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What Makes The Great Gatsby Great？
Recently, I have read a classical novel, The Great Gatsby, Francis Key Fitzgerald is the author, who is one of the most outstanding writers in 20th century.
I think all the plots in the novel are similar to the something happens in the today’s society. The story is told by Nick(Daisy’s cousin),who witnesses a lot the ugly aspects of the society and human characters. Here is the story goes: Tom and Daisy married for a time and live in East Egg. In their opposite, living a very great wealthy man, called Gatsby. He hold parties day and night and get famous for this. Actually, Daisy and Gatsby fell in love a few years ago. At that time, Gatsby was very poor and dispatched into Europe because of war. Then, they broke up and Daisy married Tom, the second-generation rich. Latter, Gatsby comes back with social position and big fortunate, and he continues loving Daisy. At a car accident, Daisy kills the Tom’s mistress. To protect Daisy, Gatsby takes all the responsibility of the accident. Finally, Wilson (the husband of mistress) shoots Gatsby under the instigation of Tom. And Tom and Daisy set foot on Europe’s travelling.
I think everyone feels pity for the Gatsby, for his infatuation to Daisy and for his foolish love, like the following two descriptions.①“--Was Daisy driving? ---Yes, he said after a moment, but of course I’ll say I was.”(p154) ②“the chauffeur –he was one of Wolfshiem’s
protégés-heard the shoots-”(p172).As we can see Gatsby undertakes the responsibility of the accident and that’s his cold ending. So what makes The Great Gatsby Great？I think the answer also is the image of Gatsby. Because of his profound love to Daisy even though the others become selfish and sophisticated in the society. He devotes himself to making big fortune for expecting Daisy’s return; he take responsibility of car accident at the expense of being put in the prison. Yes, this great man displays something called Profound Love when the society members’ hearts becoming colder and colder. And I always feel sympathetic to Gatsby’s consequence. We may say how stupid he is to pay so much to Daisy, but in other words, how persistent he is to his believing about love. He always thinks that all his behaviors can make Daisy change her mind and come back.【了不起的盖茨比英文读后惑】
Gatsby is a tragic hero in the novel, maybe his profound love and strong faith lead to his bad ending. But I always believe this two valuable things are the writer appeals to in that time, also works in today’s. Here’s my understanding to the question What Makes The Great Gatsby Great？
The disillusion of the American dream
- The Great Gatsby book review
The Great Gatsby is the representative work of American writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald. It is a true reflection of 1920s. The book is a classical novel and has profound meaning of the essence of the American dream’s illusory. The writer showed the American social after the World War I in the book. It uncovers the money worship and hedonism in the Jazz Age and people’s selfishness and indifference in that time. What the novel describes is a tragic story about the disillusion of the American dream.【了不起的盖茨比英文读后惑】
The story happened after the World War I. A young business man named Nick Carraway rent a house in the Long Island. In the opposite house there lives his cousin Daisy Buchanan and her husband Tom
Buchanan. In the villa next lives Jay Gatsby. Gatsby holds big party every weekend in his villa but there is few people has seen his face. After a while Nick knows that when Gatsby was a soldier, he fell in love with Daisy. However, Daisy finally married with a rich man Tom Buchanan. When the war is ended, Gatsby began to do illegal business and become a millionaire in high society. In order to draw Daisy’s attention, he bought a big house in opposite to Daisy’s and often holds big party. Gatsby and Daisy meet again in the help of Nick. When this is known by Tom, he is burst into anger and they have a quarrel. With extremely nervous, Daisy【了不起的盖茨比英文读后惑】
drives the car and killed Tom’s mistress Myrtle accidentally. However, Tom suggests Myrtle’s husband Wilson that it is Gatsby who killed her wife. In extreme anger Wilson shoot Gatsby and suicide. In the end of the book, when Nick held a funeral for Gatsby, none of his old friends join. Nick is disappointed to the dark high society of New York so he leave the city and go back to his home in the American Midwest.
The theme of the novel is to present the tragedy of the American dream’s disillusion by showing the story of Gatsby’s pursuing of dream. The so-called "American dream" means that in America everyone is equality of opportunity. People can realize their dream and achieve success just by themselves’ struggle. The American dream has always been an ideal that people are convinced of and pursue of. It is a kind of spiritual strength that promote America to developing and flourishing quickly. After the World War I, America has entered into an
unprecedented era of prosperity and the American dream becoming a crazy worship to money. The wind of money worship prevailing. So the American dream has been deteriorated as the social develop.
