本篇短文介紹了亞洲象數量減少的情況，并分析減少的主要原因。
The major reason for the decline of Asian elephants is the harm to their forests. The huge increase in the human population has caused the destruction of the Asian forest for human population. As a result, the Asian elephants are compelled to scatter in different areas. Originally they lived all over the continent, but now there are only small isolated populations left. These isolated elephant populations are vulnerable to extinction. While Asian elephants are threatened by illegal capture and detaining, they are also killed for ivory and skin. In July 1990, a British wildlife group uncovered a black market for elephant skin. Elephants are shot in the forest along the border between Thailand and Burma, and their skin was sold to factories in Bangkok. Their skin is made into shoes, belts, suitcases, wallets, etc., to sell to tourists.
亞洲象數量下降的主要原因是對他們的森林的破壞。巨大的人口增長對亞洲的森林造成了破壞。所以，亞洲象被迫分在在不同的地區(qū)。原來它們生活在各個大陸，但是現在只剩下一個孤立的小種群。這些孤立的大象種群面臨著滅絕的危險。 然而亞洲象正面臨著非法捕捉和拘留的威脅，它們也因象牙和象皮被捕殺。1990年7月，一個英國野生動物組織在黑市場發(fā)現大象的皮膚。許多大象都是在沿著泰國和緬甸邊界之間的森林中被捕殺的，然后他們的皮膚被賣到在曼谷的工廠。他們的皮膚被做成鞋、皮帶、箱包、錢包等向游客出售。 ——譯文來自: veraaaa