【原音读英文】Gatsby 第九章下

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3. Is Nick surprised that Daisy hasn't even sent a message or flowers? Are you?
对于NICK来说他是不会感到惊讶的，我也不会。这样的一个拜金主义至上的人呢怎么可能会这么做，甚至划清界限还来不及。

"Look here, this is a book he had when he was a boy. It just shows you."
He opened it at the back cover and turned it around for me to see.
On the last fly-leaf was printed the word SCHEDULE, and the date September 12th, 1906. And underneath:

       Rise from bed................ 6.00 A.M.
       Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling...... 6.15-6.30 "
       Study electricity, etc............ 7.15-8.15 "
       Work..................... 8.30-4.30 P.M.
       Baseball and sports............. 4.30-5.00 "
       Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it 5.00-6.00 "
       Study needed inventions........... 7.00-9.00 "

       GENERAL RESOLVES

       No wasting time at Shafters or [a name, indecipherable]
       No more smokeing or chewing
       Bath every other day
       Read one improving book or magazine per week
       Save $5.00 [crossed out] $3.00 per week
       Be better to parents
(我想GATSBY真的是一个一心想要出头的年轻人，很早就对自己要求如此之高。这也不难理解，作为一个出生家庭背景如此的人，难道不想要拼搏一把吗？这就好比现在社会，寒门子弟，总归要为自己的前途拼搏一把的，可是这样的年轻人却并不知道有钱上层社会的是怎么操作和运作的，所以这个社会真残酷啊)
1. What is Nick’s final feeling about Tom and Daisy?
NICK对于TOM和DAISY只能说除了鄙视和厌恶，甚至可以说已经无话可说，相当于对于恶人，但是却还理直气壮觉得自己委屈的恶人，旁人是根本无法和这样的人理论了的。对于TOM 和DAISY这样的人，有没有伦理道德，有没有做人的底线都已经无法判断了。