The Great Gatsby · chapter 5 of 20
Meyer Wolfsheim
沃尔夫山姆
Over lunch Gatsby introduces Nick to Meyer Wolfsheim, a sad little man with a famous secret, and then someone Gatsby did not expect walks in.
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- Narrator 中午，在纽约，盖茨比带尼克去了楼下的一家小饭馆。
Zhōngwǔ, zài Niǔyuē, Gàicíbǐ dài Níkè qù le lóuxià de yì jiā xiǎo fànguǎn.
At noon in New York, Gatsby took Nick down to a little restaurant below the street.
- Jay Gatsby 老兄，这是我的朋友，沃尔夫山姆先生。
Lǎoxiōng, zhè shì wǒ de péngyou, Wò'ěrfūshānmǔ xiānsheng.
Old sport, this is a friend of mine, Mr. Wolfsheim.
- Nick Carraway 沃尔夫山姆先生，您好。
Wò'ěrfūshānmǔ xiānsheng, nín hǎo.
How do you do, Mr. Wolfsheim.
- Nick Carraway 他有五十岁了，个子很小，眼睛好像很难过。
Tā yǒu wǔshí suì le, gèzi hěn xiǎo, yǎnjing hǎoxiàng hěn nánguò.
He must be fifty, a small man, and his eyes look so sad.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 你好，年轻人。你看见对面那个饭店了吗？
Nǐ hǎo, niánqīngrén. Nǐ kànjiàn duìmiàn nàge fàndiàn le ma?
Hello, young man. Do you see that hotel across the street?
- Nick Carraway 看见了。怎么了？
Kànjiàn le. Zěnme le?
Yes, I see it. Why?
- Meyer Wolfsheim 以前，那里有很多我的朋友。现在，他们都不在了。
Yǐqián, nàlǐ yǒu hěn duō wǒ de péngyou. Xiànzài, tāmen dōu bú zài le.
Lots of my friends used to be there. Now they're all gone.
- Nick Carraway 出什么事了？
Chū shénme shì le?
What happened to them?
- Meyer Wolfsheim 有一天晚上，有人叫我的好朋友出去。他走出门……就死在了门口。
Yǒu yì tiān wǎnshang, yǒu rén jiào wǒ de hǎo péngyou chūqu. Tā zǒu chū mén… jiù sǐ zài le ménkǒu.
One night, somebody called my good friend outside. He walked out the door... and died right there on the step.
- Nick Carraway 真让人难过。
Zhēn ràng rén nánguò.
That's terribly sad.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 年轻人，我听说，你在找生意？
Niánqīngrén, wǒ tīngshuō, nǐ zài zhǎo shēngyi?
Young man, I hear you're looking for business?
- Jay Gatsby 不是这个人，他是我的朋友。
Bú shì zhège rén, tā shì wǒ de péngyou.
No, not this one. He's my friend.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 不是？那对不起了。
Bú shì? Nà duìbuqǐ le.
No? Then I beg your pardon.
- Nick Carraway 没关系。您和盖茨比是好朋友吗？
Méi guānxi. Nín hé Gàicíbǐ shì hǎo péngyou ma?
That's all right. Are you and Gatsby good friends?
- Meyer Wolfsheim 是啊。盖茨比是个牛津人，一个了不起的人。朋友的太太，他看都不会看一眼。
Shì a. Gàicíbǐ shì ge Niújīn rén, yí gè liǎobuqǐ de rén. Péngyou de tàitai, tā kàn dōu bú huì kàn yì yǎn.
Yes. Gatsby is an Oxford man, a great man. He would never even look at a friend's wife.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 这样的人，你会想带他回家，见你的妈妈和妹妹。
Zhèyàng de rén, nǐ huì xiǎng dài tā huí jiā, jiàn nǐ de māma hé mèimei.
He's the kind of man you'd want to take home to meet your mother and sister.
