空中英语

2014-11-24

高中合唱团的独唱之争(3-1)

Face the Music-(3-1)-Tension is building in the high school choir

关键字：choir,solo,grateful,roll one's eyes

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Hello,and welcome to Studio Classroom.

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My name is Gabe.

And I'm Rebecca.

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And I know that your English will improve today.

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OK,Gabe,when I say3,you need to turn and face the music.Ready?

OK.1,2,3!

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OK.Wait.Hold on a second.

Rebecca,what are you talking about?Turn where?

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Well,Gabe,the title of our article says"Face the Music,"I thought that we should demonstrate what it means to face the music.

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Hmm,Rebecca,that is a nice try.

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But it isn't exactly what this phrase means.

Well,then maybe we should get started with our lesson so that we can find out 13

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what this phrase is all about.

Well,what are we waiting for?

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Open up your magazine to the article,"Face the Music,"and let's begin.

(Music).

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Face the Music.

Tension is building in the high school choir.

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"Carol,why don't you sing the solo on'Hear the Music,'"said Mr.Davidson,the 20

high school choir director.

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"Really?I'd love to,"replied Carol.

Mr.Davidson's words were music to her ears.

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She loved that song and didn't get to sing solos very often.

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Carol's classmate Bella piped up,"But Mr.Davidson,I thought I would get that 26

solo."

Bella always got the best solos,so Carol was usually stuck playing second fiddle. 27

(Music).

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Hi,everyone.I'm Michelle.

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(Chinese).

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Thank you,Michelle.

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All right.Today we have a very exciting lesson.

We are learning all about how to face the music.

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Wait,Gabe.

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I thought that you said that our lesson didn't have anything to do with facing

music.

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Well...OK,you're right,Rebecca.

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So,in the example that you used,Rebecca,the word"face"means that you are 39

looking in a specific direction or in a particular area.

For example,you could say,"I face the south.

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I'm facing the south right now."

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Or,"When performing on stage,you should always face the audience."

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I see.

Well,let's talk about this idiom in our lesson.

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When we add"face"to the word"music,"we get"face the music."

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So this idiom means that you accept the results or consequences from a bad 47

decision.

That's right.And that's what our title is all about--face the music.

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Now here's another example:

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"After failing a science test,Johnny had to go home and face the music."

So if you fail a test,there are consequences.

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You have no choice but to face the music.

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That's for sure.

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And so you have to be very careful about your decisions because you don't want to have to face the music.

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Well,what about you,Gabe?

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Have you ever had to face the music?

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Have I ever had to face...I was afraid you were going to ask me that.

Um,well,yeah,I've done some things in the past,and I knew they were not the 59

right decisions and that there would be consequences.

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