The Great Gatsby · 2013 — 第 12 / 18 章 · 5'22" · B1

坚信过去可以重演:repeat the past

派对散场后,一句 I've gotten all these things for her, and now she just wants to run away(这些东西全是为她置办的,她却只想逃)道尽委屈。尼克一句 You can't repeat the past(过去无法重演),换来对方反问 Why, of course you can(怎么会,当然能)。想表达执着、挽留和不肯放手,这几句最有分量。

发生了什么

派对之后,盖茨比还在为黛西的不开心难过。他说 I've gotten all these things for her, and now she just wants to run away(这些东西全是为她置办的,她却只想逃),并打算让她去告诉汤姆 she never loved him(她从没爱过他),再回路易斯维尔重新开始,就像五年前那样。尼克忍不住说 You can't repeat the past(过去无法重演),对方却回一句 Why, of course you can(怎么会,当然能)。镜头随即回到五年前:一个 a penniless young man(身无分文的年轻人)带着 grand vision of himself(关于自己的宏大幻象),在路易斯维尔爱上了黛西。想学挽留、执念和回忆往事的说法,这一段全是句子。

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本章短语

repeat the past

重演过去;让过去再来一次

尼克对盖茨比说过去无法重演,盖茨比立刻反问为什么不能。

History often repeats the past when nobody learns from it.没人吸取教训时,历史往往会让过去重演。

本章还有

  • couldn't care less

    一点也不在乎

  • let myself go

    放任自己;不再克制

  • start over

    从头再来、重新开始

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短语 · B1far away from someone

离她很远

...away from her now.
短语 · B2make someone understand

让她明白

It's so hard to make her understand.
发音make her understand

make 末尾的 k 直接搭上 her,h 省掉后成 may-kər,顺势带进 understand 不停顿。

It's so hard to make her understand.
短语 · B2couldn't care less about something

一点也不在乎

盖茨比在派对后对尼克说,他根本不在乎那些派对。

I couldn't care less about the parties.
语法 · B2I couldn't care less about the parties

否定强调:couldn't care less 用否定的最高程度表示完全不在乎,比一般的否定说法更强。盖茨比把派对说得一文不值,只为强调他真正在意的只有黛西。

I couldn't care less about the parties.
短语 · B1never loved someone

从来没有爱过他

...she has to tell Tom that she never loved him.
短语 · B1lovely people

很好的人

Her parents are lovely people, old sport. We'll be...
短语 · B1start over

从头再来、重新开始

这段里盖茨比坚持说 Daisy and I are gonna start over,就当回到五年前,两个人重新开始。

See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
语法 · B2just as if it were five years ago

虚拟语气:as if 后面的从句用 were,表示与事实相反的假设:其实早过了五年。盖茨比偏要把时间抹掉,语法本身就点出他的执念。

See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
短语 · B2ask too much of someone

对某人要求太多

I wouldn't ask too much of her.
短语 · B2repeat the past

重演过去;让过去再来一次

尼克对盖茨比说过去无法重演,盖茨比立刻反问为什么不能。

You can't repeat the past.
语法 · B1You can't repeat the past

情态动词否定:can't 表示客观上的不可能,语气比一般的否定更冷更绝对。尼克一句话给盖茨比的执念判了刑,也为全片定下悲剧的方向。

You can't repeat the past.
发音repeat the past

repeat the past 里 repeat 和 the 连读,the 又和 past 相接,整串不停。

You can't repeat the past.
短语 · B1fix things

把事情修好;挽回局面

I'm gonna fix things...
短语 · B2the way something was

它们从前的样子

...just the way they were before.
短语 · B1since then

从那以后

Everything's been so confused since then. I...
短语 · B2as if someone wanted to do something

