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。

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The most obvious hurdle, however, is Gatsby himself.

然而，最明显的障碍还是盖茨比本人。

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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。

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After Gatsby's death,Nick Carraway, the storyteller,says: "I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first recognized the green light at the end of Daisy's boat dock.

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Somewhere in The Great Gatsby, which was my Tom Sawyer when I was twelve, the youthful narrator remarks that everybody suspects himself of having at least one of the cardinal virtues and he goes on to say that he thinks his, bless his heart, is honesty.

在Great，Gatsby的某个地方，我表哥在那,当时我12岁，那个年轻的叙事者谈论道,每个人都怀疑他,有至少一种基本的美德，他继续说,他认为他的内心是诚实的。

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If history is any indication, The Great Gatsby will bomb rather hard next weekend.

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