Chapter 12 of 18 · 5'23"
You Can Repeat the Past 重演过去IMDb ↗
有人说过去其实可以重来
The Great Gatsby · 2013
CEFR C1IELTS 7.5mansionPhilosophy雅思
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The story so far
Everything you need before watchingThe party is over, but Gatsby cannot let the night go. He insists Daisy did not have a good time, then sketches a plan to erase five years: she must tell Tom she never loved him, and they will marry in Louisville. Nick warns him not to ask too much of her. You cannot repeat the past, Nick says. Gatsby almost laughs. Of course you can. The film drops into the Louisville night when a penniless officer first kissed her.
盖
Jay Gatsbyobsessed lover
尼
Nick Carrawaywarning neighbor
黛
Daisy Buchananformer love
黛
Daisy's motherLouisville hostess
汤
Tom Buchananabsent husband
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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00:00
She asked me to tell you...
她让我转告你……
00:00
...she had a wonderful time.
……她玩得很开心。
00:02
She didn't like it.
她并不喜欢。
00:03
Of course she did.
她当然喜欢。
00:04
No, no, no.
不，不，不。
00:07
No, she didn't like it. She did not have a good time .
不，她不喜欢。她过得并不开心。
00:11
I feel so far...
我感觉离她那么远……
00:12
...away from her now.
……现在离她那么远。
00:13
It's so hard to make her understand .
要让她明白，太难了。
00:15
You mean about the party?
你是说派对的事？
00:16
The party?
派对？
00:20
I couldn't care less about the parties.
派对什么的，我一点也不在乎。
00:22
That'll be all for now , gentlemen.
今天就到这儿吧，先生们。
00:24
- Thank you. SERVANT 3: Thank you, sir.
——谢谢。仆人丙：谢谢您，先生。
00:26
You see...
你看……
00:29
...she has to tell Tom that she never loved him .
……她得去告诉汤姆，她从来没有爱过他。
00:33
What?
什么？
00:34
Yes.
对。
00:35
Then we can go back to Louisville to her parents' house.
然后我们就能回路易斯维尔，去她父母家。
00:39
Her parents are lovely people, old sport . We'll be...
她父母都是好人，老兄。我们会在那儿……
00:42
...married there.
……结婚。
00:44
See...
你看……
00:46
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
00:50
I wouldn't ask too much of her.
我不会对她要求太多。
00:51
Wouldn't ask too much?
不会要求太多？
00:53
No.
对，不会。
00:58
I beg your pardon , old sport . It's just-
抱歉，老兄。只是——
01:01
It's so sad, because it's so hard to make her...
太叫人难过了，因为很难让她……
01:04
...understand.
……明白。
01:06
It's so hard to make her understand .
要让她明白，真的太难了。
01:09
I've gotten all these things for her, and now she just wants to run away .
这些东西我全是为她置办的，可她现在只想逃走。
01:15
She even wants...
她甚至想……
01:16
...to leave that. NICK: Jay.
……连那个都不要。尼克：杰。
01:19
You can't repeat the past .
过去是无法重演的。
01:23
Can't repeat the past ?
无法重演过去？
01:25
No.
不能。
01:27
Why, of course you can .
怎么会，当然能。
01:30
Of course you can.
当然能。
01:33
I'm gonna fix things...
我会把一切修好……
01:34
... just the way they were before.
……完全回到从前的样子。
01:37
Everything's been so confused since then. I...
从那以后，一切都乱了。我……
01:42
He talked a lot about the past...
他大谈特谈过去……
01:46
... as if he wanted to recover something.
……像是想把什么东西找回来。
01:48
If I could just get back to the start...
要是我能回到最初……
01:55
If I could just get back to the start...
要是我能回到最初……
01:57
...I could find it again.
……我就能再找到它。
01:59
Some vision...
某种幻象……
02:01
...of himself that he had put into loving Daisy .
……他把自己那幅幻象，全倾注在爱黛西这件事上。
02:06
One night in Louisville, five years ago...
五年前，路易斯维尔的一个晚上……
02:10
...Gatsby found himself at Daisy's house by colossal accident .
……盖茨比纯属偶然地，走进了黛西家。
02:16
GATSBY". I went to her house first with some of the officers from Camp Taylor.
盖茨比：我第一次去她家，是和泰勒营的几个军官一起。
02:20
I'd never been in such a beautiful house.
我从没进过这么漂亮的房子。
02:22
May I save the next dance ?
下一支舞，可以留给您吗？
02:23
His uniform hid...
军装遮住了……
02:25
...the truth that he was...
……一个事实：他其实是……
02:27
...a penniless young man...
……一个身无分文的年轻人……
02:29
...with only that...
……只剩那……
02:30
...grand vision of himself.
