雅思写作“文化类”素材阅读

　　3、This year’s most dramatic move was a rare decision to strip a place—Dresden and the surrounding Elbe valley—of its status as a “World Heritage Site”: that is, a location deemed to be of universal worth to humanity by virtue of its built environment, ecological importance or both.
　　deemed to be of universal worth to humanity by virtue of its built environment, ecological importance or both：be deemed to be 被认为是,另外这句话可以用来说明文化的重要性，句型非常好。

　　4、What makes this whole procedure tolerable (and indeed, respected) is thatit is a voluntary arrangement between governments, with groups of states taking turns to form committees that duly exercise UNESCO’s moral power.

　　这句话的句子结构很好，what引导主语从句,后面的is 之后是表语从句，大家可以学习去写。

　　5、An architect with a fondness for old cities that are evolving, Mr Bandarinrelishes the memory of his sparring matches with Ken Livingstone, then mayor of London, whose love for skyscrapers cast a shadow over the Tower of London and the Palace of Westminster, both of which are UNESCO sites. “He wanted to build Shanghai in London,” the Italian says of the maverick socialist mayor. What UNESCO should be protecting, he says, is not stones but human values; cities must develop in ways that cater to present needs but also respect and integrate the past.

　　with a fondness for：介词短语with 用来修饰前面的建筑师

　　relish the memory of：回味。。。的记忆，非常生动的表达

　　skyscraper：摩天大楼

　　is not stones but human values： 不是。。。而是。。， 不是只保护石头而是人类的价值，说明文物的精神价值。

　　这篇文章从联合国教科文组织的角度，分析了文化尤其是传统文化和建筑的保护问题，有很多非常生动地道的表达。