Chapter 18 of 18 · 3'13"
The Truth at Dawn 黎明吐实IMDb ↗
天亮前他把假话全说开
The Great Gatsby · 2013
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5gardenIdentity雅思
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingAfter the crash, Nick sees Daisy at the window. She stands there, then turns out the light. He cannot tell Gatsby. He only says go away tonight, they will trace the car. Gatsby will not leave. Daisy will call in the morning, he insists, and he asks Nick to wait up until the sun is almost up. That night he finally tells the truth: he grew up terribly poor, he is empty, and every house and party was for her.
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Jay Gatsbyhopeful host
尼
Nick Carrawaynarrator neighbor
赫
Herzoghouse servant
Chapters
18 parts · AI-cut01Nick Begins His Story把一个人讲得难忘C14'15"02Dinner in East Egg饭桌上电话一响全场变了C17'04"03The Hidden Apartment当地下情把你逼着入局B24'59"04Searching for the Host整座城都在猜主人是谁C15'48"05God's Truth in the Car把自己吹成传奇C14'26"06Lunch with Wolfshiem饭局上朋友突然不对劲B24'10"07The Louisville Backstory五年前的秘密被慢慢揭开B23'16"08Awkward Reunion Over Tea久别重逢先从倒茶说起B26'45"09The Mansion Tour把整座房子当成礼物送出B27'42"10Tom Enters the Party派对上有人开始查你底B23'32"11She Wants to Run Away想逃他却要你留下B13'07"12You Can Repeat the Past有人说过去其实可以重来C15'23"13A Boiling Afternoon Lunch天太热时怎样把人逼出门B13'41"14Nobody From Nowhere当众逼她说从未爱过你C14'30"15Born Different钱买不到出身时怎么反击C15'23"16The Yellow Car车祸之后有人开始栽赃B14'12"17Waiting in the Dark肇事后他求你先守口如瓶B23'30"18The Truth at Dawn天亮前他把假话全说开C13'13"
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00:02
Oh. Hello, old sport .
哦。你好，老兄。
00:07
- Everything all right? - Yes.
- 都还好吧？ - 是的。
00:09
Everything's just fine.
一切都很好。
00:11
Around 4:00, she came to the window.
大约四点，她走到窗边。
00:15
She stood there, then...
她就站在那儿，然后……
00:18
Then she turned out the light , so...
然后她把灯关了，于是……
00:21
Well...
这个……
00:24
Give me a hand , will you, old sport ?
帮我一把，好吗，老兄？
00:26
I should have told him what I had just seen , but...
我本该把刚看见的告诉他，可是……
00:31
...all I could manage was:
……我只能挤出一句：
00:34
You know, Jay, with everything that's happened...
你知道，杰，出了这么多事……
00:36
...you ought to go away .
……你该离开这儿。
00:37
Tonight. They'll trace your car.
就今晚。他们会追查你的车。
00:39
Go away? No, I can't leave now.
离开？不，我现在不能走。
00:41
Not tonight.
今晚不行。
00:42
Jay, do you understand that a woman has been killed ?
杰，你明不明白，有个女人死了？
00:45
Daisy's going to call in the morning .
黛西早上会打电话来。
00:47
Then we'll make plans to go away together.
然后我们再一起计划离开。
00:52
- Yeah. - Daisy, she-
- 是啊。 - 黛西，她——
00:53
She just needs time to think things through . Herzog...
她只是需要时间把事情想清楚。赫尔佐格……
00:55
...we're talking. Thank you.
……我们在说话。谢谢。
01:01
She just needs time to think.
她只是需要时间想想。
01:04
No, Jay. With Daisy-
不，杰。黛西她——
01:06
She just needs time to think. She's going to call in the morning .
她只是需要时间想想。她早上会打电话来。
01:19
Wait up with me.
陪我熬到天亮吧。
01:26
The sun's almost up.
太阳快出来了。
01:31
That was the night he finally told me the truth.
就是那一夜，他终于把真相告诉了我。
01:35
All of it.
全部的真相。
01:39
You know, I've thought for a while ...
你知道，我有一阵子一直在想……
01:42
...I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty .
……我拥有很多东西，可事实是我内心空空。
01:46
I suppose that's why I make things up about myself.
我想这就是我为什么要给自己编故事。
01:50
But I've wanted to tell you the whole story for...
可我一直想把全部经过告诉你，已经……
01:53
...a very long time.
……很久很久了。
01:55
See, I grew up terribly, terribly poor, old sport .
