《了不起的盖茨比·Chapter VII》第4节
The room, shadowed well with awnings, was dark and cool. Daisy and Jordan lay upon an enormous couch, like silver idols weighing down their own white dresses against the singing breeze of the fans. “We can’t move,” they said together. Jordan’s fingers, powdered white over their tan, rested for a moment in mine. “And Mr. Thomas Buchanan, the athlete?” I inquired. Simultaneously I heard his voice, gruff, muffled, husky, at the hall telephone. Gatsby stood in the centre of the crimson carpet and gazed around with fascinated eyes. Daisy watched him and laughed, her sweet, exciting laugh; a tiny gust of powder rose from her bosom into the air. “The rumour is,” whispered Jordan, “that that’s Tom’s girl on the telephone.” We were silent. The voice in the hall rose high with annoyance: “Very well, then, I won’t sell you the car at all … I’m under no obligations to you at all … and as for your bothering me about it at lunch time, I won’t stand that at all!” “Holding down the receiver,” said Daisy cynically. “No, he’s not,” I assured her. “It’s a bona-fide deal. I happen to know about it.” Tom flung open the door, blocked out its space for a moment with his thick body, and hurried into the room.
注释摘要
这一小节首先完成了一个空间的转换。尼克和盖茨比从门外灼热的石径上被领进布坎农家的客厅，客厅用遮阳篷挡得很好，又暗又凉。黛西和乔丹躺在一张巨大的长沙发上，菲茨杰拉德用一个像银制偶像的比喻来写她们：两人白色的衣裙压在自己身上，对抗着电扇嗡嗡如歌的风。她们一起说“我们动不了了”，这话在字面上是指热得无法动弹，但整个姿态已经透出一种被财富包裹的无力和慵懒。 乔丹把…