In this novel, the short life of Gatsby has go through the process of dream from start to burst. It symbolize the rise and burst of the American dream at the same time. One side of his American Dream is the dream of money. He realize this dream by illegal business which made him from a poor boy to a millionaire. However, the other side of his dream is the
dream of love and it make him into a sad ending. In fact, his loving dream is another form of his money dream. At first when he fell in love with Daisy, he was attracted by her material life. He yearns for not so much Daisy’s love as Daisy’s high society life. Daisy is the combination of love and money which he’s longing for. She is the represent of a beautiful life. However, in real life, Daisy is far from what Gatsby imagine. She is a selfish, shallow and timid girl and all she wants is money and high society life. Finally Gatsby’s dream broken and it also symbolize the broken of the American dream. The essence of the tragedy of Gatsby is the tragedy of American idealism. But then again, although Gatsby’s effort did not pay off, his spirit of struggling to realize his dream and change the fate is moving and deserves our admiration and learning.
Pursuit for dreams
—after reading The Great Gatsby
I have heard of the famous novel The Great Gatsby for many years. However, until recently have I got the time and mood to read it. As soon as I finish reading, I find my previous unwarranted assumption of it totally wrong.
This is a story about Gatsby and his pursuit for the ‘American dreams’. During the World War One, the poor soldier Gatsby fell in love with an upper class girl named Daisy. But due to the wide gap between them, Daisy decided to marry Tom, a man of her class, instead of Gatsby. Broken-hearted Gatsby then held the conviction that money was of the greatest importance. He strongly believed in the ‘American dreams’, which as we all know, advocates that one can achieve whatever he or she likes through continuous efforts. He strived for five years to become a millionaire and bought a villa near Daisy’s to attract her. He was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that Daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used to be. Eventually, he was killed because of her crime.
After reading it, something reverberates in my heart. I can’t help thinking of the theme Fitzgerald trying to convey. One thing may be the lonely void of people’s spiritual world. I am deeply impressed by chapter 3, where a vivid description of a party is given.
There were beautiful girls, drunk men, and boisterous crowds there, but none of them perceived the pointless of their lives and the barren of their minds. To see this phenomenon deeper, there were two circumstances underlying it. The first is the lack of dreams. Some people, especially the people of the upper class, lived an aimless life. They wasted their time and money and took an indifferent attitude towards life. They chased for temporary ecstasy but lost their identity in eternity, namely Daisy and Tom. The second is the misleading of dreams. Some others like Gatsby, bravely pursued their dreams, yet going to a diverged way unconsciously. They might mix up the concept of a richer life and a happier life, viewing a higher social state and a peaceful fulfilled life as equality. Unfortunately, when they were busy chasing their dreams, everything changed with time. When they were anxious about the to-gets, they ignored what they had already had and lost the alert to the constant changes. The excellent use of symbolization illustrates this idea perfectly. The imagery of ‘green light’ is the most important symble which occurred three times in the novel. The green-light’s obscure in the mist indicates the dim of Gatsby’s dreams.
As far as I am concerned, this story can serve as a reminder for us. To live a meaningful life, we should carefully choose some dreams to pursue. And in the process of fulfilling our dreams, we
should always be concious about what we really desire. Anyhow, only by pursuing the proper dreams can we finally get to the deep springs of happiness.
