The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization — a branch of the UN, with its head office in Paris. Its job is to help countries with education, science and culture, and it puts special effort into places that need the help most: teacher training, school building, protecting languages, sharing scientific research.

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization「聯合國教育、科學及文化組織」—— a branch of the UN是聯合國底下的一個機構， with its head office in Paris總部設在巴黎。 Its job它的工作 is to help countries with幫助各國推動 education, science and culture教育、科學和文化， and而且 it它 puts special effort into特別致力於 places that need the help most最需要幫助的地方： teacher training教師培訓、 school building蓋學校、 protecting languages保護語言、 sharing scientific research分享科學研究。

Most people, though, meet the name in one context only: World Heritage. UNESCO keeps the list of World Heritage Sites — places judged so valuable to all of humanity that the world should protect them together. That is why you constantly see "a UNESCO World Heritage Site" on travel signs and in tourist articles, and why in everyday talk UNESCO has almost come to mean "the group that decides which old places are important".

Most people大部分人， though不過， meet the name in one context only只在一個情境裡聽過這個名字： World Heritage世界遺產。 UNESCO「UNESCO」 keeps the list of負責維護 World Heritage Sites世界遺產名單—— places judged so valuable to all of humanity那些被認定對全人類非常珍貴的地方 that the world should protect them together全世界應該一起保護它們。 That is why這就是為什麼 you constantly see你會一直看到 "a UNESCO World Heritage Site"「a UNESCO World Heritage Site」（一個聯合國教科文組織世界遺產） on travel signs and in tourist articles出現在旅遊招牌和觀光文章裡， and而且 why in everyday talk為什麼在日常對話裡 UNESCO「UNESCO」 has almost come to mean幾乎變成是在指 "the group that decides which old places are important"「那個決定哪些古蹟很重要的組織」。

That is not really what it is, but that is how the name lives now.

That is not really what it is這其實不是它真正的定位， but但 that is how the name lives now這個名字現在就是這樣被使用的。

It is said as a word, not spelled out — you-NESS-ko — and it takes no "the" in front when used as a name: "UNESCO said", not "the UNESCO said".

It它 is said as a word是當作一個詞唸出來， not spelled out而不是一個字母一個字母唸—— you-NESS-ko唸作「you-NESS-ko」—— and而且 it它 takes no "the" in front用作名稱時前面不加「the」 when used as a name： "UNESCO said"要說「UNESCO said」， not "the UNESCO said"不說「the UNESCO said」。