VOA常速英语2017--华盛顿史密森学会致力文化保护培训（在线收听）

The U.S. State Department partnered with the Smithsonian Institution to engage religious minority groups directly, providing them with training and information on preserving cultural sites and objects that are at risk. Some of these preventative methods are simple, but effective said Special Advisor Thames:

“There was a training that went on in northern Syria, where churches were trained about how to stack sand bags in front of ancient frescos and murals so that if a mortar shell were to land, the explosive force would be dissipated by the sand bags – it wouldn't hurt the mural. And they had these very striking before and after pictures of a room full of sandbags, the bomb tragically hit, the sand bags are exploded but the mural is fine.

Trainings also include information on protecting movable artifacts by creating digital documentation of the items that can be stored remotely. The Smithsonian Institute has created a special outreach program in Erbil, Iraq, that is dedicated to the effort.

“These communities that are so unique, that create this mosaic of culture and religion,” said Special Advisor Thames. “They can be pieced back together and protecting their common culture can be a way to do that.”

美国国务院与华盛顿史密森学会合作以达到直接与宗教少数群体接触的目的，为他们提供有关保护濒危文化遗址和文物的培训和信息。这些预防性措施中有一些简单又有成效，特别顾问泰晤士说：

“我们曾在叙利亚北部做过一次培训，教那里的各个教堂如何在古老的壁画前堆砌沙袋，这样就能在迫击炮弹坠落后，通过沙袋来消散爆炸的冲力——从而保护壁画。他们确曾经历过这种惊心动魄的场景，在将沙袋满满地堆砌在房间中的壁画前后，在炸弹不幸坠落后，这些沙袋虽然分崩离析，但壁画完好无损。”

培训还包括传授关于保护可挪动的人工作品的信息，教学方法是制作可以远程储存的物品的电子文件。华盛顿史密森学会在伊拉克的埃尔比勒已经创建了一个特殊的外展计划，该计划就是致力于这个方面的。

“这些社群都是独一无二的，正是他们创造了文化和地区的美好画面，”泰晤士说。“他们可以一片片拼凑完整，而保护它们的共有文化正是拼凑完整的途径之一。”