i have heard of the famous novel the great gatsby for many years。 however， until recently have i got the time and mood to read it。 as soon as i finish reading， i find my previous unwarranted assumption of it totally wrong。
this is a story about gatsby and his pursuit for the ?american dreams?。了不起的盖茨比英文读后感。 during the world war one， the poor soldier gatsby fell in love with an upper class girl named daisy。 but due to the wide gap between them， daisy decided to marry tom， a man of her class， instead of gatsby。 broken-hearted gatsby then held the conviction that money was of the greatest importance。 he strongly believed in the ?american dreams?， which as we all know， advocates that one can achieve whatever he or she likes through continuous efforts。 he strived for five years to bee a millionaire and bought a villa near daisy?s to attract her。 he was too addicted to his fantasy to realize that daisy was no longer the lovely girl she used to be。 eventually， he was killed because of her crime。了不起的盖茨比英文读后感。
after reading it， something reverberates in my heart。 i can?t help thinking of the theme fitzgerald trying to convey。 one thing may be the lonely void of people?s spiritual world。 i am deeply impressed by chapter 3， where a vivid description of a party is given。 there were beautiful girls， drunk men， and boisterous crowds there， but none of them perceived the pointless of their lives and the barren of their minds。 to see this phenomenon deeper，there were two circumstances underlying it。 the first is the lack of dreams。 some people， especially the people of the upper class， lived an aimless life。 they wasted their time and money and took an indifferent attitude towards life。 they chased for temporary ecstasy but lost their identity in eternity， namely daisy and tom。 the second is the misleading of dreams。 some others like gatsby， bravely pursued their dreams， yet going to a diverged way unconsciously。 they might mix up the concept of a richer life and a happier life， viewing a higher social state and a peaceful fulfilled life as equality。 unfortunately， when they were busy chasing their dreams， everything changed with time。 when they were anxious about the to-gets， they ignored what they had already had and lost the alert to the constant changes。 the excellent use of symbolization illustrates this idea perfectly。 the imagery of ?green light? is the most important symble which occurred three times in the novel。 the green-light?s obscure in the mist indicates the dim of gatsby?s dreams。
as far as i am concerned， this story can serve as a reminder for us。 to live a meaningful life， we should carefully choose some dreams to pursue。 and in the process of fulfilling our dreams， we should always be concious about what we really desire。 anyhow， only by pursuing the proper dreams can we finally get to the deep springs of happiness。
[篇一:读<了不起的盖茨比>有感]
