“Music”是生活的調(diào)劑品,沒有“music”的生活是有所缺失的。然而,“Face the music”卻不是大家想象中的“面對音樂”。這個(gè)說法跟音樂并沒有什么關(guān)系,表達(dá)的意思是:“承擔(dān)后果”,面對現(xiàn)實(shí)或者處理一些現(xiàn)實(shí)狀況,接受所有的結(jié)果,不管是好是壞。但大多數(shù)情況下都是不太好的結(jié)果。有時(shí)候,也用來表示接受懲罰,接受某個(gè)行為帶來的直接后果。
這個(gè)短語來源于劇場。演員們在舞臺上表演時(shí),就直接面對著樂池中的樂隊(duì),在舞臺上,演員經(jīng)常會由于緊張或怯場而造成忘詞等尷尬的局面,只要音樂一響,演員就沒有任何選擇的余地,只能去face the music(必須承受出現(xiàn)的局面)。人們遂用face the music指承擔(dān)自己行為的后果。
Don't escape, you should face the music when you did something wrong.
別逃避,做了錯事就要勇于承擔(dān)后果。
After failing a math test, Tom had to go home and face the music.
數(shù)學(xué)考試掛掉了,Tom不得不回家接受懲罰。
He’s been cheating us out of our money for years, and now it’s time for him to face the music.
他騙我們錢騙了這么多年,是時(shí)候讓他接受懲處了。
Mary broke a dining-room window, and had to face the music when her father got home.
馬麗打碎了餐廳的窗戶,爸爸回家肯定會懲罰她。
再比如:雙十一很多人都肆意地剁手,現(xiàn)在吃咸菜還借唄花唄的日子是自己造成的。
He's squandered his money, and now he's got to face the music.
他把錢揮霍光了,現(xiàn)在得承擔(dān)自己行為的后果。
生活中總是少不了音樂,今天也給大家介紹下關(guān)于音樂的一些習(xí)語。
1 - sing off key唱歌跑調(diào)
例句:
Don't butcher that song by singing off key.
別唱走調(diào)而糟蹋了那首歌。
2 - carry a tune唱得準(zhǔn)
例句:
Neither of my brothers can carry a tune, but my sister is a good singer.
我的兄弟們唱歌都不成調(diào),但我妹妹唱歌唱得很好。
3 - sing along跟著別人一起唱
例句:
The radio station played a Billy Joel song, and I found myself singing along to it.
電臺在播放一首比利‧喬爾的歌,我發(fā)覺自己也跟著一起唱了起來。
4 - sing the high notes飆高音
例句:
The tenor sang the high notes with ease.
這個(gè)男高音歌手高音唱得很自如。
5 - (as) clear as a bell(聲音)像鐘聲一樣清晰洪亮
例句:
Clear as a bell, from the back of the theatre came a child's voice saying, "I want to go home".
從戲院的后面?zhèn)鱽硪粋(gè)小孩清脆響亮的聲音:“我要回家。”
6 - ring a bell聽起來耳熟
例句:
The name rang a bell but I couldn't remember where I had heard it before.
這個(gè)名字聽著很熟,但是我記不起來以前在哪兒聽到過。
7 - change your tune改變論調(diào)
例句:
He was against the idea to start with, but he soon changed his tune when he realized how much money he'd get.
一開始他反對這個(gè)主意,可是等他意識到自己能賺到那么多錢時(shí)就立刻改變了態(tài)度。
8 - and all that jazz以及諸如此類
例句:
They sell televisions and radios and all that jazz.
他們經(jīng)銷電視、收音機(jī)之類的商品。
9 - for a song非常便宜地
例句:
She bought the bed for a song at an auction.
她在一次拍賣會上以非常便宜的價(jià)格買下了這張床。
10 - elevator music公共場合播放的音樂
例句:
Apart from finding shopping malls boring, Keith finds the elevator music that is played particularly irritating.
除了覺得購物商場無聊之外,基斯還覺得公共場合播放的音樂特別煩人。
11 - be music to sb's ears(對某人)是悅耳的聲音
例句:
The sound of her key in the lock was music to my ears.
她的鑰匙轉(zhuǎn)動門鎖的聲音對我來說就是悅耳的音樂。
12 - Jam session即興音樂
例句:
After dinner, Tom and Harry got their guitars out and started a jam session. It was wonderful.
晚餐之后,湯姆和哈里拿出了吉他,即興演奏了一段。真是太棒了。
(來源:英語四六級備考)