repeat the past重演過去

把愛情和自我認知放在一句裡：明知是錯還要做，錯得清醒才更動人。這也是全片對蓋茨比最精準的一次概括。

I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to ...

回顧一次明知有代價卻依然做的選擇時用，書面、深沉；日常調侃說會太重。

I knew a man like me had no business falling in love. ／ I knew it would cost me, and I did it anyway.

literary

I knew 輕，great mistake 重讀，fall in love 放慢收。

I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to get involved. 我知道，像我這樣的人牽扯進來，是個大錯。

一句話把人生說成必須維持的狀態，像在給自己下命令；越用力，越藏不住身後的空洞。

My life has got to be like this.

強調自己必須維持某種狀態或標準時用，語氣要硬；對朋友傾訴時用能聽出壓力。

This is how my life has to be. ／ I need my life to look exactly like this.

中性

has got to 連讀，like this 放慢收，句尾下壓。

My life has got to be like this, or I don't know who I am. 我的人生必須是這樣，否則我不知道自己是誰。

把整場爭論收束成一句直白的判斷，稱呼還是那句親暱的「老兄」，溫和和否定疊在一起，格外刺人。

You're wrong about ..., old sport.

溫和但堅定地否定對方的判斷時用，口語；正式場合不用這個稱呼。

You've got the past all wrong, old sport. ／ That's not how it was, old sport.

口語

You're wrong 重讀，about the past 稍快，old sport 放軟。

You're wrong about her, old sport. 你看錯她了，老兄。

把人生比成一條只能上行的線，不給自己留停頓和回頭的餘地；這句話既是野心，也是註定要摔下來的伏筆。

It's got to keep going up.

給自己打氣、要求不斷進步時用，口語；勸別人放鬆時反著用也可以。

It has to keep climbing. ／ There's no going down from here.

口語

got to 連讀成 gotta，keep going up 逐詞加重。

It's got to keep going up, or what was it all for? 它必須一直往上走，不然這一切是為了什麼？