Chapter 9 of 18 · 7'42"
The Mansion Tour 豪宅巡礼IMDb ↗
把整座房子当成礼物送出
The Great Gatsby · 2013
Learning settings
The story so far
Everything you need before watchingDaisy is finally inside Gatsby's West Egg palace. He throws open gates hauled from a Norman castle, then hurries her through a royal tour: juice press, golf, a custom Wurlitzer, and shirts tossed down like confetti. She weeps and can only say she has never seen such beautiful shirts. At the window he mentions the green light on her dock; Nick feels its spell die. They dance, and she wishes it could always be like this.
Chapters
18 parts · AI-cutTranscript
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoTeaching points
Review right after watchingold sport
老兄、老朋友
the royal tour
隆重的全程参观
take a swing
挥杆、挥一拍
close-up
特写镜头
beautiful shirts
用夸衬衫掩盖崩溃
the green light
对岸那盏绿灯
of no use
对某人没用
come true
梦想成真
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“Because I've never seen such beautiful shirts before.”
因为我从没见过这么漂亮的衬衫。
字面夸衣服,实际是五年空白涌上来,话只能说到衬衫。
I've never seen such + 名词 + before.
被某样东西打动、一时找不到更大的词时用。
I've never seen anything like this. / This is the most beautiful thing I've seen.
literary
Because 轻起,beautiful shirts 放慢,像忍着哭。
“And his count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.”
而他那些被施了魔法的物件,又少了一件。
把一盏灯写成魔法收藏,一句收掉整段梦。
one's count of ... had diminished by one
某件一直被神化的东西突然变回普通时用。
One more magic thing had gone. / The spell around it was gone.
literary
enchanted objects 加重,diminished 落下收住。
“I wish I'd done everything on earth with you.”
真希望这世上的一切我都曾和你一起做过。
用虚拟把错过的人生一口气说完,又软又贪心。
I wish I'd done ... with you.
后悔没能和某人一起经历某段日子时用。
I wish we had done all of it together. / I wish every day had been with you.
informal
wish 上扬,I'd done 粘住,earth 稍顿。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passagePossibly... ...it had occurred to Gatsby that... ...the colossal significance of that light... ...had vanished forever. Now it was once again... ...just a green light on a dock. And his count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.
也许…… ……盖茨比已经意识到…… ……那盏灯巨大的意义…… ……已经永远消失了。 此刻它又变回…… ……码头上普通的一盏绿灯。 而他那些被施了魔法的物件,又少了一件。
...this letter here? DAISY: We can't lose each other... ...and let all this... ...glorious love... ...end in nothing. Come home. I'll be here waiting and hoping... ...for every... ...long dream of you to come true.
……这封信吗?黛西:我们不能失去彼此…… ……也不能让这一切…… ……辉煌的爱…… ……化为乌有。回家吧。 我会在这儿等着,盼着…… ……每一个…… ……关于你的漫长梦想成真。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use old sport as a warm nickname
- Hear the shirt tears as irony
- Use I wish for regret and hope
- Catch of no use as worthless
People also search
Questions, then the linesWhy does Daisy cry over beautiful shirts?
Five lost years hit her; the shirts are all she can name.
Is the green light still a dream in this scene?
Once Daisy is here, it becomes just a light on a dock.
How is old sport used in the mansion?
Gatsby calls Nick old sport while showing off Daisy and hanging up business.
How do you translate I wish I'd done everything on earth with you?
I regret not sharing every earthly thing with you; wish + had done.
Why does Gatsby throw shirts at Daisy?
He piles silk and flannel as proof he belongs with her, and it breaks her.
