了不起的盖茨比(麦基先生)
at 3年前 ca 了不起的盖茨比英文原文 pv 1876 by 名著
“Come to lunch some day,” he suggested, as we groaned down in the elevator.
“Where?”
“Anywhere.”
“Keep your hands off the lever,” snapped the elevator boy.
【 snap: 恶声恶气地说;声色俱厉地说。 If someone snaps at you, they speak to you in a sharp, unfriendly way.】
“I beg your pardon,” said Mr. McKee with dignity, “I didn’t know I was touching it.”
“All right,” I agreed, “I’ll be glad to.”
. . . I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.
【clad:穿…衣服的;…覆盖的。 portfolio:(参赛或应聘用的)画作选辑,代表作品集】
“Beauty and the Beast . . . Loneliness . . . Old Grocery Horse . . . Brook’n Bridge . . . .”
【 "《美人与野兽》……《寂寞》……《小店老马》……《布鲁克林大桥》……"】
Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning TRIBUNE, and waiting for the four o’clock train.
【宾夕法尼亚车站下层很冷的候车室】【TRIBUNE:《论坛报》】