1·He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it—signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand.
他见过我几次，早就打算来看我了，但是由于种种特殊的情况，他没有来——他威严地签下名字：杰伊·盖茨比。
2·Gatsby looked at me questioningly.
盖茨比疑惑地看着我。
3·Then how does Gatsby make officer?
那么盖茨比到底是怎么当上军官的？
4·Gatsby is the choice of the former.
盖茨比的选择是前者。
5·The most obvious hurdle, however, is Gatsby himself.
然而，最明显的障碍还是盖茨比本人。
6·But perhaps the real problem with the novel was Jay Gatsby himself.
但也许这本小说里真正的问题出在杰·盖茨比自己身上。
7·The real Gatsby was an uneducated, ignorant boy with no background.
真正的盖茨比却是一个没受过教育的无知的孩子，没有背景。
8·Gatsby bought that house so that Daisy would be just across the bay.
盖茨比买下那座房子，就是因为这样一来黛西就在海湾对面嘛。
9·The enigmatic Gatsby has the best parties, but it's Daisy he really wants.
神秘的盖茨比很会开派对，但他真正想要的是黛西。
10·I'm an avid reader, a huge Fitzgerald fan, The Great Gatsby, his masterpiece.
我是个读书狂，超级粉菲茨杰拉德，了不起的盖茨比，他的代表作。
1·He had seen me several times and had intended to call on me long before but a peculiar combination of circumstances had prevented it—signed Jay Gatsby in a majestic hand.
他见过我几次，早就打算来看我了，但是由于种种特殊的情况，他没有来——他威严地签下名字：杰伊·盖茨比。
2·The list hits most of the marks you expect it would, but there are some conspicuous absences-most notably, the Great Gatsby.
这个目录囊括了你期望的所有书目，但是还有一些明显的缺陷——最明显的，伟大的盖茨比。
3·The most obvious hurdle, however, is Gatsby himself.
然而，最明显的障碍还是盖茨比本人。
4·Only Gatsby, the man who gives his name to this book, was exempt from myreaction—Gatsby, who represented everything for which I have an unaffectedscorn.
我的保守思想只有一个例外，就是本书主人公盖茨比，他代表了我所骨子里所不屑的一切。
5·Meanwhile, the derivatives market was the very embodiment of American fantasy and self-deception, built on as flimsy a foundation as Gatsby's wealth.
与此同时，建立在一个如盖茨比的财富般薄弱的根基之上的金融衍生市场，恰恰正是美国式的幻想和自欺的化身。