Chapter 15 of 18 · 5'23"
Born Different 出身之争IMDb ↗
钱买不到出身时怎么反击
The Great Gatsby · 2013
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingIn a Plaza hotel suite, Gatsby demands Daisy say she never loved Tom. She cannot. She loves him now, she says, but she loved Tom too. That is all Tom needs. He rips open the bootlegging and the bond racket, then draws the line this film has been circling: they were born different, and nothing Gatsby can steal or dream up will change that.
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Language points
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Review right after watchingthe only respectable thing
你唯一体面的只有钱
oxford manners
牛津礼仪(反话)
kike
恶毒的反犹辱称
old sport
老兄、老朋友
a front
挡场面的幌子
racket
见不得光的买卖
lose one's temper
发脾气、失态
in our blood
骨子里天生如此
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“You want too much.”
你要的太多了。
四个词把五年的幻想按回去,软,却比骂人更绝。
You want too much.
对方要你改口、承诺或倒带过去,超出你能给时。
That's too much to ask. / You're asking for too much.
informal
too much 放慢加重,句尾落下。
“The only respectable thing about you, old sport, is your money.”
老兄,你身上唯一体面的,就是你的钱。
先叫老兄,再把体面剥到只剩钞票,礼节里藏刀。
The only respectable thing about you is...
当面拆穿:除了钱/名,对方再无可敬之处。
The only impressive thing about you is your paycheck. / Money is all you've got.
informal
respectable 拉长,money 顿住。
“We're all different from you.”
我们全都和你不一样。
把门第收成一句墙,I/they/she 数完,再一网打尽。
We're all different from you.
划清圈子:不是程度差,是根本不是一类人。
We don't come from the same world. / You're not one of us.
literary
all 和 different 都咬住,from you 落下。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageCan't you see who this guy is... ...with his house and his parties and his fancy clothes? He is just a front... ...for Wolfshiem, a gangster... ...to get his claws into respectable folk like Walter Chase.
你看不出这家伙是什么人…… ……看看他的房子、派对和那些华服? 他不过是个幌子…… ……给沃尔夫山姆这个黑帮挡场面…… ……好让他伸爪子去抓沃尔特·蔡斯这种体面人。
We're different. I am. They are. She is. We're all different from you. You see, we were born... ...different. It's in our blood... ...and nothing that you do or say or steal... ...or dream up can ever change that.
我们不一样。 我是。 他们是。 她是。 我们全都和你不一样。 你看,我们生来…… ……就不同。 这写在我们的血液里…… ……无论你做什么、说什么、偷什么…… ……或编造什么,都改变不了这一点。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use lose one's temper for snapping
- Hear a front as a respectable cover
- Catch We're different as a class wall
- Use from now on for a new start
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Questions, then the linesWhat does We're all different from you mean?
Tom makes class into blood: money, theft, or dreams cannot make Gatsby one of them.
Why does Gatsby still say old sport here?
It is his pet 'old pal'. He still uses it; Tom snaps, refusing that clubby bond.
What is a front in this scene?
A respectable cover. Tom says the mansion hides Wolfshiem's gang from polite society.
How do you use lose one's temper?
It means to snap. Gatsby uses it to shrink his outburst into a passing moment.
Is born different only about being poor?
No. Tom says the gap is in their blood and cannot be stolen or dreamed up.
