“Music”是生活的調劑品,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“麵對音樂”。這個說法跟音樂並沒有什麼關係,表達的意思是:“承擔後果”,mianduixianshihuozhechuliyixiexianshizhuangkuang,jieshousuoyoudejieguo,buguanshihaoshihuai。dandaduoshuqingkuangxiadoushibutaihaodejieguo。youshihou,yeyonglaibiaoshijieshouchengfa,jieshoumougexingweidailaidezhijiehouguo。
這zhe個ge短duan語yu來lai源yuan於yu劇ju場chang。演yan員yuan們men在zai舞wu台tai上shang表biao演yan時shi,就jiu直zhi接jie麵mian對dui著zhe樂le池chi中zhong的de樂le隊dui,在zai舞wu台tai上shang,演yan員yuan經jing常chang會hui由you於yu緊jin張zhang或huo怯qie場chang而er造zao成cheng忘wang詞ci等deng尷gan尬ga的de局ju麵mian,隻zhi要yao音yin樂le一yi響xiang,演yan員yuan就jiu沒mei有you任ren何he選xuan擇ze的de餘yu地di,隻zhi能neng去quface the music(必須承受出現的局麵)。人們遂用face the music指承擔自己行為的後果。
Don't escape, you should face the music when you did something wrong.
別逃避,做了錯事就要勇於承擔後果。
After failing a math test, Tom had to go home and face the music.
數學考試掛掉了,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.
他騙我們錢騙了這麼多年,是時候讓他接受懲處了。
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,現在吃鹹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,現在得承擔自己行為的後果。
生活中總是少不了音樂,今天也給大家介紹下關於音樂的一些習語。
1 - sing off key唱歌跑調
例句:
Don't butcher that song by singing off key.
別唱走調而糟蹋了那首歌。
2 - carry a tune唱得準
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,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.
電台在播放一首比利‧喬爾的歌,我發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.
這個男高音歌手高音唱得很自如。
5 - (as) clear as a bell(聲音)像鍾聲一樣清晰洪亮
例句:
Clear as a bell, from the back of the theatre came a child's voice saying, "I want to go home".
從戲院的後麵傳來一個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
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.
一開始他反對這個主意,可是等他意識到自己能賺到那麼多錢時就立刻改變了態度。
8 - and all that jazz以及諸如此類
例句:
They sell televisions and radios and all that jazz.
他們經銷電視、收音機之類的商品。
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.
晚餐之後,湯姆和哈裏拿出了吉他,即興演奏了一段。真是太棒了。
(來源:英語四六級備考)
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