故事发生在现代化的美国社会中上阶层的白人圈内，以卡洛维为第一人称开始展开叙述。他出生于美国中西部，后来到美国纽约做股票生意，与主人公盖茨比为邻，并与之成为了朋友。盖茨比出身贫苦，但他野心勃勃，后来通过非法贩卖私酒而暴富。他经常在家举办大型宴会以吸引住在对面的他五年前的恋人黛西。了不起的盖茨比读后感。黛西在盖茨比参加第一次世界大战期间利欲熏心嫁给了出身富裕家庭的汤姆，但物质的满足并不能填补黛西精神上的空虚，她与盖茨比重逢后又旧情复燃，但盖茨比发现她已经不是原来那个单纯的女孩，而变得自私、虚荣和愚蠢。但是盖茨比仍旧对黛西抱有一丝幻想。后来黛西一次酒后驾驶撞死了汤姆的情妇，并与汤姆一道密谋残忍地嫁祸于盖茨比，最终他自杀身亡。
故事发生的时间是20世纪20年代，那时第一次世界大战刚刚结束，在以前历史课学到过美国在战争初期向交战双方提供军火，股票生意，并想以此发财。他住在长岛，与故事的主人公盖茨比为邻，并与之交上了朋友。盖茨比原名盖兹，和卡洛维一样也来自中西部，他出身贫寒，胆雄心勃勃，后因贩卖私酒而暴富。他经常在家举办大型豪华聚会，大宴宾客，以显示其阔绰，目的是为了吸引五年前的恋人黛西并赢回她的芳心。五年前在盖茨比服兵役时，黛西曾是他的恋人，在盖茨比去海外参加第一次世界大战期间，由于利欲熏心嫁给了出身富豪家庭的纨绔子弟汤姆。
布坎南。然而物欲和肉欲的满足并没能填补黛西精神上的空虚与贫乏。在卡洛维的帮助下，与盖茨比重逢后好像又旧情复燃。但黛西已不是原来的黛西，她不再是盖茨比想象中的纯情女孩，而是一个愚蠢、自私、庸俗、美丽的躯壳。盖茨比的美丽旧梦终于被打碎了，但他还在做最后的挣扎，仍对黛西抱有一丝幻想，以致遭遇了更加凄惨可悲的结局。后来黛西在一次酒后，驾驶盖茨比的车撞死了汤姆的情妇，却与汤姆一道密谋并残忍地嫁祸于盖茨比，导致死者的丈夫突然闯入盖茨比的家中并开qiāng打死了盖茨比，然后自杀身亡，使盖茨比最终彻底成为自私而残忍的黛西的牺牲品。<了不起的盖茨比>细腻而准确的展现了20世纪20年代美国的社会风貌，细致地描绘了当时被称为“爵士时代”的那种纸醉金迷、灯红酒绿的狂热场面。在小说中，作者精心挑选了代表不同社会阶层的人物并以他们的生活反映美国20年代的社会生活。汤姆和黛西是当时旧贵族的代表。他们追求生活的优雅与情趣，精神空虚，只会用金钱去消磨打发百无聊赖的日子。他们道德堕落，自私，没有责任感，“他们是粗心大
意的人，汤姆和黛西，他们毁掉了东西和人，然后就退缩到自己的金钱堆里或异乎寻常的麻木不仁当中，……，让别人去收拾他们制造的烂摊子”。盖茨比是通过自己艰苦奋斗而发家致富的新贵。他为理想而努力，感情真挚而忠诚。但他爱讲排场，喜欢炫耀，没有品位。威尔逊夫妇是下层劳动人民，他们虽然辛苦劳作，生活仍然贫苦，没有前途，命运悲苦。但不管这些人属于哪个社会阶层，无不崇尚金钱，追求享乐。金钱已成为美国人生活中的价值取向，成为众人生活的“新圣经”。20年代的美国成了一个唯利是图，道德沦丧的国度。作者凭借着优美的语言，精妙绝伦的技巧呈现了新颖而深邃的内容，淋漓尽致地表现了“‘美国梦’的破灭”这一主题，堪称“美国20年代‘美国梦’破灭的一首绝唱”
[篇四:<了不起的盖茨比>读后感]
一种忧伤的美，<了不起的盖茨比>读后感。好久没有读书，尤其是小说，伟大的小说总是能折射出读者内心深处那隐隐的痛楚，美丽和忧伤。然而遗憾的是，我并未能很好的理解这部小说。两个晚上的阅读并未能给我带来莫大的心灵震撼。然而，这有什么关系。
我很欣赏那种有信仰的人，一生为了一个信仰会让我有一种膜拜的感觉，现实总是这样，不论当初是出于何种目的，只要做了，终究都会有所成绩。盖茨比的成就来自于内心强大的对憧憬的渴望，然而当梦想的阳光照进现实的时候，才发现，并不是那么回事，这难免让我感到可悲，也许，生活中的平淡才是永恒的美，我也不知道。
作者的文笔优美，对环境，人物的刻画入木三分，这让我更加确信了“对细节的追求是成就伟大的必由之路”。整片文章中充满了一种忧伤的美丽。也许，在空闲的时候，我应该再次拜读。这是后话。
[篇五:了不起的盖茨比读后感900字]
第一次世界大战结束的时候，第二次工业革命也刚刚完成。美国作为一战的战胜国，一跃超过英国成为资本主义世界第一大强国，出现经济空前繁盛的景象，全国各地一派欣欣向荣，小汽车、电灯、电话便利了人们的生活。人们觉得不会再打仗了，是时候尽情享乐了，年轻的一代更是觉得进入了一个欢乐绚丽的新时代，他们开始放弃传统的道德标准，信奉拜金主义、享乐主义，整日纸醉金迷、灯红酒绿。经济的繁荣代价是社会的世风日下。
<了不起的盖茨比>的故事就发生在这个时期。故事通过主人公尼克的视角讲述了盖茨比的故事，为了爱追求金钱，以金钱博取爱，最终死于他人qiāng下。小说通过盖茨比追求爱情梦想的破灭，表现了年青一代“美国梦”的破灭这一主题。盖茨比就是一个追逐美国梦的年轻人，早期美国梦意味着:只要经过努力不懈的奋斗便能获得更好的生活，亦即人们必须通过自己的勤奋、勇气、创意和决心迈向繁荣，而非依赖于特定的社会阶级和他人的援助，而在一战结束后美国梦却在悄悄变味，其背后的动力成了对财富的渴求。盖茨比为了能得到心爱的姑娘不惜铤而走险贩卖私酒以此获得巨额财富，从此开始整日笙歌艳舞，没日没夜的在心爱的姑娘黛西附近宴请宾客只为引起黛西的注意，这让我想起了当年周幽王为博妃子褒姒一笑而点燃烽火台的事。由此可见，在当时经济蓬勃发展的美国，拜金主义与攀比之风空前繁盛着:社会各阶层的人不择手段赚钱，有钱人花钱如流水、穷人贷款消费盲目攀比。于是经济越发呈现繁荣的景象，殊不知这虚假的繁荣最终导致1933年资本主义世界经济危机并最终引发二战。
女主人公黛西也是人性堕落的代表。黛西身为交际花每日晚上都有军人来自己家中参加宴会，而黛西跟随盖茨比的原因则是因为盖茨比欺骗她说他很有钱，随后盖茨比离开之后黛西便立马开始寻找新的归宿，有钱有势的汤姆成了他的丈夫，而带到多年之后盖茨比腰缠满贯的回来的时候，黛西又决定跟随盖茨比，后来黛西撞死了人，汤姆献计利用盖茨比对黛西的爱嫁祸于盖茨比，黛西又从了汤姆。黛西如一棵墙头草一般左右摇摆着，哪一方对自己有便跟随哪一方。这也反映了当时美国女性拜金的普遍心态，用美貌博得男人的爱，用金钱衡量包括爱的一切事物，生活不加检点、奢靡腐败，以玩乐作为活着的目标，将男性视为自己的钱包，也就是说，她们追逐爱情的目的仅仅是为了金钱。
汤姆则是花心男人与不择手段的典型代表，汤姆在与黛西结婚后不久便找到了一个情妇，两人秘密交往数年，等到盖茨比回来要带走黛西的时候却又紧紧抓住黛西不放，这可不是因为爱情，而是因为占有欲与面子而已。但故事最后黛西竟然阴差阳错撞死了汤姆的情妇，汤姆立马装作完全不认识情妇的样子，还帮助黛西出谋划策嫁祸盖茨比，最终盖茨比被杀死，而这两人马上远走高飞消失不见，连盖茨比的葬礼都未参加。汤姆成为那个时期上流社会男性的典型代表，用钱来处理一切事物，在外面花天酒地，四处寻找情妇，并带有严重的种族歧视心态，在自私心膨胀到极点的时候可以干出杀人一类的事，人性竟至于堕落到如此地步!