你看，我是在极度贫穷中长大的，老兄。
01:58
- My folks were... NICK: He revealed his humble beginnings ...
- 我父母是…… 尼克：他坦白了自己的贫寒出身……
02:02
...his transformative voyage with Dan Cody...
……他与丹·科迪那次改变命运的航行……
02:05
...the war, Oxford...
……战争，牛津……
02:08
...and how he joined Wolfshiem in the business.
……以及他如何跟沃尔夫山姆一起做起了生意。
02:13
It was also that night...
也是那一夜……
02:14
...that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope .
……我才察觉到盖茨比那非同寻常的希望天赋。
02:19
I can't describe how surprised I was to find out that I loved her.
我没法形容，发现自己爱上她时有多惊讶。
02:22
And that she loved me too.
而且她也爱我。
02:23
A gift that I have never found in any other person.
这种天赋，我从未在别人身上见过。
02:26
I never realized how extraordinary...
我从未意识到，原来……
02:29
...a nice girl could be.
……一个好姑娘可以如此非凡。
02:31
And which it is not likely I shall ever find again .
而这样的天赋，我大概再也不会遇见。
02:35
I thought out my life with Daisy in it...
我把有黛西的一生都想过了……
02:37
...trying to figure out how we could marry...
……想弄清楚我们要怎么结婚……
02:38
...and struggle along on so many dollars a month.
……靠每个月那么几个美元撑下去。
02:42
What was in the letter?
信里写了什么？
02:47
The reason why after the war I hadn't been able to return.
战争结束后我没能回去的原因。
02:52
I asked her to wait until I made something of myself , but she was...
我求她等我出人头地，可她已经……
02:58
See, I felt married to her.
你看，我觉得自己已经娶了她。
03:03
That was all.
就是这样。
03:05
It was all for her.
这一切都是为了她。
03:07
The house, the parties.
房子，派对。
03:09
Everything.
所有的一切。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoPronunciation↩ 00:02
old sport
重音落在 sport，old 轻轻带过。
Oh. Hello, old sport .
哦。你好，老兄。
SlangB1↩ 00:02
old sport
老兄、老朋友——旧派亲热称呼，正式写作少见
Oh. Hello, old sport .
哦。你好，老兄。
CollocationA2↩ 00:18
turn out the light
turn out the light
把灯关掉
Then she turned out the light , so...
然后她把灯关了，于是……
CollocationA2↩ 00:24
give someone a hand
give someone a hand
帮把手、搭把手
Give me a hand , will you, old sport ?
帮我一把，好吗，老兄？
Pronunciation↩ 00:24
Give me a
Give me 连成 gimme，别拆开。
Give me a hand , will you, old sport ?
帮我一把，好吗，老兄？
GrammarB2↩ 00:26
should have told him what I had just seen
情态完成：should have done：本该做却没做；what 从句是没说出口的内容。
I should have told him what I had just seen , but...
我本该把刚看见的告诉他，可是……
CollocationB1↩ 00:36
ought to do something
ought to do something
应该（带劝告口气）
...you ought to go away .
……你该离开这儿。
CollocationA1↩ 00:36
go away
go away
离开、出走
...you ought to go away .
……你该离开这儿。
GrammarB1↩ 00:42
that a woman has been killed
宾语从句：understand that + 完整句子，that 引出他必须面对的事实。
Jay, do you understand that a woman has been killed ?
杰，你明不明白，有个女人死了？
Pronunciation↩ 00:45
in the morning
in the 弱成 /ən ðə/，重音在 morning。
Daisy's going to call in the morning .
黛西早上会打电话来。
CollocationA2↩ 00:47
make plans to do something
make plans to do something
订计划、安排要做的事
Then we'll make plans to go away together.
然后我们再一起计划离开。
CollocationB1↩ 00:53
think something through
think something through
把事情从头到尾想清楚
She just needs time to think things through . Herzog...
她只是需要时间把事情想清楚。赫尔佐格……
Pronunciation↩ 01:01
just needs time
just 的 t 常被吞掉。
She just needs time to think.
她只是需要时间想想。
CollocationB1↩ 01:19
wait up with someone
wait up with someone
熬夜陪着，先别睡
Wait up with me.
陪我熬到天亮吧。
Pronunciation↩ 01:39
for a while
for 弱读成 /fər/，别念成重读四。
You know, I've thought for a while ...
你知道，我有一阵子一直在想……
Pronunciation↩ 01:42
a lot of
lot of 的 t 在美音里常弹成轻闪音。
...I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty .
