读第一章的时候是通读后对各人物有个大概了解，有些人物有鲜明的特点，随着自己的兴趣找小细节，并没有带着问题去读，第二桌有问题直接附在文档里了，因此带着问题读，第一遍只找出一两个答案，我自己理解的答案:

      1. The description of the of ashes” opens Chapter Two. On a literal level, what is the valley of ashes? What might this “valley of ashes” represent on a symbolic level?

       Answer:  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,

       至于What might this “valley of ashes” represent on a symbolic level?

我认为这个地方象征着很贫穷的地方，从加粗部分可知，就像麦子长在山脊土坡上面，这些地方是不会有多肥沃的

2. Compare and/or contrast: Do a thorough job!!
George Wilson and Tom Buchanan:           Similarities   &   Differences                              

        Myrtle Wilson and  Daisy Buchanan:           Similarities   &   Differences

    这个问题的答案在第二次打卡时再解答，毕竟这要再把第一章给好好看看，进行仔细的对比

3. In what way does Fitzgerald indicate that Myrtle Wilson is not an intellectual? 

          Answer：She smiled slowly and walking through her husband as if he were a ghost shook hands with Tom, looking him flush in the eye. Then she wet her lips and without turning around spoke to her husband in a soft, coarse voice:

‘Get some chairs, why don’t you, so somebody can sit down.’

这是一个非常明显的对比，对自己丈夫的态度恶劣，无视丈夫的存在，对丈夫说话恶声恶气，连看也不看，而对Tom的态度就不一样，径直奔向Tom，满含春情（原谅我用这个词，哈哈哈），任何一个理智的人都不会做出这样让人一眼就能看出奸情的行为，肆无忌惮，毫无顾忌

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    My dear,’ she told her sister in a high mincing shout, ‘most of these fellas will cheat you every time. All they think of is money. I had a woman up here last week to look at my feet and when she gave me the bill you’d of thought she had my appendicitus out.’

‘What was the name of the woman?’ asked Mrs. McKee.

‘Mrs. Eberhardt. She goes around looking at people’s feet in their own homes.’

‘I like your dress,’ remarked Mrs. McKee, ‘I think it’s adorable.’

Mrs. Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eyebrow in disdain.

     真的，一个人的言行举止就体现出一个人的内在了，从Mrs. Wilson的言行举止就体现出这是一个不太聪明的人，说话难听，行为粗鄙

现在直接跳到最后一个问题，其余在第二次打卡时在解答，多看几遍估计会理解更好

9. Do you think Tom will leave Daisy for Myrtle? Support your answer.

我不认为Tom会为了Mrs. Wilson而离开Daisy，从下面这段就可以看出来

              Tom Buchanan and Mrs. Wilson stood face to face discussing in impassioned voices whether Mrs. Wilson had any right to mention Daisy’s name.

‘Daisy! Daisy! Daisy!’ shouted Mrs. Wilson. ‘I’ll say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai——‘

Making a short deft movement Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand.

Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom floor, and women’s voices scolding, and high over the confusion a long broken wail of pain

      他打了她，仅仅因为她提了他老婆的名字，可能不止于这个原因，文章并未细说，但从这俩人的争吵中可以看出爱情实在寥寥无几，从他们第一次的相遇也是可以看出，Mrs. Wilson只是被他的钱财吸引，就是为了买买买而已，Tom估计就是图个新鲜，因为并不是所有上流社会的夫人们都有这样的野性。

OK，其余的留待第二次打卡吧，欢迎大家来交流指正，嘻嘻，@ST