A Repair Café with a Different Goal

Key words

• turnout — the number of people who attend an event
• expertise — special knowledge or skill in a subject
• worthwhile — useful or valuable enough to deserve your time

Tip: Listen for contrast signals such as “but” and “instead.” They often introduce the speaker’s main point or a change in opinion.

Listen

Questions

1. 1. How did the speaker originally expect to measure the café's success?

   By the variety of tools donated.By the amount of money collected.By the number of volunteers trained.By the number of objects repaired.

2. 2. What was the main problem at the first event?

   Visitors expected volunteers to do all the repair work.Too few people brought objects to repair.Visitors refused to wait for their turn.The volunteers lacked the necessary skills.

3. 3. What happened after visitors began helping with repairs?

   The volunteers finished earlier than expected.Fewer objects were repaired, but visitors became more involved.Visitors stopped bringing complicated objects.More objects were repaired, but visitors enjoyed it less.

4. 4. What does the speaker suggest about an object that cannot be repaired?

   It should be replaced before the visitor leaves.It should not have been brought to the café.Working on it can still be valuable if the visitor learns something.It proves that the volunteers need more training.