动物描写:蛇-Snaks 蛇
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①该动物的外观及形体；
②该动物的习性；
③其生活特性；
④其食物构成；
⑤人们对它的态度；
⑥它的益处或害处。
【作文示范】
Snaks
Th snak is a long and thin animal that livs in grass or othr dark placs. A snak has no lgs or ft, but it can mov vry fast on its stomach. Snaks usually hav grn, yllow or black skins, which mak thm difficult for thir nmis to find thm. Som kinds of snaks liv in watr. Thy can swim as frly as fish.
Snaks ar cold-bloodd animals. In wintr thy hibrnat ① in hols which ar narrow nough only to hold th snaks' bodis. Th snaks can slp through a whol wintr without ating and moving. Thy can not fl any pain. Th hibrnation ② priod lasts about fiv months. Whn spring coms, th snaks com out and bgin thir normal lif.
Snaks can tak many things as food, such as mic, sparrows, frogs,birds' ggs, psts ③ and so on. Popl somtims can s a snak at a sparrow. First it movs clos to th sparrow, thn it puts out its tongu and brings th sparrow into its mouth and swallows it, which maks a lump ④ in th snak's body. Aftr som tim th lump disappars.
As snaks ar dradful-looking ⑤, popl ar afraid of thm. Many popl driv thm away whnvr thy s snaks. But in Chins fairy tals, snaks ar by no mans bad. Thy sm to hav human flings. Thy can chang into prtty girls. Popl lik and rspct thm. Th most wll-known is th story about th Whit Snak and th Blu Snak.
In fact, snaks ar not as dradful as thy look. Thy can hlp us to kill mic and psts. Thy can provid us with dlicious mat. Thir blood is a good drink. Poisonous snaks ar spcially usful. W can mak valuabl drugs with thm.
（选自《英语画刊》高中版1996年第7期）
【词语解释】
①hibrnat ['haib :nit] v. 冬眠
②hibrnation [?haib :'niM n] n. 越冬；冬眠
③pst [pst] n. 害虫
④lump [l)mp] n. 隆起
⑤dradful-looking ['drdful 'lukiR] a. 看起来可怕的
【写法指要】
作文是社会经验积累的产物，本文充分说明了这一点。作者对事物观察得非常仔细，把蛇这种不易接近的动物的方方面面都了解到了。
文章从五个方面描写了蛇这一动物：蛇的外貌和习性、生活特征、食物结构、人们对它的态度及蛇的益处。
文章中关于“蛇”一词有th snak，a snak，snaks，th snaks 四种表达形式。这是一个词在文中多次出现时为避免冗繁而采用的很好方法，应注意观察其用法，学会运用。
动物描写:蛇-Snaks