we think of ourselves as children of the dragon,我們認為自己是龍的傳人

think of:認為

What do you think of my new car?

你覺得我的新車怎么樣？

so there is no need to be afraid of snakes.所以我們沒有必要害怕蛇

be afraid of:害怕

The little girl is afraid of thunder and lightning.

這小女孩害怕雷聲和閃電。

用法:afraid 后面可接動名詞(其前加of),也可接動詞不定式,一般說,這兩種說法的意思沒有多少區別。例如：

I'm afraid of flying (to fly).

我害怕坐飛機。

I'm afraid of diving (to dive) into the swimming-pool.

我不想在游泳池里跳水。

snakes may be able to sense earthquakes in the same way蛇在捕食時對獵物的感應方式

be able to:會； 能

They appear to be able to handle the problem.

他們似乎可以處理這個問題。

Now no company seems to be able to corner the computer market.

現在似乎沒有哪家公司能夠壟斷電腦市場。