Just sitting here.The Great Gatsby · 2013 — 第 17 / 18 章 · 3'30" · B2
Gatsby Waits Outside Daisy's House, Explained:keep your voice down
After the car kills a woman, Gatsby stands guard outside the Buchanans' house through the night. One line reveals the driver was someone he loves — "It was Daisy" — and he insists it was his own fault, begging only for silence: "No one must know that Daisy was driving."
あらすじ
After the hit-and-run, Gatsby keeps watch outside Daisy's mansion all night, afraid Tom might hurt her. He admits to the narrator that Daisy was driving but says the fault is his own, asks for secrecy, and refuses to go home and rest, promising to stay until morning.
注目の表現
keep your voice downin the wrongnothing to worry aboutsteady
このシーンの表現
keep your voice down
压低声音;小声点
尼克与盖茨比深夜争执时,反复劝他压低声音,别把话说得太大声。
Keep your voice down — the baby is asleep.
このシーンの他の表現
- in the wrong
有错;理亏
- nothing to worry about
没什么好担心的
- steady
to make something or someone stop shaking and become stable
このシーンのメモ一覧
58 行のセリフに 35 件のメモ
- ...you ran down is dead, Jay. - I thought so.Daisy? Do you hear yourself?How could you?Keep your voice down.imperative
Keep your voice down.liaison
Keep your voice down.- ...but a goddamn coward! - Keep your voice down!- ...but a goddamn coward! - Keep your voice down!Please. There was no point in stop- No point'? No point? What about that woman?there be
Please. There was no point in stop- No point'? No point? What about that woman?No point. She was killed instantly.I understand! I understand! It was my fault.liaison
I understand! I understand! It was my fault....she rushed out at us as if she was trying to speak to us.It all happened so quickly. She tried- I tried...She thought that driving would steady her.It wasn't her fault...No one must know that Daisy was driving.modal must
No one must know that Daisy was driving.Promise me.Jay, you should go home and get some rest.I'm going to wait here. I'm going to wait here all night......to bother her about that unpleasantness this afternoon...If he tries any brutality on her whatsoever- Torn won't touch her. He's not even thinking about her.If he tries any brutality on her whatsoever- Torn won't touch her. He's not even thinking about her.I don't trust him.I'll see if there's any commotion.Listen, she was in the wrong, running out on the road....nothing to worry about.liaison
...nothing to worry about.Let me take care of things.I'll make some calls.Just go away, get out of town.It'll be all right.「Gatsby Waits Outside Daisy's House」を読み解く
What's really going on
Gatsby's vigil is the quietest kind of confession. He cannot say he loves Daisy out loud, so he protects her instead: "It was Daisy" is followed immediately by "It was my fault," and he makes the narrator promise that "No one must know that Daisy was driving." What he fears is not the law but Tom. Earlier in the day Tom humiliated him in front of Daisy, and now Gatsby waits in the dark, ready to take any punishment meant for her. It is devotion and self-erasure at the same time, and it will cost him everything.
Theme
このチャプターで学べること
- Use Keep your voice down to hush someone
- Hear no point in as not worth doing
- Use get out of town for leaving a city
- Use take care of for handling a mess
発音のポイント
- Keep your voice down — liaison
- my fault — liaison
- nothing to worry about — liaison
How could you do that?An accusation aimed at Gatsby for letting the car drive on, or for covering for Daisy — either way it frames what he did as unforgivable.
I understand! I understand! It was my fault.Gatsby refuses any excuse and takes the blame on himself, even though the accident was Daisy's doing.
No one must know that Daisy was driving.His only request: protect Daisy's name, no matter what it costs him or how it looks.
I'm going to wait here. I'm going to wait here all night...Gatsby will not leave his post outside the house; the long watch shows how far he is willing to go.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Gatsby wait outside the house all night?
He is afraid Tom might hurt Daisy and wants to be nearby in case she needs him, even though there is nothing practical he can do from the driveway.
Who was actually driving the car?
Daisy was driving when the woman was hit. Gatsby admits it but insists the fault is his and begs the narrator to keep her involvement secret.
What does in the wrong mean here?
It means someone is at fault or in the wrong. At the end, one line argues the dead woman was in the wrong for running out into the road.
Why does Gatsby take the blame for Daisy?
He wants to shield her from scandal and punishment. Taking the blame is his way of proving his love and proving he can protect her.
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次のチャプター · 第 18 章made something of myselfGatsby Keeps Vigil Until Dawn
第 1 章reserve all judgmentsNick Begins His Story
第 2 章have the decencyNick Dines with the Buchanans
第 3 章sit on the sidelineTom's Secret Apartment Party
第 4 章old sportNick Searches for Gatsby
第 5 章a pack of liesGatsby Tells Nick His Life Story
第 6 章keeps his mouth shutGatsby's Lunch with a Gambler
第 7 章pomp and circumstanceJordan Tells Gatsby's Backstory
第 8 章acting like a little boyGatsby's Awkward Reunion with Daisy
第 9 章If it wasn't forGatsby Shows Daisy His Mansion
第 10 章to your likingTom and Daisy Join Gatsby's Party
第 11 章make a point ofDaisy Wants to Run Away
第 12 章repeat the pastGatsby Refuses to Let the Past Go
第 13 章Have it your own wayGatsby Meets Tom at Lunch
第 14 章Nobody From NowhereTom Calls Gatsby Nobody From Nowhere
第 15 章in our bloodTom Exposes Gatsby at the Hotel
第 16 章pull yourself togetherThe Yellow Car After the Crash
再生中 · 第 17 章keep your voice downGatsby Waits Outside Daisy's House
第 18 章made something of myselfGatsby Keeps Vigil Until Dawn