高齡 70 歲的「玩具醫生」在新竹市北區親子館幫孩子們修復心愛的玩具 70-year-old ‘toy doctor’ fixes toys at the Hsinchu City North Child Center

　
At the Hsinchu City North Child Center, 70-year-old Ho Kuan-ming helps children fix their toys. Ho studied mechanics when he was in high school 50 years ago. After that, he worked as an apprentice for 12 years and ran his hardware shop for decades.

At first, Ho just fixed broken toys for his grandchildren. Later, Ho’s family encouraged him to put his lifetime technical skills to a new use.

Therefore, following his wife’s example, Ho became a volunteer at the child center. People there now call him the ‘Toy Doctor.’ He devotes himself not only to bringing joy to kids, but also to teach them the importance of taking care of things.

友善讓你懂 │ 解說：

　
當家裡的玩具壞掉，就只能丟棄了嗎？在新竹市北區親子館，高齡 70 歲的志工何寬明會幫小朋友們修復損壞的玩具。何寬明五十多年前就讀高中時期學的是機械。後來當了 12 年的學徒，隨後開起自己的五金行、並且經營了幾十年。

一開始，何寬明只是會幫自己的孫子修修玩具而已。後來，他的家人們鼓勵他把畢生在五金、機械方面的技術應用到新的地方。

因此，何寬明跟隨了妻子的腳步到親子館擔任志工。在這裏，大家稱他為「玩具醫生」，許多壞掉的玩具在他的巧手下起死回生。他不只希望可以致力於修復玩具讓小朋友們再次玩得開心，更希望能透過這樣的過程，讓孩子們學到惜物愛物的重要。

輕鬆帶著走 │ 學習：

　
put to use 除了單純表示「應用、使用」之外，更有一層意思是「找到（更好的、其他的、或不同的）用法」之意，暗示了在直覺性的用法之外，進一步靈活應用到其他方面的意思。

例句：The new technology has been put to use in the latest project.
這項新技術已經被應用到最新的計畫裡了。

本篇其他相關單字，介紹如下：

• mechanics　(n.) 機械學
• apprentice　(n.) 學徒
• run　(v.) 經營
• decade　(n.) 十年
• devote (v.) 奉獻（自己）於…，投入做…