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News worthy Clips(2/3)

Update your vocabulary with news clips from around the world

Airport face-lifts smooth out travel wrinkles for fliers

For years, Jim Pancero put up with bags, carts, [-----1-----] and other travelers blocking his way as he moved slowly in the lines at check-in counters at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson airport’s South Terminal.

Pancero, a Minneapolis business traveler who often goes to Atlanta, is breathing a little easier since Delta Air Lines earlier this year opened its new $26-million ticketing lobby. An [-----2-----] of architecture, queue management, interior design, software and logistics, the new lobby has minimized use of traditional ticket counters. In their place, Delta has clustered 106 kiosks and redeployed its workers. The result: shorter lines, more room for passengers to roam and swifter passage to the security checkpoint at the world’s busiest airport.

Delta and Hartsfield-Jackson are among about a dozen U.S. airlines and airports that have largely given up traditional ticket counters that run parallel to the terminal entryway and force passengers to queue up in long, snaking lines that allow little room to spread out.

Instead, airport are clearing out the space, setting electronic kiosks and counters at an angle to the entryway, and spreading out passengers needing to catch their planes. The chief aim is to minimize the effects of crowds by separating passengers from each other and moving them away from the congested check-in counter.

As they build or [-----3-----] , airports are also paying more attention to aesthetics and [-----4-----] that could help them become more competitive: walled-off, separate check-in areas for premium customers; higher ceilings and more windows; and wider concourse hallways.

Electronic kiosks are gaining acceptance with travelers. About 70 percent of business travelers used kiosks at least once in 2007, says Forrester Research. Experienced travelers now largely prefer them to standing in lines, says Henry Harteveldt of Forrester.

According to architect Stanis Smith, “through good design, air ports can become a place people enjoy.”

Vocabulary Focus

breathe easier (idiom) ---to be able to relax, especially after a difficult event
redeploy (v) ---to move employees to a different place or use them in a more effective way
congested (adj) ---too blocked or crowed and causing difficulties
aesthetics (n) ---the enjoyment of beauty, or the display of great beauty

Exercises for Today:

听写&翻译练习：（奖励50HY）
a) 听写填空：补全课文中的空白处。
b) 翻译：翻译文本中高亮的句子（注意联系上下文哦）
讨论问题：（奖励100HY~200HY）
今日话题讨论点击进入
c) New：每日Skit听写：奖励50HY ~ 250HY（猫头鹰听力剧院改版中！更多奖励活动哦~） 点击进入

说明：

1.本栏目由空中英语教室授权沪江网制作.
2.更新频率：周一至周六。
3."讨论"话题全新改版至小组讨论，奖励升级，凡参与者奖励100HY，积极参与者奖励200HY。
4.参考答案、译文及课文讲解音频回复可见。
5.课文音频下载

6.多重参与方式：1)小组讨论 2)节目订阅 3)Skype每日在线语音讨论

7.Skype每日在线语音讨论特别说明：彭蒙惠语音讨论群详细图解说明
安装skype后，加每日语音主持人xy_chouchou@163.com和dantekung@gmail.com
时间: 周一至周六, 周日Free Talk 19:00-20:00
内容: 对课文词汇和文章进行讨论

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