Propane is a colourless gas that burns. People use it for cooking and heating.

Propane丙烷 is a colourless gas that burns是一種會燃燒的無色氣體。People大家 use it for cooking and heating用它來煮飯和取暖。

It is often stored as a liquid in a metal bottle or tank; when you open the valve it turns back into gas and feeds a stove or a heater. You cannot see it, and in its pure form it has little smell, so companies add a strong smell so a leak is obvious.

It它 is often stored as a liquid常常以液態儲存 in a metal bottle or tank;在金屬桶或儲槽裡； when you open the valve打開閥門時 it turns back into gas它會變回氣體 and feeds a stove or a heater供應給爐子或暖爐使用。You cannot see it,你看不到它， and in its pure form it has little smell,而且純的時候幾乎沒有味道， so companies add a strong smell所以廠商會加入濃烈的氣味 so a leak is obvious好讓漏氣的時候很容易發現。

It is both a chemistry-class word and a shop word. Though actually, in daily life in Taiwan people often just say 瓦斯 for the bottled gas at home, which may be propane, butane, or a mix — they are not picking the chemical name.

It它 is both a chemistry-class word and a shop word既是化學課上的用字，也是店家的用語。Though actually,不過實際上， in daily life in Taiwan在台灣日常生活裡 people often just say 瓦斯大家常常就直接說「瓦斯」 for the bottled gas at home,來指家裡用的桶裝氣體， which may be propane, butane, or a mix那可能是丙烷、丁烷，或是兩者的混合 — they are not picking the chemical name——大家並不是在挑化學名稱。

Propane is the precise name for this one gas. It is not the same thing as petrol, and it is not “gas” in the American sense of car fuel.

Propane propane is the precise name for this one gas是這一種氣體精確的名稱。It is not the same thing as petrol,它跟 petrol（汽油）不是同一種東西， and it is not "gas" in the American sense of car fuel也不是美式英文裡指「車用燃料」的那個 "gas"。

Used with care it cooks dinner; if it collects in a closed room and meets a spark, it can explode.

Used with care小心使用的話 it cooks dinner;它能煮晚餐； if it collects in a closed room但如果它積聚在密閉的房間裡 and meets a spark,又遇到火花， it can explode就可能會爆炸。