……关于自己的宏大幻象。
02:33
- Daisy, don't scamper. DAISY: I was not, Mother.
——黛西，别乱跑。黛西：我没有，妈妈。
02:35
So many dashing young officers here.
这儿有这么多风度翩翩的年轻军官。
02:37
And from such illustrious families.
还都出身名门。
02:39
GATSBY'. I always knew that I could climb.
盖茨比：我一直知道，我能往上爬。
02:42
But I could only climb...
可我只能往上爬……
02:44
...if I climbed alone.
……如果我独自往上爬。
02:49
I knew...
我知道……
02:50
...that when I...
……一旦我……
02:52
...kissed this girl...
……吻了这个女孩……
02:56
...I would be...
……我就将……
02:57
...forever wed to her.
……永远与她结合。
03:03
So I stopped.
于是我停住了。
03:07
I stopped and I...
我停住了，我……
03:09
I Waited.
我等着。
03:12
I Waited...
我等着……
03:13
...for a moment longer.
……又多等了一会儿。
03:15
He knew...
他知道……
03:17
...his mind would never again be free to romp like...
……他的心从此再也不能像……
03:23
...the mind of God.
……上帝的心那样自由嬉戏。
03:28
That falling in love...
坠入爱河……
03:29
...would change his destiny...
……将改变他的命运……
03:33
...forever.
……直到永远。
03:38
And then I just let myself go .
然后我便放任自己沉了下去。
03:49
She blossomed for him like a flower...
她为他绽放，像一朵花……
03:55
...and the incarnation was complete.
……化身就此完成。
04:07
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love .
我知道，像我这种人坠入爱河，是个大错。
04:12
I'm only 32. I might still be a great man if I could forget that I once...
我才三十二岁。要是能忘掉自己曾经……我或许还能成为伟人。
04:16
...lost Daisy, but...
……失去过黛西，可是……
04:18
...my life, old sport , my life...
……我的人生，老兄，我的人生……
04:21
My life has got to be like this.
我的人生必须是这样。
04:27
It's got to keep going up.
它必须不断往上走。
04:36
She has to go to Tom...
她必须去找汤姆……
04:39
...and tell him that she never loved him .
……告诉他，她从来没有爱过他。
04:47
I just need to give her more time , old sport .
我只是需要再给她一点时间，老兄。
04:50
More time.
再一点时间。
04:57
Don't worry, old sport . Don't worry.
别担心，老兄。别担心。
05:00
I can protect her here.
在这儿，我能保护她。
05:04
Good night, old sport .
晚安，老兄。
05:14
You're wrong about the past, old sport .
你把过去看错了，老兄。
05:19
You're wrong.
你错了。
Language points
Click a card to jump to its moment in the videoCollocationA2↩ 00:07
have a good time
have a good time
玩得开心、过得愉快
No, she didn't like it. She did not have a good time .
不，她不喜欢。她过得并不开心。
CollocationA2↩ 00:00
make someone understand
make someone understand
让某人明白
CollocationB1↩ 00:20
couldn't care less about something
couldn't care less about something
对某事毫不在乎
I couldn't care less about the parties.
派对什么的，我一点也不在乎。
Pronunciation↩ 00:20
couldn't care less
couldn't 的 t 常吞掉，三词粘成一串
I couldn't care less about the parties.
派对什么的，我一点也不在乎。
CollocationA2↩ 00:22
for now
for now
眼下先这样、暂时
That'll be all for now , gentlemen.
今天就到这儿吧，先生们。
GrammarB1↩ 00:29
that she never loved him
宾语从句：tell Tom that...：that 带出她必须亲口说的内容。
...she has to tell Tom that she never loved him .
……她得去告诉汤姆，她从来没有爱过他。
SlangB2↩ 00:39
old sport
老兄、老朋友——盖茨比式亲热称呼，正式场合别用
Her parents are lovely people, old sport . We'll be...
她父母都是好人，老兄。我们会在那儿……
CollocationB1↩ 00:46
start over
start over
从头再来
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
CollocationB2↩ 00:46
just as if + clause
just as if + clause
就好像、就当……一样
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
GrammarB2↩ 00:46
just as if it were five years ago
虚拟语气：as if + were：就当五年前，事实并非如此。
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
Pronunciation↩ 00:46
gonna start over
gonna 把 going to 吞成一拍
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
Pronunciation↩ 00:46
just as if
just as 的 t 弹舌，像 jus-das if
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
SlangA2↩ 00:46
gonna
将要、打算——going to 的口语，书面别写
See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
CollocationB1↩ 00:50
ask too much of someone
ask too much of someone
对某人要求过多
I wouldn't ask too much of her.
我不会对她要求太多。
CollocationB1↩ 00:58
beg someone's pardon
beg someone's pardon
抱歉、请再说一遍
I beg your pardon , old sport . It's just-
抱歉，老兄。只是——
CollocationA2↩ 01:09
run away
run away
逃走、躲开
I've gotten all these things for her, and now she just wants to run away .
