The Right to Repair

Tarttua kukkaroon, ostaa uusi

To reach for your wallet (rather than a screwdriver)

Panna vastaan, vastustaa

To push back (against something)

Asettua yhtenä rintamana tukemaan

To rally behind (an idea)

Seurata esimerkkiä, tehdä samoin

To follow suit

Perustua johonkin, nojata johonkin

To rest on (something)

Päätyä johonkin

To end up (in landfill)

Tehdä vanhentuneeksi/käyttökelvottomaksi

To render something obsolete

Korjata, paikata

To mend (a phone)

Näpertää, nikkaroida

To tinker with (electronics)

Vaarantaa, heikentää

To compromise (safety)

Puhaltaa uutta eloa johonkin

To breathe new life into (something)

Ilmaantua, syntyä nopeasti

To spring up

Varaosat

Spare parts

Elektroniikkajäte, sähkö- ja elektroniikkaromu

E-waste (electronic waste)

Kaatopaikka

Landfill

Liittouma, yhteenliittymä

A coalition (of campaigners)

Tekosyy, veruke

A pretext

Vaikutin, motiivi

A motive

Työn laatu, käsityön jälki

Workmanship

Köydenveto, kädenvääntö

A tug-of-war (over an issue)

Vanhentunut, käytöstä poistunut

Obsolete

Hätkähdyttävä, huikea

Staggering (amount)

Huonosti varustautunut, kykenemätön

Ill-equipped (to process it)

Huonolaatuinen, hutera, sutta

Shoddy (workmanship)

1. What is the writer's main purpose in the text? — To describe a rising movement to make products repairable and the debate around it
2. According to the text, how have manufacturers made repair harder? — By gluing batteries in place and keeping spare parts from independent workshops
3. The contrast between "a screwdriver" and "your wallet" in the first paragraph suggests that people today tend to — replace a broken device rather than repair it
4. Which environmental benefit of repair does the writer mention? — It avoids the carbon cost of manufacturing a replacement
5. Which concern do the manufacturers themselves raise about the right to repair? — That untrained people could make devices unsafe
6. In the final paragraph, how does the writer present the people who repair their own devices? — As quietly resisting a culture of constant buying
7. When the critics call the manufacturers' objections "a pretext", they mean the objections are — an excuse that hides the real reason
8. Read the passage and choose the best alternative for each gap. —
9. The passage below continues from the study text. Fill each gap using the grey hint shown in the gap. — environmental, convinced, with, up, risks, merely, motive, into, springing, raised, against, rather