VOA慢速英语:Are You Ready to Face the Music?

短语讲解：

1. Imagine a friend asks you to take care of her beautiful red sports car.

take care of 照顾
例句：Good-bye. Take care of yourself.
多多保重，再见。

2. But you do not listen. You want to show off to some friends and pretend the car is yours.

show off 使突出; 炫耀，卖弄
例句：She did a quick twirl to show off her dress.
她轻快地一转身,炫耀自己所穿的衣服。

3. As bad luck would have it, you lose control of the car and drive it into a stop sign.

lose control of 失去对…的控制
例句：He does not lose control of his temper easily.
他不轻易失去自我控制。

4. In a theater, the orchestra often sits in front of the stage.

in front of 面前; 在…前面; 当着…的面
例句：A doctor has the title 'Dr' in front of his name.
医生的名字前有“Dr”这个称呼。

5. They may want to run away.

run away 逃跑，走掉; 逃脱
例句：He overcame a strong temptation to run away.
他抵制了要逃跑的强烈诱惑。

6. “You made your bed. Now lie in it,” they mean you created a bad situation and now you will experience the results, or as we say in spoken American English, you must deal with it!

deal with 应付; 对待
例句：I have a huge pile of letters to deal with.
我有一大堆信件要处理。