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There are two different types of matches: safety matches and strike-anywhere matches.
目前有兩種不同的火柴：安全火柴，還有一種隨便劃一下都可點燃的火柴。
No! Yep!
不是吧！沒錯！
Safety matches are the kind that light only when struck on the striking surface on the side of a matchbox.
所謂安全火柴，是指那種只在火柴盒表面特定的某一位置劃才能點燃的火柴。
A striking surface consists of sand, powdered glass, and a chemical called red phosphorus.
這種易燃表面是由沙子、玻璃粉以及一種叫做紅磷的化學物質構成。
The tip of a safety match is made of glass powder, sulfur, and an oxidizing agent–a chemical necessary to keep a flame burning.
火柴頭是由玻璃粉，硫磺和一種氧化劑組成 - 這種氧化劑是維持火苗燃燒的必要化學物質。
When a safety match scrapes against a striking surface, the glass powder on the striking surface and match head rub together,
當你用一根安全火柴劃易燃的表面時，表面的會玻璃粉和火柴頭產生摩擦，
creating enough heat to turn a bit of the red phosphorus on the striking surface into white phosphorus.
然后產生了足夠的熱量，這種熱量能夠使得易燃表面的紅磷轉化成為白磷。
The white phosphorus ignites in air, passing ignition across to the match head.
白磷在空氣中會燃燒，接著火柴頭就被點燃了。
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