1·Paper and wood burn easily in dry summer.
在干燥的夏季，纸木极易着火。
2·We ran out of coal, and had to burn wood.
煤烧完了，只好烧木头。
—— 《新英汉大辞典》
3·Slash-and-burn farming can be good for soils provided it doesn't completely burn all the vegetation, and leaves behind charred wood.
刀耕火种的耕作方式对土壤是有好处的，只要它不完全烧掉所有的植被，只留下烧焦的木头。
4·For example, when we burn wood or cook fish, materials change.
例如，当我们烧木头或煮鱼时，材料会发生变化。
5·Many people especially those who live in villages in the countryside, burn coal or wood on an open fire.
许多人，特别是那些住在农村的人，在明火上烧煤或木材。
6·Wood heated at high temperatures with minimal oxygen cannot burn completely. Instead, it creates gases that can be used to power generators or internal combustion engines.
木材高温加热，有限的氧气不足以使它完全燃烧，于是产生气体，可以作为发动机或内燃机的能源。
7·Friends of the Earth, for example, says the efficiency of stoves is irrelevant if they burn renewable fuels such as dung or wood, as those in poor countries often do.
譬如，地球之友表示如果像在贫困国家那样，炉灶通常燃烧畜粪或木料等可再生燃料，那么其效用就与此无关了。
8·Many of them burn wood, waste and dung indoors for heating and cooking. The soot released into the air as a consequence is also a climate-changer because, being dark, it absorbs heat.
很多农民通过燃烧木头、垃圾和粪便来取暖、烧饭，排放到大气中的煤烟因为是黑色而吸热同样会造成气候变化。
9·The same process occurs when we burn wood in a fireplace.
这个过程和我们在火炉中烧材是一样的。
10·Think of your metabolism like a camp fire. If you don’t want a camp fire to burn out, you have to constantly add wood and logs to it.
试想，你的新陈代谢就像一团篝火，如果你不想它灭掉，你就得时不时地往里面添些木头柴火。