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A New Future

The day after the skiing accident, Jill Kinmont lay quietly in a hospital bed. She wondered how soon she could get back on the slopes. 18-year-old Jill was American’s top junior skier. A bright future lay ahead.

A doctor entered the room and began to poke Jill’s legs with a pin. “Can you feel this?” the doctor asked. “No,” – answered Jill. It was then the young athlete realised the truth. Her body was almost completely paralyzed from the shoulders down. She would never ski again. And she would never walk again either.

After six months in the hospital, Jill came home in a wheelchair. At first it took her about an hour to push her chair 25 feet. Once a week, she returned to the hospital for treatments to make her hand and arm muscles stronger. These were the only muscles she could still use.

Jill kept trying to do things for herself. Using her left thumb and her teeth, she learned to button and unbutton her blouse. In the same way, she managed to work a zipper. With a metal braze fixed on her hand, she was able to hold a pen and gradually to write with it.

Jill began to plan a new future for herself. She went to college and became a teacher. For almost 20 years, she has taught reading in California. Jill’s life has been so full and interesting that two movies have been made about it, “The Other Side of the Mountain” and “The Other Side of the Mountain” Part II. They have shared Jill Kinmont’s moving story with people across the country.

The young American skier overcame her illness.

Jill Kinmont lay quietly in a hospital bed.

Read the story and mark «True» or «False».

A New Future

The day after the skiing accident, Jill Kinmont lay quietly in a hospital bed. She wondered how soon she could get back on the slopes. 18-year-old Jill was American’s top junior skier. A bright future lay ahead.

A doctor entered the room and began to poke Jill’s legs with a pin. “Can you feel this?” the doctor asked. “No,” – answered Jill. It was then the young athlete realised the truth. Her body was almost completely paralyzed from the shoulders down. She would never ski again. And she would never walk again either.

After six months in the hospital, Jill came home in a wheelchair. At first it took her about an hour to push her chair 25 feet. Once a week, she returned to the hospital for treatments to make her hand and arm muscles stronger. These were the only muscles she could still use.

Jill kept trying to do things for herself. Using her left thumb and her teeth, she learned to button and unbutton her blouse. In the same way, she managed to work a zipper. With a metal braze fixed on her hand, she was able to hold a pen and gradually to write with it.

Jill began to plan a new future for herself. She went to college and became a teacher. For almost 20 years, she has taught reading in California. Jill’s life has been so full and interesting that two movies have been made about it, “The Other Side of the Mountain” and “The Other Side of the Mountain” Part II. They have shared Jill Kinmont’s moving story with people across the country.

The young American skier overcame her illness.

Once a week she went to the hospital to make her hand and arm muscles stronger

Read the story and mark «True» or «False».

A New Future

The day after the skiing accident, Jill Kinmont lay quietly in a hospital bed. She wondered how soon she could get back on the slopes. 18-year-old Jill was American’s top junior skier. A bright future lay ahead.

A doctor entered the room and began to poke Jill’s legs with a pin. “Can you feel this?” the doctor asked. “No,” – answered Jill. It was then the young athlete realised the truth. Her body was almost completely paralyzed from the shoulders down. She would never ski again. And she would never walk again either.

After six months in the hospital, Jill came home in a wheelchair. At first it took her about an hour to push her chair 25 feet. Once a week, she returned to the hospital for treatments to make her hand and arm muscles stronger. These were the only muscles she could still use.

Jill kept trying to do things for herself. Using her left thumb and her teeth, she learned to button and unbutton her blouse. In the same way, she managed to work a zipper. With a metal braze fixed on her hand, she was able to hold a pen and gradually to write with it.

Jill began to plan a new future for herself. She went to college and became a teacher. For almost 20 years, she has taught reading in California. Jill’s life has been so full and interesting that two movies have been made about it, “The Other Side of the Mountain” and “The Other Side of the Mountain” Part II. They have shared Jill Kinmont’s moving story with people across the country.

The young American skier overcame her illness.

She was able to hold a pen and gradually to write with it