The Great Gatsby · chapter 15 of 20
In the Moonlight
月光下
Back at East Egg, Nick won't go inside. Someone is waiting behind the trees, and he knows what really happened on the road.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 晚上九点多，汤姆、乔丹和尼克回到了东卵。
Wǎnshang jiǔ diǎn duō, Tāngmǔ, Qiáodān hé Níkè huí dào le Dōngluǎn.
A little after nine that night, Tom, Jordan and Nick got back to East Egg.
- Tom Buchanan 楼上的灯亮着，黛西到家了。尼克，我给你叫一辆车。
Lóushàng de dēng liàngzhe, Dàixī dào jiā le. Níkè, wǒ gěi nǐ jiào yí liàng chē.
The light's on upstairs. Daisy's home. Nick, I'll call you a car.
- Jordan Baker 尼克，进来等吧。才九点半。
Níkè, jìnlai děng ba. Cái jiǔ diǎn bàn.
Nick, come in and wait. It's only half past nine.
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- Nick Carraway 不用了，乔丹。我不进去了。
Bú yòng le, Qiáodān. Wǒ bú jìnqu le.
No thanks, Jordan. I won't come in.
- Jordan Baker 好吧。那你就在外边吧。
Hǎo ba. Nà nǐ jiù zài wàibian ba.
Fine. Stay outside, then.
- Nick Carraway 今天，他们我都看够了。乔丹也一样。
Jīntiān, tāmen wǒ dōu kàn gòu le. Qiáodān yě yíyàng.
I've had enough of all of them today. Jordan too.
- Narrator 树后边走出来一个人，粉红色的西装在月光下很亮。
Shù hòubian zǒu chūlai yí gè rén, fěnhóngsè de xīzhuāng zài yuèguāng xià hěn liàng.
A man stepped out from behind the trees, his pink suit bright in the moonlight.
- Jay Gatsby 老兄，别怕，是我。
Lǎoxiōng, bié pà, shì wǒ.
Old sport, don't be scared. It's me.
- Nick Carraway 盖茨比？你在汤姆家的树后边做什么？
Gàicíbǐ? Nǐ zài Tāngmǔ jiā de shù hòubian zuò shénme?
Gatsby? What are you doing behind Tom's trees?
- Jay Gatsby 路上出事了，你们看到了吧？她……死了吗？
Lù shang chū shì le, nǐmen kàn dào le ba? Tā… sǐ le ma?
There was trouble on the road. You saw it, didn't you? Is she... dead?
- Nick Carraway 死了。我们都看到了。
Sǐ le. Wǒmen dōu kàn dào le.
She's dead. We all saw it.
- Jay Gatsby 我就知道。我想让黛西停下来，可是……
Wǒ jiù zhīdào. Wǒ xiǎng ràng Dàixī tíng xiàlai, kěshì…
I knew it. I wanted Daisy to stop, but...
- Nick Carraway 盖茨比……是黛西开的车吗？
Gàicíbǐ… shì Dàixī kāi de chē ma?
Gatsby... was Daisy driving?
- Jay Gatsby 是……可是，我会说是我开的。再说，车是我的。
Shì… kěshì, wǒ huì shuō shì wǒ kāi de. Zàishuō, chē shì wǒ de.
Yes... but I'll say it was me. Besides, it's my car.
- Jay Gatsby 离开纽约的时候，她很紧张。她说，开车能让她好一点儿。
Líkāi Niǔyuē de shíhou, tā hěn jǐnzhāng. Tā shuō, kāichē néng ràng tā hǎo yìdiǎnr.
When we left New York, she was very nervous. She said driving would make her feel a little better.
- Nick Carraway 然后呢？
Ránhòu ne?
And then?
- Jay Gatsby 那个女人跑了出来。对面来了一辆车，黛西往那边开，又往回开……
Nàge nǚrén pǎo le chūlai. Duìmiàn lái le yí liàng chē, Dàixī wǎng nàbiān kāi, yòu wǎng huí kāi…
The woman ran out. A car was coming the other way. Daisy turned toward it, then turned back...
