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来自世界不同地方的六位学生在美国相遇。他们都是交换学生，到美国大学就读一个学期，学习英语，了解美国文化，同时修专业课程。英语“日常会话”
(Everyday
Conversations)系列围绕这六位学生在美国的经历展开。这套材料适于中级或中级以上英语水平的学生使用。
Audio:
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在今天的对话中，两个学生
(Peter and Ajay)
谈帮助保护其他地方的文化遗产。
Ajay: On a
whim, I signed up for
an archeology class
next semester. And the professor is well known
for protecting cultural
monuments.
Peter:
What exactly does that mean?
Ajay: It means
that she tries
to prevent monuments
from
being vandalized or
destroyed.
Peter:
I cannot imagine who would want to destroy a part of someone’s
culture. Is there a lot
of destruction of
cultural monuments?
Ajay:
Unfortunately, there is. My professor also
helps restore damaged
monuments. I think she’s pretty famous around the world for
this.
Peter:
That would be a really cool job. I’d like to try doing that.
Ajay: I’m so
glad you said that! My professor has asked
for volunteers to
help her with a
restoration project next
semester. And
I signed us
both up.
让我们来学习一些词语（也可阅读英文解释）：
Archeology：考古学
To protect：保护
A cultural
monument：文化纪念碑/建筑，即人们为纪念对国家或民族有重要意义的历史人物或事件而修建的纪念性建筑
To prevent：防止
To vandalize：故意地（intentionally）毁坏/破坏（文物或财产）。动词”vandalize”
经常被用作被动语态。如： “My car was vandalized last night.” （昨晚有人捣毁我的车。）
Destruction：摧毁破坏.
在这个对话中，restore的意思是修复建筑、纪念碑、艺术品等等。
A volunteer：志愿/义务工作者
A project：一个项目
To sign
up：报名参与（做某事或项目），有时参与人需要在名单上签上自己的名字。
有兴趣听更多英语对话吗？请浏览“英语学习”专题网页。
“日常会话”由美国国务院教育与文化事务局英语语言项目处（Office
of English Language Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural
Affairs）资深项目官员海蒂·豪兰（Heidi
Howland）编写。
Six students from around the world meet. What do they have in
common? They are all exchange students studying at a U.S.
university for a semester. Throughout the semester, they learn more
English, learn about U.S. culture, and learn more about their
fields of study. This series of Everyday
Conversations is about these six students and
their experiences during a semester at a university in the U.S.
These conversations are for intermediate-level English-language
learners or higher.
Audio:
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Audio Player
In this
conversation, two students (Peter and Ajay)
talk about the opportunity to help protect another culture.
Ajay: On a
whim, I signed up for
an archeology class
next semester. And the professor is well known
for protecting cultural
monuments.
Peter:
What exactly does that mean?
Ajay: It means
that she tries
to prevent monuments
from
being vandalized or
destroyed.
Peter:
I cannot imagine who would want to destroy a part of someone’s
culture. Is there a lot
of destruction of
cultural monuments?
Ajay:
Unfortunately, there is. My professor also
helps restore damaged
monuments. I think she’s pretty famous around the world for
this.
Peter:
That would be a really cool job. I’d like to try doing that.
Ajay: I’m so
glad you said that! My professor has asked
for volunteers to
help her with a
restoration project next
semester. And
I signed us
both up.
Now let’s review the vocabulary.
Archeology: the study of past cultures by studying
the bones, tools, buildings and other objects of past people.
To protect means
to keep someone or something from being harmed, hurt or
damaged.
A cultural
monument is a building, statue, etc.,
built to remind people of a famous person or event in history and
that is important to the past or present culture of the people.
To prevent means
to stop something from happening or to stop a person from doing
something.
To vandalize something
means to intentionally damage or destroy something without a good
reason. “Intentionally” means that it is done in a way that is
planned. The verb “vandalize” is often used in the passive form.
For example: “My car was vandalized last night.”
Destruction: the act of destroying something so
badly that it cannot be repaired or no longer exists.
In the
conversation, restore means
to repair a building, monument, work of art, etc., so that it looks
similar to the way it did before it was damaged.
A volunteer is
someone who offers to do something without being paid to do it or
without being asked to do it.
A project is
planned work that is designed to improve something, produce
something, or other purpose. It usually takes a lot of time.
To sign up means
to show that you will do a job, join a team, etc. Sometimes, the
person signs his/her name on a list to show that he/she will do or
get something.
Ready to learn more English? Our
materials can help.
The American
English website offers a variety of free
resources for learners and teachers of English.
The American English
Facebook page posts learning materials for
English-language learners daily.
Everyday
Conversations are developed by the State Department’s Heidi
Howland, a senior program officer in the Office of English Language
Programs, Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
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