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i couldn’t forgive him or like him,but i saw what he had done was ,to him
,entirely  justified. it was all careless and confused. they were careless people,
tom and daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated
back into their money or their vast carelessness,or whatever it was that 
kept them together,and let other people clean up the mess they had made…
我不能原谅他，也不能喜欢他，但我看得出来他所做的事情，在他自己眼中，
是完全合情合理的。一起都是因为自私冷漠和思维混乱。他们是自私冷漠
的人，汤姆和黛西——他们把东西打碎，毁掉别人的生活，然后龟缩到
金钱、巨大的冷漠或者随便什么让他们蝇营狗苟地相处的东西里，让别人来清理他们留下的残局。
Gatsby believed in the green light，the orgastic future that
year by year recedes before us. it eluded us then,but that’s no matter—to
morrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther …and one fine morning—
  so we beat on,boats against the current,borne back ceaselessly into the past.
盖茨比信奉的那盏绿灯，是年复一年在我们眼前渐渐消失的极乐未来。我们
始终追它不上，但没有关系－明天我们会跑得更快，把手伸得更长.......等
到某个美好的早晨－－
于是我们奋力前进，却如同逆水行舟，注定要不停地退回过去。