- Jay Gatsby 车就撞了她。黛西没有停。最后，我自己把车停了下来。
Chē jiù zhuàng le tā. Dàixī méiyǒu tíng. Zuìhòu, wǒ zìjǐ bǎ chē tíng le xiàlai.
And the car hit her. Daisy didn't stop. In the end, I stopped the car myself.
- Jay Gatsby 黛西在她的房间里。你看，楼上那扇窗。
Dàixī zài tā de fángjiān li. Nǐ kàn, lóushàng nà shàn chuāng.
Daisy's in her room. Look, that window upstairs.
- Jay Gatsby 我们说好了：如果出事，她就关灯，再开灯。
Wǒmen shuō hǎo le: rúguǒ chū shì, tā jiù guān dēng, zài kāi dēng.
We agreed: if anything happens, she'll turn her light off, then on again.
- Nick Carraway 汤姆不会打她的。
Tāngmǔ bú huì dǎ tā de.
Tom won't hit her.
- Jay Gatsby 我不放心他。
Wǒ bú fàngxīn tā.
I don't trust him.
- Nick Carraway 你要在这儿等一夜吗？
Nǐ yào zài zhèr děng yí yè ma?
Are you going to wait here all night?
- Jay Gatsby 一夜算什么？这么多年，我都等了。
Yí yè suàn shénme? Zhème duō nián, wǒ dōu děng le.
What's one night? I've waited all these years.
- Narrator 尼克轻轻走到房子后边。一扇小窗户里，亮着灯。
Níkè qīngqīng zǒu dào fángzi hòubian. Yí shàn xiǎo chuānghu li, liàngzhe dēng.
Nick went quietly around to the back of the house. In a small window, a light was on.
- Nick Carraway 汤姆和黛西坐在一张桌子旁边。桌子上只有冷鸡肉和两瓶酒。
Tāngmǔ hé Dàixī zuò zài yì zhāng zhuōzi pángbiān. Zhuōzi shang zhǐyǒu lěng jīròu hé liǎng píng jiǔ.
Tom and Daisy are sitting at a table. On it, just cold chicken and two bottles of beer.
- Nick Carraway 汤姆的手，放在黛西的手上。他们好像在一起计划着什么。
Tāngmǔ de shǒu, fàng zài Dàixī de shǒu shang. Tāmen hǎoxiàng zài yìqǐ jìhuàzhe shénme.
Tom's hand is resting on Daisy's. They look as if they're planning something together.
- Jay Gatsby 怎么样？她没事吧？
Zěnmeyàng? Tā méi shì ba?
Well? Is she all right?
- Nick Carraway 没事，很安静。盖茨比，你也回家睡觉吧。
Méi shì, hěn ānjìng. Gàicíbǐ, nǐ yě huí jiā shuìjiào ba.
She's fine. It's all quiet. Gatsby, you should go home and get some sleep too.
- Jay Gatsby 晚安，老兄。我在这儿等着。
Wǎn'ān, lǎoxiōng. Wǒ zài zhèr děngzhe.
Good night, old sport. I'll wait here.
- Nick Carraway 他一个人站在月光下，守着那扇窗。可是，他守着的，什么都没有。
Tā yí gè rén zhàn zài yuèguāng xià, shǒuzhe nà shàn chuāng. Kěshì, tā shǒuzhe de, shénme dōu méiyǒu.
He stands alone in the moonlight, guarding that window. But he's guarding nothing at all.
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What changed in the story?
- Why won't Nick go inside, even when Jordan asks him?
“今天，他们我都看够了。乔丹也一样。”
- Who was driving the yellow car when it hit the woman?
“是黛西开的车吗？”……“是……”
- Why did Daisy want to drive, according to Gatsby?
“她很紧张。她说，开车能让她好一点儿。”
- What will Daisy do if anything happens tonight?
“如果出事，她就关灯，再开灯”
- What does Nick see through the small window?
“汤姆和黛西坐在一张桌子旁边。”……“汤姆的手，放在黛西的手上。”