There are two major kinds of elephants – African and Indian. You can tell them apart pretty easily by their size. The African elephant has a larger body and big, floppy ears, while the Indian elephant is a little smaller and has small, stubby ears.
· I live on the continent of Africa and in the country of India.
· I live on plains and deserts and in tropical rain forests and river valleys.
· I'm too big to have a house. I rarely lie down and usually sleep standing up.
· I have a large body with wrinkled skin and tusks made out of ivory. I also have a very long nose that I use to smell, make trumpet calls, rip leaves off trees and spray water on myself.
· I am gray, tan or light brown with yellowish-white tusks.
· I am very tall – usually between 10 and 15 feet (between 3 and 4.5 meters)!
· I'm huge! I can weigh between 11,000 and 15,000 pounds (between 5,000 and 7,000 kilograms)!
· I eat as much as 500 pounds (about 225 kilograms) of food each day! And 50 gallons (almost 90 liters) of water! My meals include leaves, grasses and other plants.
· My only real enemies are human hunters who value my ivory tusks. Even though I can't walk very fast, I have few enemies that are wild animals.
· I don't see very well, but my ears and nose make up for it! My famous nose allows me to smell food (or danger!) and lets me talk to my friends.
譯文
大象——地圖上塗藍色的地方是我的家
有趣的常識：象分為兩大類—非洲象和印度象。根據它們的大小，你能很容易將它們區分開。非洲象身軀比較大，耳朵大且鬆軟下垂，而印度象要小一些，耳朵小且粗厚。
· 我住在非洲大陸和印度。
· 我生活在草原、沙漠、熱帶雨林和河谷。
· 我太大了以至於不能有個房子。我很少躺下，一般站著睡覺。
· 我有一個滿是褶皺面板的`龐大身軀和尖尖的象牙。我還有個非常長的鼻子，我用它聞味兒，當喇叭叫，從樹上剝葉子，給自己灑水。
· 我是灰色、茶褐色或淺棕色的，象牙黃白色。
· 我非常高—通常在10-15英尺之間(約3-4.5米之間)!
· 我是巨大的!我的體重在11,000-15,000磅之間(約5,000-7,000千克之間)!
· 我每天吃500磅的食物!喝50加侖(將近90公升)的水!我的飯包括葉子、草和其它植物。
· 我唯一真正的敵人是人類捕獵者，他們認為我的象牙很值錢。雖然我不能走得很快，但是我卻沒有什麼野生動物為敵。
· 我的視力不是很好，但是我的耳朵和鼻子卻彌補了這個缺點!我著名的鼻子使得我能聞食物(或嗅到危險!)，並且讓我和朋友交談。