故事中很多其他的小配角也反映了美国当时的社会现状:汤姆情妇的丈夫代表着美国的无产阶级穷人们，生活在社会的最底层，任富人摆布；盖茨比的父亲则在儿子死后，为儿子拥有如此大的房子与如此多的财产而骄傲，似乎忘了儿子已经死去这一事件:沃尔夫山姆在盖茨比生前只想着盖茨比的钱，在盖茨比死后装聋作哑?让人感到当时美国社会的冷漠与自私叙述者尼克则是一个旁观者，他不是这人格堕落中的一员，他以他的视角讲述了这发生在美国最繁华的东部的故事，故事的最后，尼克看清了东部的鬼影重重，世态炎凉，踏上了前往中西部的路途。
值得一提的是，作者菲茨杰拉德在凭借其另一本小说<人间天堂>出名时还不满24岁，菲茨杰拉德一夜之间成为了美国文坛一颗耀眼的新星。一个星期后，他与泽尔达在纽约结了婚。菲茨杰拉德和泽尔达年轻，迷人，拥有金钱和名望，是一对令人艳羡的金童玉女。他们活跃于纽约的社交界，纵情地享受爱情、年轻的生命以及成功的欢乐，过着夜夜笙歌、觥筹交错的生活，后来又长年在欧洲居住。但由于讲究排场，挥霍无度，他们的生活渐渐捉襟见肘。泽尔达因精神病多次发作被送进精神病院，菲茨杰拉德也染上了酗酒的恶习。1940年12月21日，菲茨杰拉德因为心脏病突发死于洛杉矶，年仅44岁。这真的是莫大的讽刺。
菲茨杰拉德曾经这样形容欧美的三个国家:法国是一片土地，英国是一个民族，而美国是一颗赤子之心。世界各地的人都怀抱着一颗赤子之心来到美国追逐自己心目中的美国梦，但到了最后无非是追逐更多的金钱罢了，在这经济繁荣却充满功利的社会中慢慢迷失自我。所以，黯然神伤的故事总是发生在最为绚丽的时代。
最后写一段狄更斯在双城记里面的一段话结尾“这是最好的时代，也是最坏的时代;这是智慧的时代，也是愚蠢的时代;这是笃信的时代，也是疑虑的时代;这是光明的季节，也是黑暗的季节;这是希望的春天，也是绝望的冬天;我们什麼都有，也什麼都没有;我们全都会上天堂，也全都会下地狱。”
[篇六:<了不起的盖茨比>读后感]
还轻，阅历不深的时候，我父亲教导我一句话，我至今念念不忘。
“每逢你想要批评任何人的时候，”他对我说，“你就记住，这个世界上所有的人，并不是个个都有过你那些优越的条件。”——<了不起的盖茨比>
不知有多少人是因为村上春树才读菲茨杰拉德的<了不起的盖茨比>，我只是其中的一个。但是还有一个原因，那就是电影版的<了不起的盖茨比>是我最喜欢的美国演员莱昂纳多·迪卡普里奥担任男主角，村上多次在他的作品里提到过菲茨杰拉德和<了不起的盖茨比>，如果没记错的话，第一次知道菲茨杰拉德是因为读<挪威的森林>，后来好奇，就决定看一遍<了不起的盖茨比>菲茨杰拉德用了第一人称内聚焦的叙事方式，通过尼克的回忆来讲故事，他既是当局者，又是旁观者。作为当局者，他是盖茨比的邻居，是黛西的远房表哥，是汤姆的旧相识，他和乔丹交往，参加盖茨比的奢华派对，帮盖茨比搭起与黛西重聚的桥梁，他目睹汤姆与盖茨比之间的冲突，知道茉特尔出事的真相，他处理盖茨比的后事，作为旁观者，他从不识盖茨比到成为盖茨比的送殡人，这短短日子里的经历令他最终看透了他接触过的那些人，看清了他所生存的那个“黄金”年代的美国社会。
我们通过尼克进入故事，以他的角度来观察、分析和思考，通常运用第一人称内聚焦这种叙事手法都会令人读得如临其境，真实感极强。真实到连故事里每个人所向往和追求的似乎都是应该被理解的真实，包括盖茨比。虽然盖茨比追求的是一个看似虚无的梦想，但他需要的同样也是一种真实，一个黛西，一段他自以为暂停的爱情。可是实与虚又好像是一体的，黛西是真实的，而盖茨比苦苦追求的爱情梦想却如他豪宅对岸的小绿灯一般虚无缥缈，黛西无情的离开，盖茨比的被害，葬礼的冷清?盖茨比的苦心经营最终换来的是一场空，他追求的梦只是一个短暂而美丽的气泡。
通过尼克之口来讲盖茨比的故事是最合适的，从某种意义上来讲，尼克和盖茨比是同一种人。因为盖茨比死后，尼克还一直以为黛西会回来，至少会打个电话，还以为昔日参加盖茨比派对的“朋友”会来参加葬礼，直到最后没接到黛西一个电话，直到在五号路遇见汤姆以后，尼克才渐渐领悟到些什么。在尼克心中，盖茨比始终都了不起，他既是当初搞奢华派对的富豪盖茨比，也是最后活在他心中的追梦赤子盖茨比。
盖茨比是一个了不起的人，他的了不起在于他无所顾忌地爱着黛西多年，他的心是纯粹的。虽然盖茨比经过多年的奋斗，进入了上流社会的圈子，他从来不为金钱、权力与荣誉所动，事业上的建构是为了与黛西更接近。不幸的是，他的一生以悲剧结束，包括他梦寐以求的爱情。
1、每当你觉得想要批评什么人的时候，你切要记着，这个世界上的人并非都具备你禀有的条件。
whenever you feel like criticizing any one， just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had。
2、人们的善恶感一生下来就有差异。
a sense of the fundamental decencies is parceled out unequally at birth。了不起的盖茨比经典台词。
3、人们的品行有的好像建筑在坚硬的岩石上，有的好像建筑在泥沼里，不过超过一定的限度，我就不在乎它建在什么之上了。
conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes， but after a certain point i don't care what it's founded on。
4、这时，天色已经暗了下来，我们这排高高地俯瞰着城市的灯火通明的窗户，一定让街头偶尔抬头眺望的人感到了，人类的秘密也有其一份在这里吧，我也是这样的一个过路人，举头望着诧异着。我既在事内又在事外，几杯永无枯竭的五彩纷呈的生活所吸引，yet high over the city our line of yellow windows must have contributed their share of human secrecy to the casual watcher in the darkening streets， and i was him too， looking up and wondering。 i was within and without， simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life。