……我拥有很多东西，可事实是我内心空空。
Pronunciation↩ 01:42
I'm empty
empty 加重放慢，这是整句的落点。
...I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty .
……我拥有很多东西，可事实是我内心空空。
CollocationB1↩ 01:46
make something up
make something up
编造、给自己捏一段来历
I suppose that's why I make things up about myself.
我想这就是我为什么要给自己编故事。
CollocationA2↩ 01:50
the whole story
the whole story
全部经过、完整故事
But I've wanted to tell you the whole story for...
可我一直想把全部经过告诉你，已经……
CollocationA2↩ 01:55
grow up
grow up
长大、在某种环境里长大
See, I grew up terribly, terribly poor, old sport .
你看，我是在极度贫穷中长大的，老兄。
CollocationB2↩ 01:58
humble beginnings
humble beginnings
贫寒出身、低微起步
- My folks were... NICK: He revealed his humble beginnings ...
- 我父母是…… 尼克：他坦白了自己的贫寒出身……
SlangA2↩ 01:58
folks
父母、家里人——口语里叫爸妈，书面改 parents
- My folks were... NICK: He revealed his humble beginnings ...
- 我父母是…… 尼克：他坦白了自己的贫寒出身……
CollocationC1↩ 02:14
a gift for something
a gift for something
擅长某事的天赋
这里 gift=天赋，不是礼物；hope 被写成一种能力
...that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope .
……我才察觉到盖茨比那非同寻常的希望天赋。
GrammarB2↩ 02:14
that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope
强调句从句：接上句 It was that night that，分裂句把时间钉死。
...that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope .
……我才察觉到盖茨比那非同寻常的希望天赋。
CollocationA2↩ 02:19
find out that
find out that
发现、得知某个事实
I can't describe how surprised I was to find out that I loved her.
我没法形容，发现自己爱上她时有多惊讶。
GrammarB2↩ 02:19
how surprised I was to find out that I loved her
感叹从句：how+形容词+主谓，再套 to find out that 从句。
I can't describe how surprised I was to find out that I loved her.
我没法形容，发现自己爱上她时有多惊讶。
GrammarC1↩ 02:31
which it is not likely I shall ever find again
定语从句：which 承接 gift；it is not likely 表再难遇见。
And which it is not likely I shall ever find again .
而这样的天赋，我大概再也不会遇见。
CollocationB1↩ 02:37
figure something out
figure something out
想明白、把办法算出来
...trying to figure out how we could marry...
……想弄清楚我们要怎么结婚……
Pronunciation↩ 02:37
figure out how
figure 的 r 连到 out，再滑向 how。
...trying to figure out how we could marry...
……想弄清楚我们要怎么结婚……
CollocationB2↩ 02:38
struggle along on (money)
struggle along on (money)
靠那点钱硬撑着过
...and struggle along on so many dollars a month.
……靠每个月那么几个美元撑下去。
CollocationB2↩ 02:52
make something of oneself
make something of oneself
出人头地、把自己挣成个人物
I asked her to wait until I made something of myself , but she was...
我求她等我出人头地，可她已经……
GrammarB1↩ 02:52
until I made something of myself
时间状语从句：until + 过去式：等到自己出息那一天，主句是求她等待。
I asked her to wait until I made something of myself , but she was...
