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当众逼她说从未爱过你
The Great Gatsby · 2013
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe Plaza suite is still boiling. Tom cross-examines whether Gatsby is really an Oxford man, then picks apart the catchphrase old sport. The gloves come off: he will not sit back and let a Mr. Nobody From Nowhere make love to his wife. Gatsby finally plays his only card. He says Daisy never loved Tom, that she married him because Gatsby was poor, and he wants her to say it out loud so five years of pain can be wiped out forever.
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Language points
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Review right after watchinggreat expression
反话:口头禅真行
nobody from nowhere
无名小卒、没来历
goddamn lie
他妈的全是谎话
old sport
老兄、老朋友
count me out
别把我算进去
on a spree
出去放纵一阵
wipe out
彻底抹掉、一笔勾销
make love to
向某人情爱求欢
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“...and let Mr. Nobody From Nowhere...”
还让一个无名小卒……
四个词把出身、阶层、蔑视钉死,比脏话更伤人。
let + 蔑称 + do something
拒绝让一个你看不上的人插手、碰你在乎的东西时用。
I will not let some nobody lecture me. / Don't let a stranger run your house.
informal
Nobody 和 Nowhere 都咬重,像往下砸。
“Your wife doesn't love you.”
你妻子并不爱你。
短句不绕弯,把五年暗战一刀切开。
Someone doesn't love you.
必须把残酷事实说破、不能再装看不见时用。
She is not in love with you. / This marriage is already over.
neutral
doesn't love 放慢,you 落下。
“I never loved him.”
我从未爱过他。
被逼出口的四个词,听着像台词,碎的是整段婚姻。
I never loved + 人。
彻底否认一段感情、把过去一笔勾销时用。
I never cared for him that way. / I was never in love with him.
literary
never 拉长,loved him 收得很轻。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passageOh, I suppose... ...the latest thing is to sit back... ...and let Mr. Nobody From Nowhere... ...make love to your wife. Well, if that's the idea... ...you can count me out. See, nowadays people... ...begin by sneering... ...at family life and family institutions... ...and the next you'll know, we'll... ...throw everything overboard, we'll have intermarriage... ...between black and white!
哦,我猜…… ……最新时髦就是袖手旁观…… ……让一个无名小卒…… ……跟你的妻子调情。 哼,如果这就是你们的主意…… ……那就别把我算进去。 你看,现如今人们…… ……先是冷嘲热讽…… ……嘲弄家庭生活和家庭制度…… ……转眼之间,我们就会…… ……把一切都扔进海里,还会有通婚…… ……黑人和白人通婚!
She only married you because I was poor... ...and she was tired of waiting. It was a terrible... ...terrible mistake, but in her heart... In her heart, she never loved... ...anyone but me.
她嫁给你,只因为我那时穷…… ……她等得不耐烦了。那是一个可怕的…… ……可怕的错误,可在她心里…… 在她心里,她从来没有爱过…… ……除我以外的任何人。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use the rest of for what remains
- Hear Nobody From Nowhere as insult
- Refuse with count me out
- Catch goddamn as exploding anger
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Questions, then the linesWhat does the rest of mean in Gatsby?
What remains. Tom calls the rest of Gatsby's five-year love story a lie.
How do you translate Nobody From Nowhere?
A nobody with no background. Tom uses it as a class insult, not a place name.
Why does Tom mock old sport?
He treats the pet name as fake old-money polish Gatsby practiced, not charm.
What does count me out mean here?
Leave me out. Tom refuses to sit back while Gatsby courts his wife.
Why does Daisy say I never loved him?
Gatsby forces the line so the past can be wiped out. It is coerced, not free.
