了不起的盖茨比 双语EPUB与生词表下载

原著正文 · 英语

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 anyone,” he told me, “just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.”

对照译文

在我年纪尚轻、阅历尚浅的岁月里，父亲曾给过我一句忠告，从那以后我一直铭记在心、反复思索。“每当你想要批评别人的时候，”他对我说，“要记住，这世上并非所有人都拥有过你所拥有的那些优越条件。”

原著正文 · 英语

He didn’t say any more, but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence, I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me.

对照译文

他没有再多说什么，但我们父子俩向来在含蓄之中保持着异乎寻常的默契，我明白他话里的深意远不止于此。因此，我习惯于对一切事物保留判断，这一习惯使许多性格奇特的人愿意向我敞开心扉。

原著正文 · 英语

About halfway between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.

对照译文

在西卵与纽约市之间大约一半路程的地方，公路急匆匆地向铁路靠拢，并排延伸四分之一英里，仿佛是为了躲开一片荒凉的土地。

原著正文 · 英语

This is a valley of ashes—a fantastic farm where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and, finally, with a transcendent effort, of men who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air.

对照译文

这是一片灰烬之谷——一个奇异的农场，灰烬像麦子一样生长，堆成山脊、丘陵和怪诞的花园；在那里，灰烬幻化出房屋、烟囱和袅袅青烟的形状，最后，又以一种超凡的努力，幻化出在粉尘弥漫的空气中影影绰绰、摇摇欲坠地移动着的人影。