1、UNESCO United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization Do you know about UNESCO?It is a United Nations organization.Ome of its functions is to protect important heritage sites all over the word.On the World Heritage List put ouy by UNESCO,alogether there are about 900 World Heritage
2、sites,which are considered to have extraordinary value to human civilizations.AThese sites are divided into three types:cultural heritage sites,natural heritage sites and mixed cultural and natural heritage sites.Take the ancient Roman city Pompeii as an example.It is a cultural heritage site on the
3、 List.In China,Jiuzhaigou in Sichuan Province is a natural heritage site.Mount Tai and Mount Huang are mixed cultural and natural heritage sites.I visited these last three places when I was travelling in China last summer.B Ann has been to some World Heritage sites,which she divides into the three t
4、ypes mentioned above.The Great Wall Yellowstone National ParkMount Huanga group animals hunting togethera group of small or mid-sized animalsa large group of insectsthree bunches of bananasCultural heritage sites:Pompeii,the Great wall,Ancient Villages in South Anhui Xidi and HongcunNatural heritage
5、 sites:Yellowstone National Park,JiuzhaigouCultural heritage sites:Mount Huang,Mount TaiArchaeology is the study of a civilization by looking at things that remain from the time the civilization existed.This means that the things have to be carefully examined and studied,as they are often very old.T
6、he person who studies archaeology is an archaeologist.The area that is being studied is called an archaeological site.ASome words that can be used to describe what you do when you are studying a site include:brush dig discover explore remove recordBelow is an excerpt from an interview with Professor
7、 Zhang.Use the blue words from above to fill in the blanks.Do not forget to change the verbs to the correct form.Archaeology is important to China.I became interested in this subject when I was a small child.I studied at Peking University and I have been an _ for thirty years.During these years I ha
8、ve had the chance to explore many different places in China and throughout the world.As you know,China has achieved a lot in archaeology in the past sixty years.archaeologistOne of the great _discoveries over the last few years is the area of Loulan.In 1980,I took part in _ the prserved body of a wo
9、man.We called her the Loulan Beauty.She had died more than 3,800 years before.Then in1998 we _ several other tombs.archaeologicaldiscoveringexploredYou have to be very careful not to destroy anything you find,so you always need to remember to _ carefully and to_ away the dirt.You must_everything you find and never _ anything from the site.digbrushrecordremoveWords related to biology:environment biological plant animal climate soil balance food water grow live mineral
