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Snake dishes have become popular 1 recent years. Snake meat in various flavors(风味) is often
seen in restaurant advertisements. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue(盛行), and 2 you haven't
eaten snake yet, you are considered " out of date". But I wonder whether all the trends are worth 3
(follow).
Some people may defend themselves 4 saying that snake meat is nutritious. But these people don't
realize that many parasites (寄生虫), 5 (find) inside snakes, will do harm to our health.
According to a survey, about 1,000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China and sometimes as
many as 10 tons of snakes 6 (serve) on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!
These figures warn us that if no 7 (act) is taken, the number of snakes will drop and that will make 8 increase in mice and worms population, 9 will result in a decrease (减产) of crops output.
Who will see such tragedy happen?
So let's start not to eat snakes any more because " to protect the snake is to protect 10 ."
