「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」卻不是大家想像中的「面對音樂」。這個說法跟音樂並沒有什麼關係，表達的意思是：「承擔後果」，面對現實或者處理一些現實狀況，接受所有的結果，不管是好是壞。但大多數情況下都是不太好的結果。有時候，也用來表示接受懲罰，接受某個行為帶來的直接後果。
這個短語來源於劇場。演員們在舞臺上表演時，就直接面對著樂池中的樂隊，在舞臺上，演員經常會由於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餘地，只能去face the music（必須承受出現的局面）。人們遂用face the music指承擔自己行為的後果。
Marin Alsop, the artistic director of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra, will appear at the Hong Kong Arts Festival on Thursday. [Photo provided to China Daily]
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。
A file photo of the Sao Paulo State Symphony Orchestra. The symphony will give its debut performance in China at Shanghai Grand Theatre on Feb 14. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
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.
電臺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".
從戲院的後面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。
The Suzhou Symphony Orchestra presents a Chinese New Year concert at United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday. LI MUZI / XINHUA
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，湯姆和哈裡拿出了吉他，即興演奏了一段。真是太棒了。
（來源：英語四六級備考 編輯：yaning）
來源：英語四六級備考