Something about Snakes

◎陳傳光

蛇在自然界中對(duì)維持生態(tài)平衡起著極為重要的作用。人們?yōu)槭裁春ε律吣兀课覀儜?yīng)該如何減少對(duì)蛇的恐懼呢？讓我們閱讀下文去尋找答案吧。

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 find things that might be dangerous to us faster.Maybe we are born to be afraid of them.

Scientists also found people learned to fear snakes faster.Why did they fear snakes? Most of them said that in their experiences, they were influenced by the scared voices and faces of those who met snakes, but weren’t1)bitten by snakes.After all, if we had to be bitten by a snake to learn 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 same importance to the environment.Snakes eat2)insects and mice that are harmful to humans.Snakes are also food for other animals.How can we reduce our fears to give snakes a chance?

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

1) bitev.咬

2) insectn.昆蟲

我們大多數(shù)人都害怕蛇。這種恐懼是從哪里來的？為了找出答案，科學(xué)家們把蛇、熊貓、貓、花和許多其他東西的照片放在一群不同年齡段的人面前。人們發(fā)現(xiàn)蛇比發(fā)現(xiàn)花快。另一個(gè)例子是蜘蛛，它們比花等“安全”的東西更快被發(fā)現(xiàn)。我們似乎更快地發(fā)現(xiàn)了對(duì)我們來說可能是危險(xiǎn)的東西。也許我們生來就害怕它們。

科學(xué)家們還發(fā)現(xiàn)，人們更快地學(xué)會(huì)了害怕蛇。他們?yōu)槭裁春ε律撸克麄冎械拇蠖鄶?shù)人說，在他們的經(jīng)歷中受到了那些遇到蛇但沒有被蛇咬的人恐懼的聲音和面孔的影響。畢竟，如果我們不得不被蛇咬才知道它是危險(xiǎn)的，我們可能就知道得太晚了。

蛇可能沒有熊貓那么可愛，但它們對(duì)環(huán)境的重要性是一樣的。蛇吃對(duì)人類有害的昆蟲和老鼠。蛇也是其他動(dòng)物的食物。我們?nèi)绾尾拍軠p少恐懼，給蛇一個(gè)機(jī)會(huì)？

科學(xué)家最近做了一項(xiàng)研究。一些志愿者進(jìn)行了實(shí)地考察。在安全提示的幫助下，每個(gè)人都可以安全地觸摸和抱住蛇。結(jié)果表明，當(dāng)你知道如何與蛇相處時(shí)，蛇并沒有那么可怕。大多數(shù)人在野外考察前害怕蛇，但在野外考察后就不再害怕了。事實(shí)上，蛇甚至成了一些志愿者最喜歡的動(dòng)物。