- Jay Gatsby 沃尔夫山姆先生，别这么说。
Wò'ěrfūshānmǔ xiānsheng, bié zhème shuō.
Please, Mr. Wolfsheim, don't say that.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 我老了，先走了。你们年轻人多吃一点儿。
Wǒ lǎo le, xiān zǒu le. Nǐmen niánqīngrén duō chī yìdiǎnr.
I'm old, so I'll go first. You young men, eat a little more.
- Nick Carraway 盖茨比，他是做什么的？
Gàicíbǐ, tā shì zuò shénme de?
Gatsby, what does he do?
- Jay Gatsby 他？一九一九年的世界大赛，你记得吗？那是假的，是他做的。
Tā? Yī jiǔ yī jiǔ nián de Shìjiè Dàsài, nǐ jìde ma? Nà shì jiǎ de, shì tā zuò de.
Him? You remember the World Series in 1919? It was fixed, and he's the one who fixed it.
- Nick Carraway 一个人就骗了那么多人？警察呢？没有人管吗？
Yí gè rén jiù piàn le nàme duō rén? Jǐngchá ne? Méiyǒu rén guǎn ma?
One man fooled all those people? What about the police? Doesn't anybody stop him?
- Jay Gatsby 警察管不了他，老兄。
Jǐngchá guǎn bu liǎo tā, lǎoxiōng.
The police can't touch him, old sport.
- Nick Carraway 这个盖茨比，到底在做什么生意？
Zhège Gàicíbǐ, dàodǐ zài zuò shénme shēngyi?
This Gatsby... what kind of business is he really in?
- Tom Buchanan 尼克！你怎么在这儿？
Níkè! Nǐ zěnme zài zhèr?
Nick! What are you doing here?
- Nick Carraway 汤姆！这是我的朋友，盖茨比先生。盖茨比，这是汤姆·布坎南。
Tāngmǔ! Zhè shì wǒ de péngyou, Gàicíbǐ xiānsheng. Gàicíbǐ, zhè shì Tāngmǔ Bùkǎnnán.
Tom! This is my friend, Mr. Gatsby. Gatsby, this is Tom Buchanan.
- Jay Gatsby 布坎南先生，您好。
Bùkǎnnán xiānsheng, nín hǎo.
How do you do, Mr. Buchanan.
- Tom Buchanan 你好。尼克，你怎么不给黛西打电话？她生气了。
Nǐ hǎo. Níkè, nǐ zěnme bù gěi Dàixī dǎ diànhuà? Tā shēngqì le.
Hello. Nick, why haven't you called Daisy? She's angry.
- Narrator 盖茨比的脸变了。
Gàicíbǐ de liǎn biàn le.
Gatsby's face changed.
- Nick Carraway 对不起，我最近太忙了……
Duìbuqǐ, wǒ zuìjìn tài máng le…
Sorry, I've been so busy lately...
- Narrator 尼克再往旁边一看，盖茨比的椅子上已经没有人了。
Níkè zài wǎng pángbiān yí kàn, Gàicíbǐ de yǐzi shang yǐjīng méiyǒu rén le.
When Nick looked beside him again, Gatsby's chair was empty.
- Tom Buchanan 你的朋友呢？他去哪儿了？
Nǐ de péngyou ne? Tā qù nǎr le?
Where's your friend? Where did he go?
What changed in the story?
- Why is Wolfsheim sad about the hotel across the street?
“以前，那里有很多我的朋友。现在，他们都不在了。”
- What does Wolfsheim think Nick is looking for?
“年轻人，我听说，你在找生意？”
- What does Wolfsheim say Gatsby would never do?
“朋友的太太，他看都不会看一眼。”
- What does Gatsby say Wolfsheim did in 1919?
“一九一九年的世界大赛……那是假的，是他做的。”
- What happens after Nick introduces Gatsby to Tom?
“盖茨比的椅子上已经没有人了。”