A conductive material lets electricity or heat pass through it easily. Metals such as copper and aluminium are conductive. Rubber, glass, and dry wood are not — that is why plugs have rubber coats, and why you should not touch a live wire.

A conductive material導電或導熱的材料，lets electricity or heat pass through it easily能讓電或熱很容易通過它。Metals such as copper and aluminium像銅、鋁這類金屬，are conductive都是導電（導熱）的。Rubber, glass, and dry wood are not橡膠、玻璃、和乾木頭則不是——that is why plugs have rubber coats這就是為什麼插頭外面要包橡膠，and why you should not touch a live wire也是為什麼不能碰帶電電線的原因。

People say electrically conductive or thermally conductive when they need to be exact, because a thing can be good at one and less good at the other.

People say electrically conductive or thermally conductive大家需要講精確一點時，會說 electrically conductive（導電）或 thermally conductive（導熱），when they need to be exact也就是需要講清楚的時候，because a thing can be good at one and less good at the other因為一樣東西可能很會導電、卻不太會導熱，反之亦然。

This is a science and engineering word, not a word for moods or classrooms. That other word is conducive. They look like a pair, and they even share an old Latin parent, but in modern English they live in different rooms.

This is a science and engineering word這是科學和工程用的字，not a word for moods or classrooms不是用來講心情或教室氣氛的字。That other word另外那個字，is conducive是 conducive。They look like a pair它們看起來像一對，and they even share an old Latin parent甚至有共同的拉丁字根，but in modern English they live in different rooms但在現代英文裡，它們用在完全不同的地方。