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。
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。
American English 网站提供可供英语学生和教师免费使用的多种英语资源。American English Facebook网页提供每天更新的英语学习资料。
“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。
