Daisy! Daisy! Daisy! shouted Mrs. Wilson. Ill say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai
Making a short skilled movement, Tom Buchanan broke her nose with his open hand56.
Then there were bloody towels upon the bathroom oor, and womens voices scolding, and a high voice full of pain over all this noise. Mr. McKee awoke from his sleep and went toward the door. When he had gone halfway he turned around and looked at the scene his wife and Catherine were scolding and calming Myrtle and constantly stumbling here and there among the crowded furniture. They tried to help despairing gure on the couch, who was bleeding uently. Then Mr. McKee turned and continued on out the door. Taking my hat, I followed.
Come to lunch some day, he suggested, as we went down in the elevator.
Where?
Anywhere.
All right, I agreed, Ill be glad to.
I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.
Beauty and the Beast Loneliness Old Grocery Horse Brookn Bridge57
Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring at the morning Tribune58, and waiting for the four oclock train.
Exercises1. Read the chapter and choose the right answer.
1. Nick rst met Tom Buchanans mistress because
a) Tom drove him specially to her house to acquaint them.
b) They went to New York by train and it occasionally stopped near her house.
c) She came to Toms house.
2. Mr. Wilson wanted
a) to buy one of Toms cars.
b) to repair Toms car.
c) to sell a car to Tom.
3. How old was Mrs. Wilson?
a) about 25
b) about 30
c) about 35
4. What pet did Mrs. Wilson buy in New York?
a) a puppy
b) a kitten
c) a parrot
5. How many times in his life had Nick been drunk?
a) only one time
b) two times
c) three or four times
6. Chester McKee was
a) a painter.
b) a designer of dresses.
c) a photographer.
7. Why did Myrtle marry Mr. Wilson?
a) because she thought he was rich.
b) because she loved him.
c) because she thought he was a gentleman.
8. Tom and Myrtle rst met
a) sitting opposite each other in the train to New York.
b) trying to catch a taxi.
c) getting into a subway train.
9. When Myrtle continued to repeat Daisys name Tom
a) shouted at her.
b) slapped her in the cheek.
c) hit her on the nose.
10. Nick ended the party sleeping
a) on Myrtles couch.
b) on the bed at the McKees.
c) on the train station.
2. Practice the pronunciation of these words.
grotesque [grəʊˈtesk]
enormous [ɪˈnɔ:məs]
solemn [ˈsɒləm]
acquaintances [əˈkweɪntənsɪz]
persistent [pəˈsɪstənt]
impatiently [ɪmˈpeɪʃəntlɪ]
sensuously [ˈsensjʊəslɪ]
vitality [vaɪˈtælɪtɪ]
doubtful [ˈdaʊtfʊl]
enthusiastically [ɪnˌθjuːzɪˈæstɪk(ə)lɪ]
indistinctly [ɪndɪˈstɪŋktlɪ]
feminine [ˈfemənən]
languid [ˈlæŋgwəd]
arrogance [ˈærəgəns]
adorable [əˈdɔ:rəbl]
nephew [ˈnevju]
twilight [ˈtwaɪlaɪt]
advertisement [ədˈvε:təsmənt]
articial [ˌɑ:təˈfɪʃəl]
furniture [ˈfε:rnɪʧə]
tapestried [ˈtæpɪstrɪd]
despair [dɪsˈpεə]
triumphantly [traɪˈʌmfəntlɪ]
elaborateness [ɪˈlæbərɪtnəs]
ambiguously [æmˈbɪgjuəslɪ]
massage [məˈsɑ:ʒ]
wreath [ri:θ]
violent [ˈvaɪələnt]
unconvincingly [ˌʌnkənˈvɪnsɪŋlɪ]
overweight [ˈəʊvərˌweɪt]
bureau [ˈbjʊrəʊ]
frivolous [ˈfrɪvələs]
interior [ɪnˈtɪrɪər]
haughtily [ˈhɔːtɪlɪ]
3. Fill in the blanks with the following adverbs and translate.
Pointlessly, haughtily, endlessly, admiringly, ambiguously, unconvincingly, accusingly, sensuously, intently, imperatively.
1. But above the gray land and the spasms of cheerless dust which move over it, you notice, after a moment, the eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg.
2. I cant complain, answered Wilson .
3. She was in the middle thirties, and faintly fat, but she carried her overweight body as some women can.
4. I want to see you, said Tom .
5. That dog? He looked at it .
6. Mrs. Wilson gathered up her dog and other things she bought, and went in.
7. Mr. McKee viewed her with his head on one side.
8. Well, I married him, said Myrtle, .
9. She looked at me and laughed .
10. She pointed suddenly at me, and everyone looked at me .
4. Fill in the blanks with prepositions.
1. His acquaintances were shocked by the fact that he turned in popular restaurants with her.
2. His voice faded and Tom looked impatiently the garage.
3. We backed to a gray old man who was selling very recent puppies of a doubtful breed.
4. The living-room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it, so that to move about was to stumble continually .
5. I just put it sometimes when I dont care what I look like.
6. You have to keep them all the time.
7. Theyre going West to live for a while until it blows .
8. I almost married a little kike whod been me for years.
9. He had on a dress suit and leather shoes, and I couldnt keep my eyes him.
10. Then I was lying half asleep in the cold lower level of the Pennsylvania Station, staring the morning Tribune.
5. Find in the text the sentences in which the following word combinations are used. Make up your own sentences using them.
