描寫動物的英語作文 蛇
Snakes蛇
The snake is a long and thin animal that lives in grass or other dark places. 蛇是一種又長又瘦的動物，生活在草叢裡和陰暗的地方、A snake has no legs or feet, but it can move very fast on its stomach.蛇沒有腿和腳，靠胃部飛快的移動前進。 Snakes usually have green, yellow or black skins, which make them difficult for their enemies to find them. 蛇常常有綠色，黃色和黑色的皮膚，使得敵人很難找到他們。Some kinds of snakes live in water. They can swim as freely as fish.有些蛇生活在水裡，他們能像魚一樣飛速的游移。
Snakes are cold-blooded animals. In winter they hibernatein holes which are narrow enough only to hold the snakes' bodies. The snakes can sleep through a whole winter without eating and moving. They can not feel any pain. The hibernation period lasts about five months. When spring comes, the snakes come out and begin their normal life.
Snakes can take many things as food, such as mice, sparrows, frogs,birds' eggs, pests and so on. People sometimes can see a snake eat a sparrow. First it moves close to the sparrow, then it puts out its tongue and brings the sparrow into its mouth and swallows it, which makes a lump in the snake's body. After some time the lump disappears.
As snakes are dreadful-looking, people are afraid of them. Many people drive them away whenever they see snakes. But in Chinese fairy tales, snakes are by no means bad. They seem to have human feelings. They can change into pretty girls. People like and respect them. The most well-known is the story about the White Snake and the Blue Snake.
In fact, snakes are not as dreadful as they look. They can help us to kill mice and pests. They can provide us with delicious meat. Their blood is a good drink. Poisonous snakes are especially useful. We can make valuable drugs with them.