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带黛西参观豪宅:If it wasn't for

盖茨比拉着黛西和尼克看豪宅:诺曼底运来的大门、整面墙 catch the light(迎着光、反光)的宅子,还有高尔夫和新相机。最戳人的是那堆衬衫,一句 If it wasn't for(要不是因为)没说完,黛西就哭了。想夸东西美到失态、或说「要不是因为…」,这场戏全是好素材。

发生了什么

盖茨比带黛西和尼克参观自己在西卵的豪宅:大门是从诺曼底一座城堡运来的,宅子整面墙 catch the light(迎着光、反光),他还拿出最新款相机、张罗打高尔夫。走进堆满衬衫的房间,他把衬衫一件件往空中抛,黛西看着看着忽然流泪——那堆衬衫让她想起这些年。之后两人走到窗边,望向码头尽头那盏绿灯,一句 If it wasn't for(要不是因为)这场雾,就能看见它:说出口的是遗憾,藏起来的是这五年。想夸一个东西美到失态、想用「要不是因为…」找个由头,或想描述触景生情的场面,这一场的表达都能用上。

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这场戏看什么

  • 看黛西为何对着衬衫哭
  • 听绿灯如何从梦变回灯
  • 注意电话里突然露出的生意

留意这几个短语

If it wasn't fordiminished by onesuch beautiful shirtscatch the light

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本章短语

If it wasn't for

要不是因为;多亏(或都怪)

盖茨比在豪宅里望向海湾对岸,对黛西说雾挡住了那盏绿灯。

If it wasn't for your help, I'd never have finished.要不是你帮忙,我根本做不完。

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  • diminished by one

    少了一件;被减掉一个

  • such beautiful shirts

    这么漂亮的衬衫

  • catch the light

    迎着光、反光(角度对了才亮起来)

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短语 · B2bring something in from a place

从某地运进来

I had the gates brought in from a castle in Normandy.
语法 · B2I had the gates brought in

使役结构:have 后面接东西再接过去分词,表示让人把某物做好、送来。大门不是他自己搬的,是买来运来的,一句话就把排场说尽。

I had the gates brought in from a castle in Normandy.
发音brought in from

brought in from 里 brought 和 in 连读,in 的 n 又和 from 相接,三词几乎连成一体。

I had the gates brought in from a castle in Normandy.
短语 · B1all alone

孤身一人;独自

- ...all alone? - Well, I don't.
短语 · B2keep something full of something

让它总是挤满

I keep it always full of interesting, celebrated people.
短语 · B1look well

看起来不错

The house looks well, doesn't it?
短语 · B2catch the light

迎着光、反光(角度对了才亮起来)

豪宅巡礼时,盖茨比让尼克看房子正面怎么迎着光:See the way the whole front catches the light like that?

See the way the whole front catches the light like that?
短语 · B1show someone how it's done

(该)怎么做

I'll show you how it's done.
短语 · B2such a brute

真是个粗人;太莽撞了

I'm such a brute.
俚语 · B2brute

粗人;莽汉(半开玩笑的贬称)——笑着骂人粗鲁、手脚大,多为自嘲或熟人打趣;认真骂人时语气会变重。

I'm such a brute.
短语 · B1a genius at something

一个天才

...all night. GATSBY: Ewing's a genius, plays anything.
短语 · B1never seen anything like it

见过这样的东西

I've never seen anything like it.
短语 · B2send something over

送过来;寄过来

He sends over a selection at...
短语 · B1the beginning of something

……的开始

...the beginning of each season.
短语 · B2be going to have to do something

将不得不

You're going to have to refold...
短语 · B1every single one of them

每一件;任何一个

...every single one of them.
短语 · A2make someone sad

让我难过

It makes me sad.
发音makes me sad

makes me sad 里 me 常弱化为 /mi/,几乎融进前后,重音砸在 makes 和 sad 上。

It makes me sad.
短语 · B2lost years

失去的岁月

Five lost years...
短语 · B2such beautiful something

这么漂亮的衬衫

盖茨比把一柜柜衬衫扔给黛西看,黛西把头埋进衬衫里哭了起来,说的正是 such beautiful shirts。

Because I've never seen such beautiful shirts before.
短语 · B2if it wasn't for something

要不是因为;多亏(或都怪)

