Preserve the Great Wall 保护长城

李全忠

2021年，联合国教科文组织第44届世界遗产大会审议并通过了长城保护状况报告，长城被世界遗产委员会评为世界遗产保护管理示范案例。继2018年大运河之后，我国世界遗产保护管理工作又一次获此殊荣。

1A Chinese expert said UNESCOs praise for the continued efforts in the conservation of the Great Wall is an acknowledgement of Chinas increasingly important role in international heritage affairs.

2UNESCOs World Heritage Committee adopted a decision announcing that it “takes note with satisfaction” of the measures adopted by China to reduce the threats to the UNESCO?listed world heritage， according to the result of the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee held in Fuzhou， capital of East Chinas Fujian Province.

3“China has developed a relatively mature work system on world heritage protection， and the decision has signified that China has begun to play an increasingly important role in international heritage affairs. Chinas experience could offer some help to other countries，” Zhang Jianwei， a research fellow at the School of Archaeology and Museology of Peking University， told the Global Times.

4He added that in the future， more attention will be paid to research， protection and sustainable development of heritage communities and sites， as well as scientific and technical support and protection in the 5G era.

5 The World Heritage Committee has reviewed a total of 255 World Heritage Site protection reports. Only three of them， including the Great Wall in China， Comoé National Park and Ta? National Park in C?te dIvoire， won the honor.

6 This is the second time that Chinas world heritage protection and management work has won this honor after the Grand Canal， the longest canal in the world， in 2018.

7Besides the Great Wall， the World Cultural Heritage Protection Status Reports of other five Chinese World Heritage Sites passed successfully， including the Historic Ensemble of the Potala Palace in Lhasa， Tibet Autonomous Region， the Historic Centre of Macau， the Ancient Building Complex in Wudang Mountains， the Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art Cultural Landscape， and Silk Roads： The Routes Network of Changan?Tianshan Corridor.

Ⅰ. Complete the following mind map with only one word for each blank

Ⅱ. Discussion

Apart from the Chinese World Heritage Sites given in the text， can you think of any other sites？

Memorize some text?centered chunks

take note with satisfaction 满意地注意到

adopt measures to do 采取措施做……

reduce the threats to 减少对……的威胁

play an increasingly important role in 在……中扮演日益重要的角色

as well as 也;除……之外