Something about Snakes关于蛇

蛇在自然界中对维持生态平衡起着极为重要的作用。人们为什么害怕蛇呢？我们应该如何减少对蛇的恐惧呢？让我们阅读下文去寻找答案吧。

Most of us are afraid of snakes. Where does the fear come from？To find out the answer， scientists put pictures of snakes， pandas， cats，flowers and many other things in front of a group of people of all ages.People found snakes faster than flowers. Another example is spiders，which are faster than “safe” things like flowers. It seems that we findthings that might be dangerous to us faster. Maybe we are born to beafraid of them.

Scientists also found people learned to fear snakes faster. Why didthey fear snakes？ Most of them said that in their experiences， they wereinfluenced by the scared voices and faces of those who met snakes， butweren’t 1）bitten by snakes. After all， if we had to be bitten by a snake tolearn that it’s dangerous， we might learn our lesson too late.

Snakes may not be as cute as pandas， but they’re just of the sameimportance to the environment. Snakes eat 2）insects and mice that areharmful to humans. Snakes are also food for other animals. How can wereduce our fears to give snakes a chance？

Scientists did a study recently. Some volunteers went on a fieldtrip. With the help of safety tips， everyone could safely touch and holda snake. It turns out that snakes aren’t so bad when you know theway to stay with them. Most of them， who wereafraid of snakes before the field trip weren’t afraidafterwards. In fact， snakes even became somevolunteers’ favorite animals.

1） bite v. 咬

2） insect n. 昆虫

我们大多数人都害怕蛇。（剩余424字）