The Great Gatsby
——Francis Scott Fitzgerald
social stratum | reality and dream | love
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<简介>
《了不起的盖茨比》是美国作家弗朗西斯·斯科特·基·菲茨杰拉德创作的中篇小说,以20世纪20年代的纽约市及长岛为背景,出版于1925年。该小说描述了出身贫寒的盖茨比历尽艰辛不择手段地攫取财富,从一个穷光蛋变成人们心中的“了不起”的大富豪,并苦苦追求因贫穷而失去的初恋情人黛西的故事。小说探讨了理想主义、阶级分裂、社会动荡等主题,发人深思。
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<The Great Gatsby>
了不起的盖茨比
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I've been turning over in my mind ever since. "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one" he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
弱冠之年,父亲的衷告使我一生推敲,“每当你想要批评他人时,切记,并非世人同有你的与生俱来。”
We're all living in the shadows of the past, trying to hold on to happiness that's gone.
滞于往日的幽影,欲留遗佚之欢昶。
People are always longing for the dreams of the past that never came true.
世人总渴求那些从未可及的往日幻梦。
Being rich does not buy endless happiness, sometimes it just gives us more emptiness.
财富买不来幸福,常予空虚。
The process of pursuing your dreams is full of setbacks and disappointments, but that's what life is all about.
逐梦之路充满挫折和失望,但使生活成为生活。
He had come 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 konw 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.
他来到这片蓝色草坪,梦想似乎近在咫尺,触手可及。他不知道的是,梦想早已离他远去,逸散在城市外无垠的黑暗中,而那里,共和国漆黑的田野在夜色下滚滚向前。
Gatsby believe in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And one fine morning—So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaseless into the past.
盖茨比相信那盏绿灯,相信那个年复一年在我们面前逐渐远去的,迷狂的未来。它曾从我们身边溜走,但又何妨——明天我们的步履将跑得更快,手臂将伸出更远……直到某个美好的早晨——我们继续前行,像逆流而上的船只,不断地被推回到过去。溯洄从之,溯游往之。
--TO BE CONTINUED
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<解读>
在《了不起的盖茨比》这本书中,我们看到了:
1.梦想与现实的碰撞
2.人性的复杂与多面
3.爱情的乌托邦式幻想
4.悲剧的收场与深刻的启示
这些元素交织在一起,构成了这部小说独特的魅力和深刻的内涵。
在当今这个充满热搜词汇和快速变化的时代,我们每个人都在追求自己的梦想和爱情。然而,在追求的过程中,我们必须保持理性和清醒的头脑,必须认识到现实中的困难和挑战。同时,我们也必须正视自己的缺点和不足,努力改正自己的错误和过失。只有这样,我们才能在梦想与现实之间找到平衡与抉择,才能走出一条属于自己的成功之路。
盖茨比的故事虽然以悲剧收场,但他的精神却永远激励着我们前行,让我们在追求梦想和爱情的过程中,保持坚韧不拔的精神和清醒的头脑,努力成为更好的自己。
文字来源:百度百科
图片来源:爱奇艺
译者:万董悦
来源:苏州大学外国语学院新媒体中心
编辑:王紫辰
审核:朱苏静 陈晓宇 张毕真 余永慧