盖茨比在豪宅里望向海湾对岸,对黛西说雾挡住了那盏绿灯。

If it wasn't for the mist...
短语 · A2at the end of something

在……的尽头

...at the end of your dock.
短语 · B2it occurs to someone that

(某人)忽然想到

...it had occurred to Gatsby that...
语法 · B2it had occurred to Gatsby that

形式主语:it occurred to 人 that 是固定说法,表示某人忽然想到,it 是形式主语,真正的内容放在 that 后面。

...it had occurred to Gatsby that...
短语 · B2colossal significance

巨大的意义

...the colossal significance of that light...
短语 · C1be diminished by one

少了一件;被减掉一个

尼克在旁白里说,绿灯的意义消失后,盖茨比心里那些神圣的东西又少了一件。

And his count of enchanted objects had diminished by one.
短语 · B1used to be

曾经是

He used to be my best friend many years ago.
短语 · A2a lot of something

很多剪报

These are a lot of clippings I collected.
短语 · C1end in nothing

落得一场空

...end in nothing. Come home.
短语 · B2waiting and hoping

等着、盼着

I'll be here waiting and hoping...
短语 · B1come true

成真;实现

...long dream of you to come true.
短语 · B1a small town

一个小镇

He must know what a small town is.
短语 · B2everything on earth

世上;人世间

I wish I'd done everything on earth with you.
发音on earth

on earth 里 on 的 n 和 earth 的元音连读,听起来像 one-earth。

I wish I'd done everything on earth with you.
语法 · B2I wish it could always be like this

虚拟语气:wish 后面的从句用 could,表示与现在事实相反的愿望,明知做不到才说希望永远这样,甜里带着预兆。

I wish it could always be like this.

看懂「带黛西参观豪宅」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 old sport 亲热称呼
  • 见到 shirts 哭戏听出反讽
  • 能用 I wish 说后悔和盼望
  • 听懂 of no use 是没用了

发音重点

  • brought in from — brought in from 里 brought 和 in 连读,in 的 n 又和 from 相接,三词几乎连成一体。
  • makes me sad — makes me sad 里 me 常弱化为 /mi/,几乎融进前后,重音砸在 makes 和 sad 上。
  • on earth — on earth 里 on 的 n 和 earth 的元音连读,听起来像 one-earth。
Because I've never seen such beautiful shirts before.

因为我从没见过这么漂亮的衬衫。 一句听上去答非所问的话,把五年的委屈、物质的眩目和无法言说的爱一起塞进一件衬衫里,越简单越让人心碎。

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。 把一个人心里的神圣清单写成可以清点的物件,绿灯熄灭的同时,某样东西被悄悄划掉,冷静的措辞里全是失落。

He used to be my best friend many years ago.

很多年前,他是我最好的朋友。 用「曾经是」三个字把一段改变命运的关系压缩好,也把丹·科迪这个人和他背后的钱路轻轻带过。

I wish it could always be like this.

真希望能永远这样。 把最普通的一句心愿放在最奢华的一刻之后,越幸福越像告别;wish 加 could 也先替观众说出了不可能。

关于这一章的问题

If it wasn't for 是什么意思?

意思是「要不是因为……」,指某个条件改变,结果就会不同。台词里 If it wasn't for the mist, we could see the green light 就是「要不是这场雾,本来能看见那盏绿灯」,带着点遗憾。

「这么漂亮的衬衫」英语怎么说?

such beautiful shirts。such 加形容词再带名词,用来强调「这么、如此」。台词里 Because I've never seen such beautiful shirts before 就是「因为我从没见过这么漂亮的衬衫」,听上去既惊叹又动情。

catch the light 怎么理解?

字面是「接住光」,实际指表面迎着光、反光,角度对了才亮起来。台词里 See the way the whole front catches the light,是在夸宅子整面墙在光线里的效果,写景写物都能用。

diminished by one 是什么意思?

意思是「少了一件、被减掉一个」,是很书面的说法。叙述者用它讲那盏绿灯失去了魔力:他那些被施了魔法的物件又少了一件,听着比简单的 one less 更文气。

黛西为什么在衬衫堆里哭了?

盖茨比把衬衫一件件抛向空中,她看着看着就哭了,只说从没见过这么漂亮的衬衫。表面是惊叹,其实是被眼前的心意和错过的五年一起击中,情绪忽然绷不住。

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