英語學習筆記

Stop smoking, Eric! It's not good for your health.
Eric: That's what you think. But I'm actually doing it for my own good.
Jasmine: I'm sure that there's nothing good about smoking.
Eric: That's not completely true. I read a story in the China Post about a study that found that smoking might ward off Parkinson's disease because carbon monoxide can stimulate brain neurons!
Jasmine: Come on! Let's get the facts straight. You are going to die of lung cancer before you get Parkinson's disease!

解析：get the facts straight==get a good understanding of the facts (認清事實)

ward vt. 擋開；避開；阻止
disease n. 心智或身體不健全；疾病；病
Parkinson's disease 帕金森氏症
carbon n. 【化】碳
monoxide n. 【化】一氧化物
dioxide n. 【化】二氧化物
carbon monoxide 【化】一氧化碳
carbon dioxide 【化】二氧化碳
stimulate vt. 刺激；激發；激勵
neuron n. 【解】神經元；神經細胞
neuron==neurone
straight adj. 不彎曲的；直的
lung n. 【解】肺；肺臟