabilitation³ hospital for people with spinal⁴ cord and brain injuries.

"We want them to be very comfortable when they fly with us. We want our employees to be very comfortable in interacting with passengers with disabilities, and we want to make sure that the passengers with disabilities know it is OK to be an advocate for their own needs. "

You really want to be familiar with the bullet points of the air care as the access site before you travel(s).

It all began with the class at the Sheperd center where recently disable patients learned how to navigate⁵ in an airport.

 For travel specifically, we are looking at what are the accessibility concerns that you are going to have at the airport. What are you rights in terms of when you travel.

Make sure that you check in properly.

It is a daunting⁶ process to endure in a wheelchair. Checking in, going through security, getting to the gate, but what scares these guys the most is being transferred from their wheelchairs to a thinner less bulky version that fits down a plane aisle⁷, and then to their seat on the aircraft.

1 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

2 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

3 rehabilitation   

n.康复，悔过自新，修复，复兴，复职，复位

参考例句：

• He's booked himself into a rehabilitation clinic.他自己联系了一家康复诊所。
• No one can really make me rehabilitation of injuries.已经没有人可以真正令我的伤康复了。

4 spinal   

adj.针的，尖刺的，尖刺状突起的；adj.脊骨的，脊髓的

参考例句：

• After three days in Japan,the spinal column becomes extraordinarily flexible.在日本三天，就已经使脊椎骨变得富有弹性了。
• Your spinal column is made up of 24 movable vertebrae.你的脊柱由24个活动的脊椎骨构成。

5 navigate   

v.航行，飞行；导航，领航

参考例句：

• He was the first man to navigate the Atlantic by air.他是第一个飞越大西洋的人。
• Such boats can navigate on the Nile.这种船可以在尼罗河上航行。

6 daunting   

adj.使人畏缩的

参考例句：

• They were faced with the daunting task of restoring the house.他们面临着修复房子的艰巨任务。
• Starting a new job can be a daunting prospect.开始一项新工作有时会让人望而却步。

7 aisle   

n.（教堂、教室、戏院等里的）过道，通道

参考例句：

• The aisle was crammed with people.过道上挤满了人。
• The girl ushered me along the aisle to my seat.引座小姐带领我沿着通道到我的座位上去。