Methanol is a kind of alcohol, but not the alcohol in beer or wine. That drinking alcohol is ethanol.

Methanol is a kind of alcoholMethanol是一種酒精 but not the alcohol in beer or wine但不是啤酒或葡萄酒裡的那種酒精 That drinking alcohol is ethanol那種可以喝的酒精是ethanol（乙醇）

Methanol is poisonous: even a small amount can damage the eyes — people can go blind — or kill you. It used to be made from wood, so older books call it wood alcohol.

Methanol is poisonousMethanol有毒 even a small amount can damage the eyes就算只有一點點也可能傷害眼睛 people can go blind可能會導致失明 or kill you甚至致命 It used to be made from wood它以前是從木材提煉出來的 so older books call it wood alcohol所以舊書裡會叫它wood alcohol（木精）

Today factories make it, and it is used in industry: as a liquid that dissolves other things, in some fuels, and to make other chemicals. Criminals sometimes put methanol into fake spirits; that is how people get hurt at illegal drinking parties.

Today factories make it現在是工廠製造的 and it is used in industry用在工業上 as a liquid that dissolves other things當作可以溶解其他東西的溶劑 in some fuels用在一些燃料裡 and to make other chemicals也用來製造其他化學品 Criminals sometimes put methanol into fake spirits犯罪份子有時候會把methanol加進假酒裡 that is how people get hurt at illegal drinking parties這就是為什麼有人在非法的喝酒聚會上受傷

It burns with a pale flame that is easy to miss. Chemists name it from methane plus -ol, the usual ending for alcohols. Though actually, the sister-word look of methanol and ethanol is exactly why the danger is so easy to miss: they sound like a pair, but only one of them belongs in a drink.

It burns with a pale flame that is easy to miss它燃燒時的火焰很淡，很容易被忽略 Chemists name it from methane plus -ol化學家把它取名為methane（甲烷）加上-ol the usual ending for alcohols這是酒精類常見的字尾 Though actually不過其實 the sister-word look of methanol and ethanol is exactly why the danger is so easy to missmethanol和ethanol長得像姊妹字，這正是危險容易被忽略的原因 they sound like a pair它們聽起來像是一對 but only one of them belongs in a drink但只有其中一個能出現在飲料裡