To face the music
Like every
language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come
from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our
expression today is "to face the music".
When someone
says, "well, I guess I’ll have to face the music," it does not mean he’s
planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being
called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you
didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime
or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children.
We can all remember father’s angry voice, "I want to talk to you." and only
because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American,
young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come
from The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore
Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while
waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they
often said, "Well, it’s time to face the music." And that was exactly what they
did-facing the orchestra which was just below them. And an actor might be
frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that
might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he
had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression "to face
the music "come to mean "having to go through something, no matter how
unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no
choice."
Other explanations about the expression go back to the
army. When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be
worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to
pass the inspection Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band
as well as the inspection. What else could they do
Another
army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and
accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. As,
for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something
terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad,
slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing
the back of his horse.How many ways does the phrase "to face the music" comes from
第1题:
A
Good morning. The program today is about music. The word “music” comes from the Greek word “muse”. The Muses are the goddesses of the arts. Music is only one of the arts. It is like the spoken language,but is uses sounds. Today's program brings together music from different corners of the world. Who invented music? Who sang the first song? No one knows exactly the answers to these questions. But we know that music plays an important part in almost everyone's life. Babies and young children love to hear people singing to them. When they are a little older, they like to sing the songs they have heard. When children go to school,their world of music grows. In the middle grades students take music lessons. When they reach high school,they become interested in listening to pop music.
The records we have chosen for you today are form. American country music,Indian music,pop music and so on. Music has meaning for everyone. It can make people happy or it can make them sad. In this program we shall study the language of music. We shall be trying to find out more about how music works. We shall try to find out how music says what people feel.
Now,here comes the music today,I shall explain why they are all good music…
66.The first paragraph is mainly about the _______________
A.styles of music B.history of music
C.taste of music D.knowledge of music
第2题:
A.refer
B.know
C.associate
D.like
第3题:
A.when
B.while
C.except
D.because
第4题:
Does Jackie Chan like listening to music?
____________
第5题:
A.hears
B.listens
C.sounds
答案:C
解析:句意:这音乐听起来像鸟鸣。sounds like 的意思是听起来像。
sounds:发出声响
hears:听说,听见(hear的第三人称单数)
listens:听,倾听;听从,听信
第6题:
1 like music very much, so I go to the _c __________once a month.
第7题:
A:Can you say something about Pop music in China? B: -- ( ).
A、What is pop music?
B、know that.
C、I’ve never been to China.
D、Yes, I’d like to.
第8题:
A.should like you to see
B.would have liked you to be seen
C.should like you to have seen
D.would like you to see
第9题:
A.Do you like music?
B.Rock and roll is fun.
C.What kind of music do you like?
D.How about if we enjoy classical music?
第10题:
The author mentions that a band’Success is dependent on all of the following factors EXCEPT
A.having patience
B.making personal contacts with people in the company
C.understanding how a record company functions
D.playing music that sounds like music of famous bands