“接受惩罚或面对事实”用英语表达可以是 face the music，不要理解为“面对音乐”，寓意：1、receive punishment接受惩罚2、accept unpleasant consequences of your actions接受你的行为引起的不愉快后果3、be confronted with disagreeable results面对不愉快的结果4、accept criticism for something that you have done接受对你所做的事情的批评
例如：1、If you have done something wrong, you have to face the music. There's no escaping out of it.如果你做错了什么事，你就得接受惩罚。逃不掉的。2、The children broke the window pane while playing and had to face the music when their parents returned home.孩子们在玩耍时打破了窗玻璃，当他们的父母回家时，他们不得不接受惩罚。解析：while 引导的时间状语从句，从句中的谓语用延续性动词。3、If you don't complete the project on time, you will have to face the music when the boss asks for a status report.如果你不能按时完成这个项目，当老板要求你提交一份状态报告时，你将不得不接受惩罚。解析：on time 意为“准时，按时”, 表示动作在规定时间发生，in time 意为“及时，适时”，表示动作在时间内或提前发生。4、If you keep breaking the rules, sooner or later you will be caught and then you will have to face the music.如果你继续违反规则，迟早你会被抓住，然后你将不得不接受惩罚。5、He was part of an illegal racing gang, and had to face the music when they were busted.他是一个非法赛车团伙的一员，当他们被抓获时，他不得不接受惩罚。6、Having failed his English test, he had to go home and face the music.英语考试不及格，他不得不回家接受惩罚。解析：现在分词短语 having failed his English test 作状语表原因。
