The Repair Café

修理咖啡館

— English reading, B1

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When my toaster stopped working, I was going to throw it away and buy a new one. Then a neighbor told me about the repair café in our local library.

我的烤麵包機壞掉時，我原本打算丟掉再買一台新的。後來鄰居跟我說，我們這區的圖書館有一家修理咖啡館。

It is open on the first Saturday of every month. Volunteers, who are often retired engineers, fix broken things for free. You only pay for new parts.

它每個月第一個星期六開放。志工們多半是退休的工程師，免費幫人修理壞掉的東西。你只要付新零件的錢。

While I was waiting, I drank coffee and watched a woman repair a lamp. A man next to me was having his bike fixed.

等的時候，我喝著咖啡，看一位女士修檯燈。我旁邊的男士正在請人修他的腳踏車。

My toaster only needed a new wire, which cost two dollars. I have been going there ever since, and I have learned to fix small things myself.

我的烤麵包機只需要換一條兩塊錢的電線。從那以後我就一直去，還學會了自己修些小東西。

toaster　烤麵包機

stop working　（機器）壞掉

library　圖書館

volunteer　志工

engineer　工程師

part　零件

lamp　燈

wire　電線

在 Hanabiの小天地聽整篇文章的錄音、點生詞看意思，再做 8 題閱讀測驗（選擇題和是非題）。