Would you kiss a snake? What if it was a poisonous snake? The poisonous snake in this picture is called a cobra. This man kissed it 51 times in three minutes. That is the most times anybody has ever kissed a poisonous snake in such a short time. This man must really trust his cobra.
Most people are scared that snakes will bite them, but there are some special kinds of cobras that don't bite. Instead of biting, they spit their poison out of their mouths, so they are called spitting cobras. They can spit their poison two meters!
There is another kind of snake that can do something even more impressive: it can fly! Flying snakes can climb trees and fly by jumping from one tree to the next.
(Marc Langer, staff writer)
你願意親吻一條蛇嗎？如果這條蛇是毒蛇呢？照片中這種毒蛇叫眼鏡蛇，這名男子在三分鐘內親了牠五十一下，是人在最短時間內親毒蛇最多次的紀錄，他想必很信任這隻眼鏡蛇。
多數人怕毒蛇咬，但有些特殊品種的眼鏡蛇不會咬人，反而會從口中射出毒液，因此牠們又叫「噴毒眼鏡蛇」。牠們能將毒液噴至兩公尺遠。
另外一種蛇的絕技更是令人讚歎 -- 牠會飛行！飛蛇能爬上樹幹，藉著在樹林間跳躍飛行。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
複習測驗
1. Most people are afraid that snakes will ...
a. spit at them.
b. bite them.
c. eat them.
2. What do flying snakes climb?
a. Trees.
b. Rocks.
c. Mountains.
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