了不起的蓋茨比第三章中英翻譯the great gatsby chapter 3

1、Chapter3THEREwasmusicfrommyneighbshousethroughthesummernights.Inhisbluegardensmengirlscamewentlikemothsamongthewhisperingsthechampagnethestars.AthightideintheafternoonIwatchedhisguestsdivingfromthetowerofhisrafttakingthe

2、sunonthehotsofhisbeachwhilehistwomot?boatsslitthewatersoftheSounddrawingaquaplanesovercataractsoffoam.Onweek?endshisRolls?Roycebecameanomnibusbearingpartiestofromthecitybetweennineinthemninglongpastnightwhilehisstationwa

3、gonscamperedlikeabriskyellowbugtomeetalltrains.onMondayseightservantsincludinganextragardenertoiledalldaywithmopsscrubbing?brusheshammersgarden?shearsrepairingtheravagesofthenightbefe.EveryFridayfivecratesofangeslemonsar

4、rivedfromafruitierinNewYkeveryMondaythesesameangeslemonslefthisbackdoinapyraofpulplesshalves.Therewasamachineinthekitchenwhichcouldextractthejuiceoftwohundredangesinhalfanhourifalittlebuttonwaspressedtwohundredtimesbyabu

5、tlersthumb.AtleastonceaftnightacpsofcatererscamedownwithseveralhundredfeetofcanvasenoughcoledlightstomakeaChristmastreeofGatsbysenmousgarden.Onbuffettablesgarnishedwithglisteninghs?doeuvrespicedbakedhamscrowdedagainstsal

6、adsofharlequindesignspastrypigsturkeysbewitchedtoadarkgold.Inthemainhallabarwitharealbrassrailwassetupstockedwithginsliquswithcdialssolongfgottenthatmostofhisfemaleguestsweretooyoungtoknowonefromanother.總是有悠揚的音樂在夏夜的晚上從我隔

7、壁傳出。在他蔚藍的花園中，如飛蛾般蜂擁來往的男孩女孩在觥籌交錯間穿梭。在下午人流涌動的高峰期，我甚至目睹過他的賓客從他的木筏塔上跳入水中潛水，或是躺在他的沙灘的熱沙上曬太陽，馬達船在水上隆隆作響，拖著滑水板激起陣陣?yán)嘶?。?dāng)一周要結(jié)束時，他的勞斯萊斯就變成了一輛公共汽車，從早上九點到深更半夜，承載接送著城市中四面八方而來歡慶的人，同時他的旅行車也像一只輕捷的黃硬殼蟲那樣去火車站接所有的班車。每個星期一，八個仆人，包括一個臨時園丁，用許多拖

8、把、板刷、榔頭、修技剪辛苦勞作一整天來收拾前一晚的殘局。每逢周五，就會有五箱新鮮的橙子和檸檬從紐約的水果商那運往他的城堡，然后周一就會有堆成小山般的果皮從后門運出。在他家的后廚，有一臺榨汁機，只要男管家不停用大拇指按兩百多下，可以在半小時內(nèi)榨好兩百多個橙子。每兩周至?xí)幸粋€晚上，成批負(fù)責(zé)舉辦酒席的人帶著幾百英尺帆布和足夠多的彩燈將蓋茨比巨大的花園裝扮得像一顆華麗的圣誕樹。餐會的桌子上，擺滿了各式各樣迷人的小菜，可口的火腿周圍環(huán)繞著五顏六

9、色的沙拉，烹制金黃酥脆的火雞和乳豬。在主會廳中，擺設(shè)有一個裝置著黃銅橫桿的酒吧，里面儲藏著杜松子和烈性酒，還有各種年代久遠的甘露酒，很多年輕的女賓客都無法將它們分辨清楚。SuddenlyoneofthegypsiesintremblingopalseizesacocktailoutoftheairdumpsitdownfcouragemovingherhslikeFriscodancesoutaloneonthecanvasplatfm

10、.AmomentaryhushthechestraleadervarieshisrhythmobliginglyfherthereisaburstofchatterastheerroneousnewsgoesaroundthatsheisGildaGraysunderstudyfromthe“Follies.“Thepartyhasbegun.IbelievethatonthefirstnightIwenttoGatsbyshouseI

11、wasoneofthefewguestswhohadactuallybeeninvited.Peoplewerenotinvitedtheywentthere.TheygotintoautomobileswhichbethemouttoLongIslsomehowtheyendedupatGatsbysdo.OncetheretheywereintroducedbysomebodywhoknewGatsbyafterthattheyco

12、nductedthemselvesaccdingtotherulesofbehaviassociatedwithamusementparks.SometimestheycamewentwithouthavingmetGatsbyatallcamefthepartywithasimplicityofheartthatwasitsownticketofadmission.Ihadbeenactuallyinvited.Achauffeuri

13、naunifmofrobins?eggbluecrossedmylawnearlythatSaturdaymningwithasurprisinglyfmalnotefromhisemployer:thehonwouldbeentirelyGatsbysitsaidifIwouldattendhis“l(fā)ittleparty.“thatnight.Hehadseenmeseveraltimeshadintendedtocallonmelo

14、ngbefebutapeculiarcombinationofcircumstanceshadpreventeditsignedJayGatsbyinamajestich.忽然間，這些吉卜賽人式的姑娘中有一個，滿身珠光寶氣，一伸手就抓來一杯雞尾酒，猛然喝下去似乎要壯壯膽，然后手舞足蹈，一個人跳到篷布舞池中間去表演。在寂靜了一刻后，樂隊指揮殷勤地為她改變了拍子，隨后突然響起了一陣嘰嘰喳喳的說話聲，因為有謠言傳開，說她是速演劇團的Gilda

15、Gray的替角。晚會正式開始了。我相信我那晚第一次去蓋茨比的家中時，我是為數(shù)不多的真正接到邀請的嘉賓。大部分人都是不請自來的。他們坐上汽車被送到長島，然后車子因為各種原因停留在了蓋茨比的門口。他們經(jīng)人介紹知道蓋茨比的存在，然后接下來就根據(jù)規(guī)矩很得心應(yīng)手地參與進宴會，如出入娛樂場所一樣。很多時候他們壓根沒有見到過蓋茨比本人，懷著一顆赤誠之心來宴會就已經(jīng)稱得上是一張合格的入場券了。我是真正得到邀請的。周六早上一個身著羅賓鳥藍制服的司機路過我