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我们讲的英语第203期:Face the music 承担后果

2015-02-14来源:和谐英语

重点讲解:
1. finish off
结束;完成;
eg. He began to tidy up his desk and finish off the week's work.
他开始整理书桌,结束一周的工作。
eg. There are still a few jobs to finish off so we cannot be released for the time being.
还有几件事得干完,所以我们暂且还不能松劲。
2. face the music
承担自己行为的后果;接受批评(或惩罚);
eg. Mr. Allen betrayed a top secret, and had to face the music.
艾伦先生泄露了一项最高机密,因而必须接受责罚。
eg. Sooner or later, I'm going to have to face the music.
迟早我得自己承担后果。
3. sb. be caught red-handed
当场抓获;当场逮住;
eg. My boyfriend and I robbed a store and were caught red-handed.
我和男朋友去抢劫一家商店,被当场逮到了。
eg. A friend of mine is now in the big house. He was caught red-handed for selling cocaine.
我的一个朋友现在在监狱里,他出售可卡因给人当场抓住。