这些东西我全是为她置办的，可她现在只想逃走。
CollocationB2↩ 01:19
repeat the past
repeat the past
重演过去
You can't repeat the past .
过去是无法重演的。
Pronunciation↩ 01:19
can't repeat the past
can't 和 past 加重，中间 repeat 稍快
You can't repeat the past .
过去是无法重演的。
Pronunciation↩ 01:27
of course you can
course 拉长，can 顿住像盖章
Why, of course you can .
怎么会，当然能。
CollocationB1↩ 01:34
just the way + clause
just the way + clause
照原来的样子
... just the way they were before.
……完全回到从前的样子。
CollocationA2↩ 01:42
talk a lot about something
talk a lot about something
大谈特谈某事
He talked a lot about the past...
他大谈特谈过去……
CollocationB1↩ 01:46
as if + clause
as if + clause
仿佛、好像
... as if he wanted to recover something.
……像是想把什么东西找回来。
GrammarB2↩ 01:46
as if he wanted to recover something
方式从句：as if + 过去式：他说话的样子像要找回某物。
... as if he wanted to recover something.
……像是想把什么东西找回来。
CollocationB1↩ 00:00
get back to something
get back to something
回到某处/某起点
GrammarB1↩ 00:00
If I could just get back
虚拟条件：If I could just...：要是能回到起点，其实回不去。
GrammarB2↩ 02:01
that he had put into loving Daisy
定语从句：that 修饰 vision：他把那幅幻象全倾注进爱黛西。
...of himself that he had put into loving Daisy .
……他把自己那幅幻象，全倾注在爱黛西这件事上。
CollocationB2↩ 02:10
find oneself at somewhere
find oneself at somewhere
不知不觉发现自己到了某处
...Gatsby found himself at Daisy's house by colossal accident .
……盖茨比纯属偶然地，走进了黛西家。
CollocationB2↩ 02:10
by accident
by accident
纯属偶然
这里 accident=偶然，不是事故
...Gatsby found himself at Daisy's house by colossal accident .
……盖茨比纯属偶然地，走进了黛西家。
CollocationB1↩ 02:22
save a dance
save a dance
预留下一支舞
May I save the next dance ?
下一支舞，可以留给您吗？
CollocationB2↩ 03:38
let oneself go
let oneself go
放任自己
这里不是邋遢，是放任自己坠入爱河
And then I just let myself go .
然后我便放任自己沉了下去。
Pronunciation↩ 03:38
let myself go
let myself 连成 le-myself，go 落下
And then I just let myself go .
然后我便放任自己沉了下去。
CollocationA2↩ 04:07
fall in love
fall in love
坠入爱河
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love .
我知道，像我这种人坠入爱河，是个大错。
GrammarB2↩ 04:07
it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love
形式主语：it 是形式主语，真正主语是 to fall in love。
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love .
我知道，像我这种人坠入爱河，是个大错。
Pronunciation↩ 04:27
got to keep
got to 的 t 弹成 d，听成 godda keep
It's got to keep going up.
它必须不断往上走。
CollocationA2↩ 04:47
give someone more time
give someone more time
再给某人一点时间
I just need to give her more time , old sport .
我只是需要再给她一点时间，老兄。
Pronunciation↩ 04:57
old sport
sport 重读上扬，像在叫老朋友
Don't worry, old sport . Don't worry.