5、他理解体谅地笑了——这笑比理解和体谅有的含义。了不起的盖茨比经典台词。这是那种不多见的使你忐忑不安的情绪能很快地平静下来的笑，这种笑容人的一生中顶多能碰上四五次。它 先是再一刹那间面对——或者说似乎在面对——整个外部世界，然后他就全副心神地倾注到你的身上，对你充满一种不可抵御的偏爱之情。它对你的理解恰是你想被 人理解的那么多，它对你的信任恰像你平时愿意对自己所信任到的那种程度，它叫你确信它对你的印象恰是你所希望造成的那么多。
he smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly。 it was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it， which you may e across four or five times in life。 it faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant， and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor。 it understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood， believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself， and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that， at your best， you hoped to convey。
6、每个人都认为他自己至少具有一种主要的美德，我的美德是:我是我所结识过的少有的几个诚实人中间的一个。
everyone suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues and this
7、世界上只有被追求者和追求者，忙碌者和疲惫者。
there are only the pursued， the pursuing， the busy and the tired。
8、他怀着一种创造性的情感将自己全身心地投入到它的中间，不断地为它增添内容，用飘浮到他路上的每一根漂亮羽毛去装扮它。有谁知道在一个人的波诡云谲的心里，能蓄下多少火一样的激情和新鲜的念头。
he had thrown himself into it with a creative passion， adding to it all the time， decking it out with every bright feather that drifted his way。 no amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart。
9、他是上帝之子，如果这个词还有什么别的含义的话，这里只能用它的本意，他要为天父的事业而献身，服务于这一博大而又粗俗、浮华而又美丽的事业。
he was a son of god—a phrase which， if it means anything， means just that—and he must be about his father's business， the service of a vast， vulgar， and meretricious beauty。
10、许多种情感鱼贯似地流露到她的脸上，仿佛正被冲洗着的相纸一点一点地显示出物景那样。
so engrossed was she that she had no consciousness of being observed， and one emotion after another crept into her face like objects into a slowly developing picture。
11、我整夜没睡；雾笛声一个劲儿在桑德海湾上凄恻地鸣响，我辗转反侧，像生了病一样，理不清哪些是狰狞的现实，哪些是可怕的梦魇。
i couldn't sleep all night; a fog-horn was groaning incessantly on the sound， and i tossed half-sick between grotesque reality and savage， frightening dreams。
12、她消逝在了她那奢华的房子里，消逝在了她那富裕充实的生活之中，留给盖茨比的——只是无有。
she vanished into her rich house， into her rich， full life， leaving gatsby—nothing。
13、盖茨比比以前任何时候都深切地感受到了财富所能赐予青春的魅力和它所能持有的神秘，感受到了锦衣靓饰的清新怡人，意识到了像银子似的发着熠熠光彩的黛西，安然傲倨于劳苦人为生活所做的拼死斗争之上。
gatsby was overwhelmingly aware of the youth and mystery that wealth imprisons and preserves， of the freshness of many clothes， and of daisy， gleaming like silver， safe and proud above the hot struggles of the poor。
14、从这话里，除了能窥测出他对这一无法衡量出的情事之紧张的思考程度，还能推断出什么呢?
what could you make of that， except to suspect some intensity in his conception of the affair that couldn't be measured?
