帮我一把
Give me a hand, will you, old sport?The Great Gatsby · 2013 — 第 18 / 18 章 · 3'13" · B2
门外守到天亮坦白身世：made something of myself
茉特尔出事后，有人守在黛西家门外一整夜，一句 Wait up with me（陪我熬到天亮）把人留下，反复说 She's going to call in the morning（她早上会打电话来）。等天亮时他终于开口：I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty（我拥有一切，可事实是我内心空空）。谈真心话、讲往事，the truth is 和 made something of myself（出人头地）好用。
发生了什么
茉特尔被撞死后，盖茨比不肯离开。他守在黛西家门外，怎么劝都不走，反复说 She just needs time to think（她只是需要时间想想）、She's going to call in the morning（她早上会打电话来）。有人一句 They'll trace your car（他们会追查你的车）也说不通。天快亮时他留下 Wait up with me（陪我熬到天亮）。也是那一夜，他第一次讲出自己的过去：出身贫穷，靠 figure out（弄明白）盘算着要怎么娶她；他说 I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty（我拥有一切，可事实是我内心空空），承认自己爱 make things up（编造）关于自己的故事。尼克最后写道，他从未见过谁有那样的 gift for hope（怀抱希望的天赋）。
这场戏看什么
- 听尼克把灯灭了咽回去
- 听他一口咬定早上会来电
- 对比 empty 与 hope
留意这几个短语
figure outthink things throughthe truth ismake things up
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本章短语
figure out
弄明白；想清楚；算出
盖茨比在黎明回忆自己如何盘算和黛西结婚后的生活。
I finally figured out why the printer wasn't working.我终于弄明白打印机为什么不出纸了。
本章还有
- think things through
把事情想清楚；考虑周全
- the truth is
事实是；说实话
- make things up
编造、瞎编（事情）
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55 句台词里标了 36 处
Give me 常弱化为 /ɡɪmi/，m 直接滑进 a，hand 的 h 几乎不送气，整个短语一口气收住。
Give me a hand, will you, old sport?本该告诉
I should have told him what I had just seen, but...情态完成：should have 后面加过去分词，表示本该做却没做，带后悔。尼克事后回想，如果当时把看到的说出口，结局也许不同。
I should have told him what I had just seen, but...我只能挤出的全部
...all I could manage was:发生的这一切
You know, Jay, with everything that's happened...该走；最好离开
...you ought to go away.不能走
Go away? No, I can't leave now.已经死了；被杀死
Jay, do you understand that a woman has been killed?早上会打电话来
Daisy's going to call in the morning.计划做某事
Then we'll make plans to go away together.把事情想清楚；考虑周全
车祸之后，盖茨比反复对尼克说黛西只是需要时间把事情想清楚。
- Yeah. - Daisy, she- She just needs time to think things through. Herzog...需要时间想想
She just needs time to think.熬着不睡等；陪到天亮
Wait up with me.Wait up 的 t 夹在元音之间常弹成闪音，舌尖碰一下上齿龈；up 紧跟，别把 t 咬得太重。
Wait up with me.快出来了（太阳）
The sun's almost up.把真相告诉了我
That was the night he finally told me the truth.told me the truth 里 told 的 d 几乎被吞掉，me 和 the 也连在一起。
That was the night he finally told me the truth.事实是；说实话
盖茨比在黎明向尼克坦白自己拥有很多却内心空虚。
...I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty.编造、瞎编（事情）
黎明吐实那场，盖茨比承认：I suppose that's why I make things up about myself.，给一辈子的谎一个解释。
I suppose that's why I make things up about myself.在极度贫困中长大
See, I grew up terribly, terribly poor, old sport.父母；家里人（美式口语）——非正式地指父母或家人，语气亲切；正式场合一般说 parents。
- My folks were... NICK: He revealed his humble beginnings...怀抱希望的天赋
...that I became aware of Gatsby's extraordinary gift for hope.发现；弄清
