Official proof of an American vessel’s nationality is contained in the().
How many American states have forbidden same-sex marriage clearly?
To face the music
Like every language, American English is full of special expressions, phrases that come from the day-to-day life of the people and develop in their own way. Our expression today is "to face the music".
When someone says, "well, I guess I’ll have to face the music," it does not mean he’s planning to go to the concert. It is something far less pleasant, like being called in by your boss to explain why you did this and did that, and why you didn’t do this or that. Sour music indeed, but it has to be faced. At sometime or another, every one of us has had to face the music, especially as children. We can all remember father’s angry voice, "I want to talk to you." and only because we did not obey him. What an unpleasant business it was!
The phrase "to face the music" is familiar to every American, young and old. It is at least 100 years old. And where did this expression come from The first explanation comes from the American novelist, James Fenimore Looper. He said, in 1851, that the expression was first used by actors while waiting in the wings to go on the stage. When they got their cue to go on, they often said, "Well, it’s time to face the music." And that was exactly what they did-facing the orchestra which was just below them. And an actor might be frightened or nervous as he moved on to the stage in front of an audience that might be friendly or perhaps hostile, especially if he forgot his lines. But he had to go out. If he did not, there would be no play. So the expression "to face the music "come to mean "having to go through something, no matter how unpleasant the experience might be, because you knew you had no choice."
Other explanations about the expression go back to the army. When the men faced an inspection by their leader, the soldiers would be worried about how well they looked. Was their equipment clean, shinny enough to pass the inspection Still the men had to go out and face the music of the band as well as the inspection. What else could they do
Another army explanation is more closely related to the idea of facing the results and accepting the responsibility for something that should not have been done. As, for example when a man is forced out of the army because he did something terrible, he is dishonored. The band does not play. Only the drums tap a sad, slow beat. The soldier is forced to leave, facing such music as it is and facing the back of his horse.The underlined word "hostile" means ().
The way in which () wrote "The Scarlet Letter" suggests that American Romanticism adapted itself to American puritan moralism.
The moral decline of American society is caused mainly by ______.
A 200-year-old building is very old in American()
When many American parents don’t know how to deal with their children they seek advice from the following EXCEPT_____.
The American farmers have always been independent and hard-working.
In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm
family grew and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop 1.______
would be sold in order to buy a few items in the local general stone.
In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to 2.______
the city, yet eight percent of the American population was still in
the country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life were 3.______
not much changed from that they had been in old days. The farmer 4.______
aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with his own 5.______
muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, spades and 6.______
other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done in wood 7.______
burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only improvement
on the candle. The family’s recreation and social life chiefly
consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or village 8.______
to transact some business as well as to chat with neighbors who also
come to town
The children attended a small elementary school (often of just
one room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a few miles. 9.______
The school term was short so that the children could not help on the 10.______
farm. Although the whole family worked, and life was not easy,
farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.
()was regarded as father of the American short stories.
The American Petroleum Institute recommends that connecting links and anchor shackles be inspected using().