The Great Gatsby — Page 202
就在那一刻，我心里犯了嘀咕，觉得自己是不是犯了错，但随即又把一切迅速想了一遍，然后站起身来道别。
For just a minute I wondered if I wasn't making a mistake, then I thought it all over again quickly and got up to say goodbye.
"不管怎样，你确实甩了我，"乔丹突然说道。"你在电话里甩了我。我现在一点都不在乎你了，但那对我来说是一次全新的经历，我有一段时间感到有些晕头转向。"
"Nevertheless you did throw me over," said Jordan suddenly. "You threw me over on the telephone. I don't give a damn about you now, but it was a new experience for me, and I felt a little dizzy for a while."
我们握了握手。
We shook hands.
"哦，你还记得吗——"她补充道，"我们有一次谈到开车的事？"
"Oh, and do you remember"—she added—"a conversation we had once about driving a car?"
"嗯——不太记得了。"
"Why—not exactly."
"你说过，一个糟糕的司机只有在遇到另一个糟糕的司机之前才是安全的？好吧，我遇到了另一个糟糕的司机，不是吗？我是说，我犯了这么严重的判断错误，真是太粗心了。我以为你是个相当诚实、坦率的人，我以为那是你引以为傲的秘密。"
"You said a bad driver was only safe until she met another bad driver? Well, I met another bad driver, didn't I? I mean it was careless of me to make such a wrong guess. I thought you were rather an honest, straightforward person. I thought it was your secret pride."
"我已经三十岁了，"我说，"我已经过了可以自欺欺人还美其名曰荣誉的年纪，整整五年了。"
"I'm thirty," I said. "I'm five years too old to lie to myself and call it honour."
她没有回答。我又愤怒，又对她半是爱恋，又无比懊悔，转身走开了。
She didn't answer. Angry, and half in love with her, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.
十月下旬的一个傍晚，我遇见了汤姆·布坎南。他走在我前面，沿着第五大道以他那种警觉而咄咄逼人的步态前行，双手微微张开离开身体，仿佛要抵挡别人的干扰，头部急促地左顾右盼，配合着他那双躁动不安的眼睛。就在我放慢脚步以免追上他的时候，他停了下来，开始皱着眉头凝视着一家珠宝店的橱窗。
One afternoon late in October I saw Tom Buchanan. He was walking ahead of me along Fifth Avenue in his alert, aggressive way, his hands out a little from his body as if to fight off interference, his head moving sharply here and there, adapting itself to his restless eyes. Just as I slowed up to avoid overtaking him he stopped and began frowning into the windows of a jewellery store.
Vocabulary
- just
- 仅仅；恰好；表示强调
- minute
- 一分钟；片刻
- wondered
- 感到好奇；想知道某事
- mistake
- 错误；判断或行为上的失误
- quickly
- 快速地；迅速地
- goodbye
- 再见；告别时说的话
- Nevertheless
- 尽管如此；然而，表示转折
- throw
- 抛弃；使人困惑或失去平衡
- suddenly
- 突然地；出乎意料地
- threw
- throw的过去式，扔；抛弃
- telephone
- 电话；用电话联系
- damn
- damn，诅咒；表示不在乎
- experience
- 经历；体验；经验
- dizzy
- 头晕的；感到眩晕
- shook
- shake的过去式，摇；握手
- remember
- 记得；回忆起某事
- added
- 补充说；增加
- conversation
- 对话；谈话；交流
- once
- 曾经；一次
- driving
- 驾驶；开车
- car
- 汽车；轿车
- exactly
- 确切地；正好；的确
- driver
- 驾驶员；司机
- safe
- 安全的；不危险的
- until
- 直到……为止
- mean
- 意思是；打算；刻薄的
- careless
- 粗心的；不小心的
- wrong
- 错误的；不正确的
- guess
- 猜测；推测
- rather
- 相当；宁可；有点
- honest
- 诚实的；正直的
- straightforward
- 坦率的；直接的；简单明了
- secret
- 秘密的；不公开的
- pride
- 自豪；骄傲；自尊心
- lie
- 说谎；欺骗自己
- honour
- 荣誉；尊重；诚信
- answer
- 回答；答复
- Angry
- 生气的；愤怒的
- half
- 一半；部分地
- tremendously
- 极其；非常；巨大程度地
- sorry
- 抱歉的；感到遗憾的
- afternoon
- 下午；午后时段
- late
- 晚的；迟的；深（时间）
- October
- 十月，一年中第十个月
- ahead
- 在前面；向前
- along
- 沿着；一起
- Avenue
- 大道；林荫大街
- alert
- 警觉的；机敏的
- aggressive
- 好斗的；进攻性的；强势的
- body
- 身体；躯干
- fight
- 抵抗；打架；对抗
- interference
- 干涉；阻碍；打扰
- sharply
- 急剧地；敏锐地；猛然
- adapting
- 适应；调整以适应环境
- restless
- 不安的；躁动的；坐立不安
- slowed
- 放慢速度；减速
- avoid
- 避免；回避；绕开
- overtaking
- 超过；追上并越过某人
- frowning
- 皱眉；表示不满或专注
- jewellery
- 珠宝；首饰的总称
- store
- 商店；店铺
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