我求她等我出人头地，可她已经……
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
IronyB2↩ 00:09
everything's just fine
一切都很好（反话）
In the scene尼克刚看见黛西灭灯，却对盖茨比说一切都好。
The server is down and the client is waiting, but he still says the launch is just fine.服务器挂了客户还在等，他仍说发布一切都好。
In daily life
报工进度The deadline is tonight and two people quit, but she told the boss everything is just fine.今晚就要截止，还走了两个人，她却跟老板说一切都好。
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SlangB1↩ 00:02
old sport
老兄（亲热称呼）
In the scene盖茨比刚见尼克仍叫 old sport，用熟络口气压住慌。
Come on, old sport, help me carry this box upstairs.来吧老兄，帮我把这箱子抬上楼。
In daily life
找人帮忙Lend me two minutes, old sport, I cannot find the keys.再给我两分钟，老兄，钥匙找不到了。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:53
think things through
把事情想清楚
In the scene盖茨比挥开用人，坚持黛西只是需要把事想通。
Do not sign tonight. Sleep on it and think the offer through.今晚先别签。睡一觉，把这份offer想清楚。
In daily life
换工作I need a weekend to think the move through before I tell them.告诉他们之前，我需要一个周末把搬家这事想清楚。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 02:37
figure out
想明白、弄清楚
In the scene盖茨比回忆当年盘算：怎么娶黛西、靠那点钱撑下去。
We have to figure out a cheaper route before the prices jump.涨价前我们得想明白一条更便宜的路线。
In daily life
改行程Can you figure out how we get to the station by eight?你能不能想明白我们八点前怎么到车站？
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 01:46
make things up
编造、捏造
In the scene盖茨比承认自己空虚，所以才给自己编来历。
He invented a meeting downtown so he could leave the dinner early.他编了个市中心的会，好早点离开晚饭。
In daily life
推掉应酬Do not invent a headache. Just say you want a quiet night.别编头痛。想安静过一晚就直说。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 02:52
make something of oneself
出人头地
In the scene盖茨比求黛西等他出息，可她没等到那一天。
He left school at sixteen and still made something of himself in the trade.他十六岁辍学，照样在这行出了头。
In daily life
劝晚辈Take the apprenticeship if you want to make something of yourself.想出息，就去接受那份学徒。
above my level
CollocationC1↩ 02:14
gift for hope
对希望的天赋
In the scene尼克旁白：那一夜才看清盖茨比近乎偏执的希望。
The coach said the rookie had a gift for lifting a tired locker room.教练说这新人有一种能把疲惫更衣室带起来的天赋。
In daily life
写评语She has a gift for asking the one question nobody else will.她有一种天赋，总能问出别人不问的那一句。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“...I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty.”
我拥有很多东西，可事实是我内心空空。
Why it's great
先堆“拥有”，再一刀切开空，财富神话当场破产。
Pattern
the truth is + 实情
When to use
承认外表风光、内心空转，把场面话撕开时。
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The truth is I feel hollow. ／ I've got a lot, but nothing in me.
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Shadowing tip
empty 放慢咬住，前面 things 轻轻带过。
Use it yourself
深夜复盘My calendar is packed every night, but the truth is I feel hollow.我每晚日程都排满，可事实是心里空空。
“...that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope.”
我才察觉到盖茨比那非同寻常的希望天赋。
Why it's great
把偏执写成天赋，旁白给了全片最准的一句评语。
Pattern
a gift for + 抽象品质
When to use
夸人某种近乎过头的能力或性情时用。
Similar
He has an extraordinary talent for hope. ／ I've never seen hope like that.
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Shadowing tip
extraordinary 拉长，hope 轻轻落下。
Use it yourself
评价同事She has an extraordinary gift for staying calm when the room panics.房间慌乱时，她有一种非同寻常的冷静天赋。
“It was all for her.”
这一切都是为了她。
Why it's great
六个词收掉房子、派对和五年的梦。
Pattern
It was all for + 对象
When to use
把一长串付出收成一句，说明动机只为某人。
Similar
Everything I did was for her. ／ All of it was for you.
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Shadowing tip
all 加重，for her 放慢收住。
Use it yourself
表白收场The late trains and the extra shifts were all for this interview.那些末班车和加班，全都是为了这场面试。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 盖茨比黎明自白
You know, I've thought for a while... ...I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty. I suppose that's why I make things up about myself. But I've wanted to tell you the whole story for... ...a very long time. See, I grew up terribly, terribly poor, old sport.
你知道，我有一阵子一直在想…… ……我拥有很多东西，可事实是我内心空空。 我想这就是我为什么要给自己编故事。 可我一直想把全部经过告诉你，已经…… ……很久很久了。 你看，我是在极度贫穷中长大的，老兄。
从空虚讲到编造，再落到极贫出身，一层层剥。
❝ 一切都为了她
See, I felt married to her. That was all. It was all for her. The house, the parties. Everything.
你看，我觉得自己已经娶了她。 就是这样。 这一切都是为了她。 房子，派对。 所有的一切。
短句收束：房子、派对、全部动机只剩她。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use figure out when you need a plan
- Hear wait up as stay awake with someone
- Catch think things through as careful deciding
- Know make things up means invent a story
- Hear I'm empty as a hollow confession
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Questions, then the linesWhat does figure out mean in Gatsby's line?
Work out a plan. He is trying to see how they could marry on a tiny monthly sum.
How do you translate wait up with me?
Stay awake with me. Gatsby wants Nick beside him until morning.
What does I'm empty mean here?
He has things but feels hollow. The house and parties do not fill him.
What does It was all for her refer to?
The house, the parties, everything he built. All of it was for Daisy.
Why does Gatsby keep saying old sport?
It is his catchphrase for Nick, a breezy old-money mask that never slips.