15、如果这一情况真实的话，他那时一定感觉到了他已失去了他原来的那个温馨世界，感觉到了他为这么长时间只活在一个梦里所付出的高昂代价。他那时一定举头望过 令人恐怖的叶片，看到了一个陌生的天宇，他一定不由得颤栗了，当他发现玫瑰原来长得是那么的奇形怪状，照在疏疏落落的草叶上的阳光是那么粗鄙。这是一个没 有真实的物的新世界，在那里可怜的鬼魂们四处随风飘荡，他们像呼吸空气那样吮吸着梦幻。
if that was true he must have felt that he had lost the old warm world， paid a high price for living too long with a single dream。 he must have looked up at an unfamiliar sky through frightening leaves and shivered as he found what a grotesque thing a rose is and how raw the sunlight was upon the scarcely created grass。 a new world， material without being real， where poor ghosts， breathing dreams like air， drifted fortuitously about。
16、我三十岁了，如果我再年轻五岁的话，我说不定会自己欺骗自己把这称之为美德的。
i'm thirty。 i'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor。
17、月光渐渐升高，显得渺小的房屋开始融入这溶溶的月色中去，此时我的眼前逐渐浮现出这座古老的岛屿当年在荷兰航海者眼中的那种妖娆风姿——一个新世界的翠绿 欲滴胸膛。它那现在不复存在的林木(为修造盖茨比住过的这座别墅被砍伐掉了)曾经温馨地煽起人类最后的也是最伟大的梦想；在那短暂的神奇时刻里，人类一定 在这片大陆前屏住了呼吸，情不自禁地耽入到他既不理解也没希冀过的美的享受之中，在历史上最后一次面对面地欣赏着，这一与他的感受惊奇的力量相称的景观。
and as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually i became aware of the old island here that flowered once for dutch sailors' eyes—a fresh， green breast of the new world。 its vanished trees， the trees that had made way for gatsby's house， had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent， pelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired， face to face for the last time in history with something mensurate to his capacity for wonder。
18、他经过慢慢追索才来到了这片蓝色的草地上，他的梦想一定已经离得他如此之近以至于他几乎不会抓不到它了。他不知道他的梦想已经被甩在了他的身后，已经隐藏在了城市以外的冥蒙之中，在那里共和国的黑暗的土地在黑夜中延伸着……
he had e a long way to this blue lawn， and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it。 he did not know that it was already behind him， somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city， where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night。
19、为此，我们将顶住那不停地退回到过去的潮头奋力向前。
so we beat on， boats against the current， borne back ceaselessly into the past。
1、with love one can live even without haooiness。
有爱，即使没有幸福，一个人也能生存。
2、listen， my heart， to the whispers of the world with which it makes love to you。
静静地听，我的心呀，听那世界的低语，这是它对你求爱的表示呀。表达爱情的英文句子。
3、maybe god wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one， so that when we finally meet the person， we will know how to be grateful。
在遇到梦中人之前，上天也许会安排我们先遇到别的人；在我们终于遇见心仪的人时，便应当心存感激。
4、never frown， even when you are sad， because you never know who is falling in love with your smile。
纵然伤心，也不要愁眉不展，5、love is not a matter of counting the days。 it's making the days count。
爱情不是数着日子过去，它让每个日子都变得有意义。表达爱情的英文句子。
6、i love you not because of who you are， but because of who i am when i am with you。
我爱你，不是因为你是一个怎样的人，而是因为我喜欢与你在一起时的感觉。
7、ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation。
从来就是别离时，才知爱有多深。