I can't describe how surprised I was to find out that I loved her.从没意识到
I never realized how extraordinary...不太可能
And which it is not likely I shall ever find again.把……仔细想了一遍
I thought out my life with Daisy in it...弄明白；想清楚；算出
盖茨比在黎明回忆自己如何盘算和黛西结婚后的生活。
...trying to figure out how we could marry...宾语从句：how 从句作 figure out 的宾语，说明要弄明白的内容。盖茨比连每月靠多少钱过日子都一一算过了。
...trying to figure out how we could marry...勉强撑下去
...and struggle along on so many dollars a month.信里
What was in the letter?能够
The reason why after the war I hadn't been able to return.出人头地；闯出个样子
I asked her to wait until I made something of myself, but she was...until 从句：until 引出时间界限，说明一直等到某个条件成立。盖茨比求她等到自己出息的那一天，可那天终究没等到。
I asked her to wait until I made something of myself, but she was...觉得自己已经娶了她
See, I felt married to her.全都是为了她
It was all for her.看懂「门外守到天亮坦白身世」
这一章能学到
- 学会用 figure out 表示想明白
- 见到 wait up 知道是熬夜陪着
- 能听懂 think things through
- 掌握 make things up 是在编造
- 听出 I'm empty 的自我剖白
发音重点
- Give me a hand — Give me 常弱化为 /ɡɪmi/，m 直接滑进 a，hand 的 h 几乎不送气，整个短语一口气收住。
- Wait up — Wait up 的 t 夹在元音之间常弹成闪音，舌尖碰一下上齿龈；up 紧跟，别把 t 咬得太重。
- told me the truth — told me the truth 里 told 的 d 几乎被吞掉，me 和 the 也连在一起。
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。 用最平静的一句旁白掀开整部小说最私密的时刻，越克制越郑重；the truth 一词让所有之前的掩饰都退到背后。
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。 把一生的说谎归到一个最简单的原因上，坦率到近乎温柔；承认自己空，比任何辩白都有力量。
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。 把「怀抱希望」称为一种天赋，不是夸努力，而是说他天生如此；越像赞美，越显出这种天赋的悲剧性。
It was all for her.这一切都是为了她。 用最少的字总结一栋房子、无数派对和整整一生；越是简单，越让人看清那个「她」其实撑不起这一切。
关于这一章的问题
the truth is 是什么意思？
字面是「事实是」，相当于「说实话、实话说」，用来引出对方可能不爱听的真心话。台词 I had a lot of things, but the truth is I'm empty 就是「我拥有很多，可事实是我内心空空」。
「出人头地」英语怎么说？
made something of myself，直译是把自己变成了点什么。台词里说求她等到 made something of myself 的那天，就是等自己混出个样子、有底气了再回来。
make things up 和 lie 有什么不一样？
make things up 偏「编造、瞎编」，不一定是恶意撒谎，也可以指编故事、虚构经历。台词里说自己 make things up about myself，就是爱给自己编身世。
wait up 是「熬夜等」吗？
wait up 有「不睡等着」的意思，常指等某人回来。台词 Wait up with me 是让对方别走、陪自己一起熬到天亮，语气偏恳求。
为什么盖茨比一直不肯走？
他认定黛西早上会来电，两人就能一起离开。有人提醒车会被追查、女人已经死了，他都听不进去，只反复说她需要时间想想。
了不起的盖茨比 · 共 18 章
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第 1 章reserve all judgments向医生讲起邻居盖茨比
第 2 章have the decency家宴与电话风波
第 3 章sit on the sideline公寓派对从狂欢到翻脸
第 4 章old sport满场没人见过主人
第 5 章a pack of lies车上自述传奇身世
第 6 章keeps his mouth shut午餐席间谈赌局封口
第 7 章pomp and circumstance转述盖茨比的喝茶请求
第 8 章acting like a little boy茶会重逢打翻座钟
第 9 章If it wasn't for带黛西参观豪宅
第 10 章to your liking派对上引见各方名流
第 11 章make a point of派对上汤姆寻妻
第 12 章repeat the past坚信过去可以重演
第 13 章Have it your own way闷热午餐敲定进城
第 14 章Nobody From Nowhere当众逼黛西否认旧情
第 15 章in our blood酒店对峙揭穿老底
第 16 章pull yourself together众人指认肇事黄车
第 17 章keep your voice down车祸后守夜与顶罪
正在看 · 第 18 章made something of myself门外守到天亮坦白身世这部 18 章都在这里了