来自康涅狄格州森姆斯柏瑞的本•温尼克把上周日纽约巨人（橄榄球）队以41比9大比分输给卡罗琳娜美洲豹队的一则新闻报道放进了粉碎机，这场比赛使纽约巨人队晋级决赛的希望化为泡影。
Ben Winnick of Simsbury, Conn., shredded a newspaper story about the New York Giants' 41-9 loss Sunday to the Carolina Panthers, which ended the Giants' playoff hopes.
叙事人尼克.卡罗威描述盖茨比是“一位年轻文雅而又健壮的人，大概三十一二岁，说话时一本正经得可笑。” （这里查看网上中文版本的是“一个风度翩翩的年轻汉子，三十一二岁年纪，说起话来文质彬彬，几乎有点可笑。”）
Narrator Nick Carraway describes him as "an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over 30, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd" and then leaves us to fill in the blanks.
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