The Great Gatsby · chapter 18 of 20
On Gatsby's Side
站在盖茨比那边
Nick finds himself alone on Gatsby's side. He calls everyone Gatsby knew, and waits to see who will answer.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 草里的人是威尔逊，他也死了。那天下午，警察来了，写报纸的人也来了。
Cǎo li de rén shì Wēi'ěrxùn, tā yě sǐ le. Nà tiān xiàwǔ, jǐngchá lái le, xiě bàozhǐ de rén yě lái le.
The man in the grass was Wilson. He was dead too. That afternoon the police came, and so did the newspaper men.
- Nick Carraway 很多人站在门口看。可是，没有一个人站在盖茨比那边。只有我。
Hěn duō rén zhàn zài ménkǒu kàn. Kěshì, méiyǒu yí gè rén zhàn zài Gàicíbǐ nàbiān. Zhǐyǒu wǒ.
So many people stand at the gate and stare. But not one of them stands on Gatsby's side. Only me.
- Nick Carraway 他一个人躺在那里。我不能让他一个人。
Tā yí gè rén tǎng zài nàlǐ. Wǒ bù néng ràng tā yí gè rén.
He's lying there all alone. I can't leave him alone.
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- Nick Carraway 盖茨比，你放心。我给你找人来。
Gàicíbǐ, nǐ fàngxīn. Wǒ gěi nǐ zhǎo rén lái.
Don't worry, Gatsby. I'll get somebody for you.
- Nick Carraway 我给黛西家打电话。他们说，汤姆和黛西下午就带着东西走了。
Wǒ gěi Dàixī jiā dǎ diànhuà. Tāmen shuō, Tāngmǔ hé Dàixī xiàwǔ jiù dàizhe dōngxi zǒu le.
I call Daisy's house. They tell me Tom and Daisy packed and left that afternoon.
- Nick Carraway 去哪儿了？没说。一句话也没给我留。
Qù nǎr le? Méi shuō. Yí jù huà yě méi gěi wǒ liú.
Gone where? They didn't say. They didn't leave me a single word.
- Narrator 沃尔夫山姆也没有来。他只写来一封信。
Wò'ěrfūshānmǔ yě méiyǒu lái. Tā zhǐ xiě lái yì fēng xìn.
Wolfsheim didn't come either. He only sent a letter.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 年轻人，听到这件事，我太难过了。
Niánqīngrén, tīngdào zhè jiàn shì, wǒ tài nánguò le.
Young man, this news has made me terribly sad.
- Meyer Wolfsheim 可是我现在有很重要的生意，走不开，不能来。
Kěshì wǒ xiànzài yǒu hěn zhòngyào de shēngyi, zǒu bu kāi, bù néng lái.
But I am tied up in very important business just now, and I can't come.
- Nick Carraway 很重要的生意。好，我知道了。
Hěn zhòngyào de shēngyi. Hǎo, wǒ zhīdào le.
Very important business. Fine, I understand.
- Narrator 第三天，一个老人从明尼苏达来了。天还很热，他穿着一件又长又旧的衣服。
Dì sān tiān, yí gè lǎorén cóng Míngnísūdá lái le. Tiān hái hěn rè, tā chuānzhe yí jiàn yòu cháng yòu jiù de yīfu.
On the third day an old man came from Minnesota. It was still hot, and he wore a long old coat.
- Gatsby's father 我是吉米的爸爸。我在芝加哥的报纸上看到了。
Wǒ shì Jímǐ de bàba. Wǒ zài Zhījiāgē de bàozhǐ shang kàn dào le.
I'm Jimmy's father. I saw it in the Chicago newspaper.
- Nick Carraway 盖茨先生，您先坐吧。您走了很远的路。
Gàicí xiānsheng, nín xiān zuò ba. Nín zǒu le hěn yuǎn de lù.
Mr. Gatz, please sit down. You've come a long way.
- Gatsby's father 吉米才三十二岁啊。
Jímǐ cái sānshí'èr suì a.
Jimmy was only thirty-two.
- Gatsby's father 你看这座房子！这么大，这么好看。这都是吉米的？
Nǐ kàn zhè zuò fángzi! Zhème dà, zhème hǎokàn. Zhè dōu shì Jímǐ de?
Look at this house! So big, so fine. Is all of this Jimmy's?
- Nick Carraway 是的，盖茨先生。都是他的。
Shì de, Gàicí xiānsheng. Dōu shì tā de.
Yes, Mr. Gatz. It's all his.
- Gatsby's father 如果他还在，他会是一个了不起的人。
Rúguǒ tā hái zài, tā huì shì yí gè liǎobuqǐ de rén.
If he'd lived, he would have been a great man.
- Gatsby's father 两年前，他回来看我，给我买了一座房子。
Liǎng nián qián, tā huílai kàn wǒ, gěi wǒ mǎi le yí zuò fángzi.
Two years ago he came back to see me, and he bought me a house.
- Nick Carraway 他的朋友，我都打了电话。可是，没有一个人说会来。
Tā de péngyou, wǒ dōu dǎ le diànhuà. Kěshì, méiyǒu yí gè rén shuō huì lái.
I've phoned all his friends. But not one of them says they'll come.
- Klipspringer 尼克？是我，克利普斯普林格。明天的那个……
Níkè? Shì wǒ, Kèlìpǔsīpǔlíngé. Míngtiān de nàge…
Nick? It's me, Klipspringer. About tomorrow's, um...
- Nick Carraway 葬礼。明天下午三点。你会来吧？
Zànglǐ. Míngtiān xiàwǔ sān diǎn. Nǐ huì lái ba?
The funeral. Tomorrow at three. You'll come, won't you?
- Klipspringer 我很想去，可是明天我有点儿事。我是说……
Wǒ hěn xiǎng qù, kěshì míngtiān wǒ yǒudiǎnr shì. Wǒ shì shuō…
I'd love to, but I've got a little something tomorrow. I mean...
- Nick Carraway 那你打电话来，有什么事？
Nà nǐ dǎ diànhuà lái, yǒu shénme shì?
Then what are you calling about?
- Klipspringer 是这样，我的鞋还在他家里。你能不能让管家给我送来？
Shì zhèyàng, wǒ de xié hái zài tā jiā li. Nǐ néng bu néng ràng guǎnjiā gěi wǒ sònglái?
Well, it's this: my shoes are still at his house. Could you have the butler send them to me?
- Narrator 尼克没有回答，放下了电话。
Níkè méiyǒu huídá, fàngxià le diànhuà.
Nick didn't answer. He hung up the phone.
- Nick Carraway 明天下午三点……会有人来吗？
Míngtiān xiàwǔ sān diǎn… huì yǒu rén lái ma?
Tomorrow at three... will anyone come?
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What changed in the story?
- What does Nick learn when he calls Daisy's house?
“汤姆和黛西下午就带着东西走了。”……“去哪儿了？没说。”
- Why does Wolfsheim say he can't come?
“可是我现在有很重要的生意，走不开，不能来。”
- Who is the old man from Minnesota?
“我是吉米的爸爸。”
- What did Gatsby do for his father two years ago?
“两年前，他回来看我，给我买了一座房子。”
- What does Klipspringer really want when he calls Nick?
“我的鞋还在他家里。你能不能让管家给我送来？”