Eastern island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean. It is home to around 8000 people. In 1995, UNESCO named it World Heritage Site(世界遗产地).
The first people came to the island more than a thousand years ago from a place called East Polynesia. These people made large statues(雕像) called moai out of a special kind of rocks on the island.
The moai statues are very big and very heavy. They have big heads and bodies that are mostly buried in the ground. The heads are the most important part of the statues because they have special red stones like hats on top. The status were put on big rocks called ahu and faced the center of the island.
Recently, people found a new moai statue in the dry lake on the island. Nobody knew it was there before. This is a very important discovery for the people of Easter Island because it shows that there may be more statues to be found.
Although the moai statues are very important and protected, they still faced threats. The ocean can damage(损坏) them, and humans can damage them too. For example, there were fires that broke parts of the island and some of the statues. It is important to protect these statues so that they can still be a special part of the Eastern Island for many years.
