题目内容：

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

“Face the music” is a good example. When someone says they have to face the music, it does not mean they are going to a musical performance or concert. To face the music means to accept the unpleasant results of an action.

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 fast car and you are not on the insurance (保险).”

But you do not listen. You want to show off to some friends and pretend the car is yours. 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. The damage is severe. When your friend returns you must tell her what you have done and “face the music”.

The “music” here is the consequence or 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 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.” He means you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results, or as we say in American spoken English, you must deal with it!

“Pay the piper” also means the same as “face the music”. But, that expression has its own very interesting beginning. We will talk about that on another Words and Their Stories.

1.Which of the following expressions doesn’t have the same meaning with the others?

A. Face the music.    B. Take your medicine.

C. Make your bed.    D. Pay the piper.

2.What may be talked about in the next programme?

A. Other words and their stories.    B. The beginning of “pay the piper”.

C. The wider use of “face the music”.    D. An example of “take your medicine”.

3.What does “face the music” mean?

A. Going to a musical performance.

B. Apologizing to the person you have hurt.

C. Dealing with the situation you have caused.

D. Accepting the unpleasant results of an action.

4.Which action belongs to a “take your medicine”？

A. You broke the traffic rules and caused an accident.

B. You worked hard but failed in the exam.

C. You caught a cold and took some medicine.

D. You moved to a new city and lost touch with your old friends.