8、the road to a lover's house is never long。
通往爱人家里的路总不会漫长。
9、i love you not because who you are，but because who i am when i am with you。
我爱你不是因为你是谁，而是我在你面前是谁。
10、love is something eternal; the aspect may change， but not the essence。
爱是永恒的，外表可能改变，但本质永远不变。
11、where there is love， there are always wishes。
哪里有爱，哪里就有希望。
12、the worst way to miss some one is to be sitting right beside him knowing you can't have him。
想念一个人最糟糕的方式就是坐在他身旁，而知道你不能拥有他。
13、make yourself a better person and know who you are before you try and know someone else and expect them to know you。
在你尝试了解他人和盼望他人了解你之前，先把你变成一个更好的人和了解自己的人。
14、never frown，even when you are sad，because youn ever know who is falling in love with your smile。
就算你不快乐也不要皱眉，因为你永远不知道谁会爱上你的笑容。
15、let this be my last word ， i trust thy love。
这是我的最后一句话，我相信你的爱
16、no man or woman is worth your tears，and the one who is，won't make you cry。
没有男人或女人值得你流泪，值得的那位不会让你哭泣。
17、just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to， doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have。
爱你的人如果没有按你所希望的方式来爱你，那并不代表他们没有全心全意地爱你。
18、the worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside them knowing you can't have them。
失去某人，最糟糕的莫过于，他近在身旁，却犹如远在天边。
19、to the world you may be one person，but to one person you may be the world。
在世界上你可能只是某人，但对于某人你可能是世界。
20、first love is unforgettable all one's life。
初恋是永生难忘的。
21、no man or woman is worth your tears， and the one who is， won't make you cry。
没有人值得你流泪，值得让你这么做的人不会让你哭泣。
22、it is never too late to fall in love。
爱永远不会嫌晚。
23、don't waste your time on a man (woman)， who isn't willing to waste their time on you。
不要为那些不愿在你身上花费时间的人而浪费你的时间。
24、with the wonder of your love， the sun above always shines。
拥有你美丽的爱情，太阳就永远明媚。
25、love is a fabric that nature wove and fantasy embroidered。
爱情是一方织巾，用自然编织，用幻想点缀。
26、atrue friend is some one who reaches for your hand and touches your heart。
一个真正的朋友是向你伸出手，触动你心灵的人。
27、life is apure flame，and we live by an invisible sun within us。
生命是一束纯净的火焰，我们依靠自己内心看不见的太阳而存在
28、being with you is like walking on a very clear morning。
和你在一起就像在一个清爽的早晨漫步。
29、in the very smallest cot there is room enough for a loving pair。
哪怕是最小的茅舍，对一对恋人来说都有足够的空间。
30、don't cry because it is over，smile because it happened。
不要因为完结而哭泣，要为曾经发生而微笑。
31、don't try so hard， the best things e when you least expect them to。
不要着急，最好的总会在最不经意的时候出现。
32、don't try so hard，the best things e when you lease expect them to。
不要太努力去找，最好的事情是在最预计不到的时候出现的。
33、why do the good girls， always want the bad boys。
为何好女孩总喜欢坏男孩?
34、you don't love a woman because she is beautiful， but she is beautiful because you love her。
你不会因为美丽去爱一个女人，但她却会因为你的爱而变得美丽。
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