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Snake dishes have become popular in recent years. Snakes meat in _1.______ (vary) flavors(风味) is often seen in restaurant ads. Eating snake seems to be now in vogue（盛行）, and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you2.______  (consider) “out of date”. But I wonder 3.______ all the trends are worth following.

Some people may defend themselves 4.______ saying that snake meat is nutritious. But these people don’t realize that many parasites(寄生虫)which are harmful5.______  our health are found inside snakes.

According to a survey, about 1000 tons of snakes6.______ (eat) every year in China and sometimes as 7.______ (more)as tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day!

These figures warn us that if no action is taken, 8.______ number of snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, 9.______  will result in a decrease of crop 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.______”