動(dòng)物描寫(xiě):蛇-Snakes
蛇
【內(nèi)容提示】
請(qǐng)你選擇一種你所熟悉的動(dòng)物作一描寫(xiě)。內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：
�、僭搫�(dòng)物的外觀及形體；
�、谠搫�(dòng)物的習(xí)性；
�、燮渖钐匦�；
④其食物構(gòu)成；
�、萑藗儗�(duì)它的態(tài)度；
�、匏囊嫣幓蚝μ�。
【作文示范】
Snakes
The snake is a long and thin animal that lives in grass or other dark places. A snake has no legs or feet, but it can move very fast on its stomach. Snakes usually have green, yellow or black skins, which make them difficult for their enemies to find them. Some kinds of snakes live in water. They can swim as freely as fish.
Snakes are cold-blooded animals. In winter they hibernate ① in 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 ② 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 ③ 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 ④ in the snake＇s body. After some time the lump disappears.
As snakes are dreadful-looking ⑤, 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.
�。ㄟx自《英語(yǔ)畫(huà)刊》高中版1996年第7期）
【詞語(yǔ)解釋】
�、賖ibernate [＇haib+:neit] v. 冬眠
�、趆ibernation [?haib+:＇neiM+n] n. 越冬；冬眠
�、踦est [pest] n. 害蟲(chóng)
�、躭ump [l)mp] n. 隆起
�、載readful-looking [＇dredful ＇lukiR] a. 看起來(lái)可怕的
【寫(xiě)法指要】
作文是社會(huì)經(jīng)驗(yàn)積累的產(chǎn)物，本文充分說(shuō)明了這一點(diǎn)。作者對(duì)事物觀察得非常仔細(xì)，把蛇這種不易接近的動(dòng)物的方方面面都了解到了。
文章從五個(gè)方面描寫(xiě)了蛇這一動(dòng)物：蛇的外貌和習(xí)性、生活特征、食物結(jié)構(gòu)、人們對(duì)它的態(tài)度及蛇的益處。
文章中關(guān)于“蛇”一詞有the snake，a snake，snakes，the snakes 四種表達(dá)形式。這是一個(gè)詞在文中多次出現(xiàn)時(shí)為避免冗繁而采用的很好方法，應(yīng)注意觀察其用法，學(xué)會(huì)運(yùn)用。