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There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant (令人愉快的) but are not. “Face the music” is a good example. When someone says they have to “face the music”, it means they have to accept and deal with the punishment of an action.

Americans often use the word “face” in this way. For example, “I can't face another night of camping! It's cold and rainy.” Or “In life, you must face your fears.”

But now, let's go back to facing the music. Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car. She gives you the keys and says, “Thanks so much for watching my car while I'm away. But please, do not drive it. It is an extremely (極其) fast car.” But you do not listen. You want to show off to some friends. So, you drive it around town one night. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign. Bang!

When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. The “music” here is the result of your actions. It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both. Whatever the music is, you must face it.

There are other American expressions that mean the same thing as “face the music”. To “take your medicine” means to accept the results from something bad you have done. And if someone says, “You made your bed. Now lie in it.” they mean you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results!

【1】完成句子。 In American English, “facing the music” means_______________

【2】完成句子。The expression “______________” means the same thing as “face the music”.

【3】簡(jiǎn)略回答問(wèn)題。What will happen if you lose control of your friend's car and drive it into a stop sign?

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【4】找出并寫(xiě)下文章的主題句。 _________________________________

【5】將文中畫(huà)線句子譯成漢語(yǔ)。 _____________________________

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to accept and deal with the punishment of an action

【2】take your medicine

【3】It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both.

【4】There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not.

【5】它們意味著你制造了一個(gè)壞的境地并且現(xiàn)在你必須體驗(yàn)這種結(jié)果！

【解析】

本文講述了在美式英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)起來(lái)很愉快地表達(dá)，但事實(shí)并非如此。舉了“Face the music”這個(gè)例子。它的意思是他們必須接受做了不好事情之后的結(jié)果。

【1】根據(jù)itmeanstheyhavetoacceptanddealwiththepunishmentofanaction.意思是他們必須接受做了不好事情之后的結(jié)果。故答案為toacceptanddealwiththepunishmentofanaction。

【2】根據(jù)There are other American expressions that mean the same thing as “face the music”. To “take your medicine” means to accept the results from something bad you have done還有其他一些美式表達(dá)和face the music意思相同。take your medicine意思是接受你做了壞事的結(jié)果。故答案為take your medicine。

【3】根據(jù)When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”. The “music” here is the result of your actions. It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both.當(dāng)你的朋友回來(lái)時(shí)，你必須告訴她你做了什么，并“面對(duì)現(xiàn)實(shí)”。這里的“音樂(lè)”是你行動(dòng)的結(jié)果。它可能會(huì)失去她的友誼或支付修理她的跑車(chē)或兩者兼而有之。故答案為It could be losing her friendship or paying for repairs to her sports car or both.

【4】根據(jù)全文第一句就是There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not. 在美式英語(yǔ)聽(tīng)起來(lái)是很愉快地表達(dá)，但事實(shí)并非如此。后文都圍繞這個(gè)開(kāi)展。故答案為There are so many expressions in American English that sound pleasant but are not.

【5】根據(jù)created a bad situation：制造了一個(gè)壞的境地；experience the results：體驗(yàn)這種結(jié)果；故答案為它們意味著你制造了一個(gè)壞的境地并且現(xiàn)在你必須體驗(yàn)這種結(jié)果！