仿佛;好像

...as if he wanted to recover something.
短语 · B1get back to something

回到;重新回到

If I could just get back to the start...
短语 · B2put something into something

投入;倾注进

...of himself that he had put into loving Daisy.
短语 · A2five years ago

五年前

One night in Louisville, five years ago...
短语 · B2find oneself somewhere

发现自己身处(某地)

...Gatsby found himself at Daisy's house by colossal accident.
短语 · B1such a beautiful something

这么漂亮的房子

I'd never been in such a beautiful house.
短语 · B1never been in something

从没进过

I'd never been in such a beautiful house.
发音never been in

been 弱化成 bɪn,in 也轻成 ɪn,never 承载重音,后面几个音节顺势滑过。

I'd never been in such a beautiful house.
短语 · B2save a dance for someone

把下一支舞留给我

May I save the next dance?
短语 · B2a penniless young man

一个身无分文的年轻人

...a penniless young man...
短语 · B2a vision of oneself

关于自己的幻象

...grand vision of himself.
短语 · B2climb alone

独自往上爬

...if I climbed alone.
短语 · C1be forever wed to someone

永远与……结合

...forever wed to her.
短语 · C1the mind of God

上帝的心智

...the mind of God.
短语 · B2let oneself go

放任自己;不再克制

盖茨比回忆自己明知爱上黛西是错,最后仍放任自己沉进去。

And then I just let myself go.
短语 · C1blossom for someone

为他绽放

She blossomed for him like a flower...
短语 · B1fall in love

坠入爱河

I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love.
短语 · B1give someone more time

多给她一点时间

I just need to give her more time, old sport.
短语 · B1be wrong about something

在……上错了

You're wrong about the past, old sport.

看懂「坚信过去可以重演」

这一章能学到

  • 学会用 You can't repeat the past 劝人
  • 见到 couldn't care less 知道是毫不在乎
  • 能用 start over 和 as if 说重来
  • 听懂 old sport 是亲热称呼
  • 听出 of course you can 里的执念

发音重点

  • make her understand — make 末尾的 k 直接搭上 her,h 省掉后成 may-kər,顺势带进 understand 不停顿。
  • repeat the past — repeat the past 里 repeat 和 the 连读,the 又和 past 相接,整串不停。
  • never been in — been 弱化成 bɪn,in 也轻成 ɪn,never 承载重音,后面几个音节顺势滑过。
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。 把爱情和自我认知放在一句里:明知是错还要做,错得清醒才更动人。这也是全片对盖茨比最精准的一次概括。

My life has got to be like this.

我的人生必须是这样。 一句话把人生说成必须维持的状态,像在给自己下命令;越用力,越藏不住身后的空洞。

You're wrong about the past, old sport.

你把过去看错了,老兄。 把整场争论收束成一句直白的判断,称呼还是那句亲昵的「老兄」,温和和否定叠在一起,格外刺人。

It's got to keep going up.

它必须不断往上走。 把人生比成一条只能上行的线,不给自己留停顿和回头的余地;这句话既是野心,也是注定要摔下来的伏笔。

关于这一章的问题

repeat the past 是什么意思?

字面是「重演过去」,也就是让过去的事再来一次。台词里 You can't repeat the past(过去无法重演)是尼克的劝告,盖茨比却坚信过去能修回原样。

「一点也不在乎」英语怎么说?

couldn't care less。比如 I couldn't care less about the parties(派对什么的,我一点也不在乎)。注意是 couldn't,不能说成 could care less,那样意思正好相反。

「重新开始」用英语怎么说?

start over。台词里一句 See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago(我们要重新开始,就当这五年没发生),日常说「翻篇重来」也常用它。

「放任自己」英语怎么表达?

let myself go。台词里 And then I just let myself go(我便放任自己沉了下去),可指不再克制感情,也可指松懈、不修边幅,看上下文。

couldn't care less 真的不能加 could 吗?

对。couldn't care less 才是「一点也不在乎」,could care less 字面就是「还有点在乎」,母语者常混用,但考试和正式写作里要用 couldn't。

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