别担心，老兄。别担心。
Teaching points
Review right after watchingMy level
above my level
SlangB2↩ 00:39
old sport
老兄、老朋友
In the scene盖茨比跟尼克描绘婚后生活，随口叫他老兄。
Come along, old sport, the last train will not wait.走吧，老兄，末班车不等人。
In daily life
球场打招呼Old sport, you still owe me that rematch.老兄，你还欠我一场复赛。
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IdiomB1↩ 00:20
couldn't care less
毫不在乎
In the scene盖茨比挥开派对：热闹不重要，黛西才重要。
I couldn't care less about the office cake if the deadline slipped.截止日期都过了，办公室蛋糕我毫不在乎。
In daily life
推掉应酬I couldn't care less about that networking mixer tonight.今晚那个社交酒会，我一点也不在乎。
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Phrasal verbB1↩ 00:46
start over
从头再来
In the scene盖茨比对尼克说：他要和黛西像五年前那样重新开始。
After the crash they had to start over with a smaller shop.崩溃之后，他们只好用更小的店从头再来。
In daily life
草稿作废The outline failed, so we will start over tonight.提纲不行，今晚我们从头再来。
above my level
CollocationB2↩ 01:19
repeat the past
重演过去
In the scene尼克劝盖茨比：五年前的黛西，没法原样搬回来。
Moving home will not help you repeat the past with that team.搬回家，也无法和那支队伍重演过去。
In daily life
旧队重聚A reunion game cannot repeat the past we had at nineteen.一场重聚赛，重演不了十九岁的过去。
above my level
IronyC1↩ 01:27
of course you can
当然能重演过去
In the scene尼克说过去无法重演，盖茨比几乎笑着反驳：当然能。
She smiled and said the broken clock could still tell last year.她笑着说，那只坏掉的钟还能报出去年。
In daily life
旧照翻箱He swore the faded photo could still walk back into the room.他发誓那张褪色照片还能走回这间屋。
above my level
IdiomB2↩ 03:38
let myself go
放任自己
In the scene盖茨比回忆初吻：停了一停，终于放任自己沉下去。
After the last exam she let herself go and slept till noon.最后一场考完，她放任自己睡到中午。
In daily life
周末放空On Sunday I let myself go and cooked nothing but toast.星期天我放任自己，只烤了面包。
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CollocationB1↩ 00:50
ask too much of
对某人要求过多
In the scene尼克劝盖茨比：别逼黛西把五年空白一笔勾掉。
Don't ask too much of an intern in the first week.别在第一周就对实习生要求过多。
In daily life
带新同事Don't pile extra reports on her before she learns the tools.她还没摸熟工具前，别再堆额外报表。
Golden lines
A great line in its own right — why and how to use it“You can't repeat the past.”
过去是无法重演的。
Why it's great
全书最狠的一句劝告：时间不能倒带。
Pattern
You can't repeat + 名词
When to use
劝人别把旧关系、旧场面原样搬回来时用。
Similar
You can't go back. ／ The past is gone.
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literary
Shadowing tip
can't 加重，past 落下收住。
Use it yourself
分手劝友You can't repeat that summer just by booking the same cabin.订同一间小屋，也重演不了那个夏天。
“Why, of course you can.”
怎么会，当然能。
Why it's great
三个字把执念说成常识，笑里带狂。
Pattern
Why, of course you can.
When to use
别人说不可能时，你偏要一口咬定能做到。
Similar
Of course it's possible. ／ Watch me.
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informal
Shadowing tip
Why 轻扬，of course 拉长，can 顿住。
Use it yourself
项目复盘Of course the team can reopen last year's file on Monday.团队当然能在周一把去年的档案重开。
“See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.”
你看，黛西和我要重新开始，就当这五年从没发生过。
Why it's great
用 as if 虚拟把五年一笔勾掉。
Pattern
start over just as if + 虚拟句
When to use
想和某人当某段空白没发生、从头来时用。
Similar
We'll start fresh as if nothing happened. ／ Let's pretend those years never existed.
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informal
Shadowing tip
start over 连读，as if it were 放慢。
Use it yourself
搭档重开We can start over just as if that argument never happened.我们可以重新开始，就当那场争吵没发生过。
Monologue
One character carrying the scene — shadow the whole passage❝ 初吻前的停顿
GATSBY'. I always knew that I could climb. But I could only climb... ...if I climbed alone. I knew... ...that when I... ...kissed this girl... ...I would be... ...forever wed to her. So I stopped. I stopped and I... ...for a moment longer.
盖茨比：我一直知道，我能往上爬。 可我只能往上爬…… ……如果我独自往上爬。 我知道…… ……一旦我…… ……吻了这个女孩…… ……我就将…… ……永远与她结合。 于是我停住了。 我停住了，我…… ……又多等了一会儿。
往上爬的野心在唇边刹住，再多等一刻。
❝ 人生必须向上
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love. ...lost Daisy, but... ...my life, old sport, my life... My life has got to be like this. It's got to keep going up.
我知道，像我这种人坠入爱河，是个大错。 ……失去过黛西，可是…… ……我的人生，老兄，我的人生…… 我的人生必须是这样。 它必须不断往上走。
承认爱是错，随即把人生画成只许上升的线。
Takeaways
What you walk away with- Use you can't repeat the past as a warning
- Hear couldn't care less as total indifference
- Use start over and as if for a reset
- Catch old sport as Gatsby's pet name
- Hear of course you can as stubborn hope
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Questions, then the linesWhat does You can't repeat the past mean?
It means the past cannot be replayed. Nick warns Gatsby; Gatsby says of course you can.
Why does Gatsby keep saying old sport?
A 1920s upper-class buddy address, like old chap. Gatsby uses it to sound intimate.
How do you use couldn't care less?
It means you do not care at all. Gatsby says the parties do not matter to him.
How to translate start over just as if?
Start again as if those years never happened. That is Gatsby's plan with Daisy.
Why does Gatsby say Why, of course you can?
He truly believes time can rewind. Nick says no; Gatsby answers of course you can.