評論
打印
Yael，What are you trying to do?
雅埃爾，你在干嘛？
I'm trying to strike this match on the fire place,so I can start a fire.
我正試圖劃燃火柴點燃壁爐，這樣我就能有火了。
Are you using the right kind of match?
你用對火柴了嗎？
What do you mean?Isn't a match a match?
你是什么意思？火柴不就是火柴嗎？
Nope,There are two different types: safety matches and strike-anywhere matches.
大錯特錯，目前有兩種不同的火柴：安全火柴，和那一種在哪里劃一下都可以點燃的火柴。
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，指的就是那種只有在火柴盒表面特定的，某一個可以劃燃火柴的區域上才能點燃的火柴。
A striking surface consists of sand, powdered glass, and a chemical called red phosphorus.
這樣的易燃表面是由沙子、玻璃粉、和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.
而火柴頭是由玻璃粉，硫磺和一種氧化劑組成-這種氧化劑則是保持火苗能持續燃燒的必需化學物質。
When a safety match scrapes against a striking surface, the glass powder on the striking surface and match head rub together, creating enough heat to turn a bit of the red phosphorus on the striking surface into white phosphorus.
當你用一根安全火柴去摩擦這個易燃的表面時，表面的玻璃粉和火柴頭相互摩擦，然后產生出了足夠的熱量，該熱量可以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.
白磷在空氣中會進行燃燒，然后就點燃了火柴頭。
Sounds like we have a chemical reaction thing going?
聽起來里面有些化學反應的門道？
That's right.
的確如此。
This starts a chemical reaction that uses the oxidizing agent on the match to produce oxygen gas.
這個過程中引發了一場化學反應，在這個反應中火柴上的氧化劑產生了氧氣。
Combined with the heat, the oxygen gas causes the sulfur to catch fire, which then spreads to the wood of the match.
與足夠的熱量相混合后，氧氣引發硫磺著火，之后火苗就會逐漸延伸到火柴另一端的木制部分。
A strike anywhere match works almost the same way, except the red phosphorus is included in the match head.
那種在任何地方都能點燃的火柴，和這種安全火柴的工作原理都是基本相同的，但是這種火柴的火柴頭上就含有紅磷。
So, a strike anywhere match can be lit by striking the match against any hard surface.
因此，只要將這種火柴的火柴頭與硬物表面進行摩擦就可以燃燒。