To fatten the practice, to sink down, to force somebody, a persistent stare, to slap somebody, a thickish gure, to block out, an immediate vitality, to wet somebodys lips, a coarse voice, to exchange a frown, discreetly, shrill and languid, the inuence of something, a mincing shout, to view somebody intently, to turn somebodys attention to something, elaborateness, an articial laughter, passionate voices.
6. Find in the text the English equivalents of the following words and word combinations. Make up your own sentences using them.
Пепел, бесконечно, несуществующий, разводной мост, любовница, любовная связь, знакомые, настаивать, жаловаться, широкие бедра, торопливо, забраться, сомнительная порода, уважительный, впечатляющее высокомерие, отклонить, отчаяние, развод, отвести глаза, завивка, ошейник, скулить, спотыкаться.
Пепел, бесконечно, несуществующий, разводной мост, любовница, любовная связь, знакомые, настаивать, жаловаться, широкие бедра, торопливо, забраться, сомнительная порода, уважительный, впечатляющее высокомерие, отклонить, отчаяние, развод, отвести глаза, завивка, ошейник, скулить, спотыкаться.
7. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Perfect and explain why it is used.
1. She (change) her dress to a brown gured muslin.
2. When I came back they (disappear).
3. She (pluck) her eyebrows and then drew them again.
4. He just (shave), for there was a white spot of lather on his cheekbone.
5. She told me with pride that her husband (photograph) her a hundred and twenty-seven times since they had been married.
6. Mrs. Wilson (change) her costume some time before.
7. The intense vitality that (be) so remarkable in the garage turned into impressive arrogance.
8. It came from Myrtle, who (overhear) the question, and it was violent and rude.
9. I tried to show by my expression that I (play) no part in her past.
10. When he (go) halfway he turned around.
8. Who said the following words? Under what circumstances?
1. Works pretty slow, dont he?
2. I want to get one of those dogs for the apartment.
3. Ill telephone my sister Catherine. People who ought to know say shes very beautiful.
4. If Chester could make a photo of you in that pose I think the result would be something special.
5. Really? I was down there at a party about a month ago. At a man named Gatsbys. Do you know him?
6. Id like to do more work on Long Island, if I could get the entry. All I ask is that they should give me a start.
7. Neither of them can stand the person theyre married to.
8. I almost married a little kike whod been after me for years. I knew he was below me. But if I hadnt met Chester, he could be my husband now.
9. Who said I was crazy about him? I never was any more crazy about him than I was about that man there.
10. Ill say it whenever I want to! Daisy! Dai
9. Answer the following questions.
1. Where was the valley of ashes? What was special about it? Why did passengers have to stare at it for half an hour?
2. Did Nick want to see Toms mistress? Who forced him to? Where did she live?
3. What can you say about Mr. Wilson? Was he a strong successful man?
4. What did Mrs. Wilson buy after coming to New York?
5. Describe Mrs. Wilsons apartment. Did Myrtle have good taste? Prove it.
6. Whom did Myrtle invite to the party? Tell some words about every guest.
7. How did Mrs. Wilson react to all compliments? Had her behavior changed since the garage?
8. What did Catherine say about the relationships in the Wilson and Buchanan families? Did Myrtle love her husband? Why, in Catherines opinion, couldnt Tom get a divorce? Was it true?
9. How did Tom and Myrtle get acquainted?
10. What happened in the end of the evening? Who did Nick leave with? Where did they go?
10. Tell about the party from the person of:
a) Myrtle Wilson;
b) Catherine;
c) Mr. McKee.
Chapter III
There was music from my neighbors house through the summer nights. In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars. At high tide in the afternoon I looked at his guests who were diving from the tower of his raft, or sunbathing on the hot sand of his beach. Some guests used to take his two motor-boats, drawing aquaplanes59 over the foamy waters. On weekends his Rolls-Royce became a bus, transporting parties to and from the city between nine in the morning and long past midnight. And on Mondays eight servants, including an extra gardener, worked hard all day with mops and scrubbing brushes and hammers and secateurs, repairing the damage of the night before.
Every Friday ve crates of oranges and lemons arrived from a fruiterer in New York every Monday these same oranges and lemons were left in a pyramid of peels at his back door. There was a machine in the kitchen which could extract the juice of two hundred oranges in half an hour if a little button was pressed two hundred times by a butlers thumb.
At least once a fortnight a lot of providers came down with several hundred feet of canvas and enough colored lights to make a Christmas tree of Gatsbys enormous garden. Spiced baked hams, salads of multicolored designs, pastry pigs and dark gold turkeys were crowded on buffet tables. In the main hall there was a bar full of gins and liquors.
By seven oclock the orchestra has arrived a great number of musicians with their trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and utes, and low and high drums. The last swimmers have come in from the beach now and are dressing upstairs; the cars from New York are parked in ve lines in the driveway, and already the halls and salons and verandas are colorful with bright clothes and hair cut in strange new ways. The bar is in full use, and oating rounds of cocktails go throughout the garden outside, until the air is alive with chatter and laughter, and introductions forgotten immediately, and enthusiastic meetings between women who never knew each others names.
The lights grow brighter as the earth turns away from the sun, and now the orchestra is playing cocktail music, and the opera of voices sounds louder. Laughter is easier minute by minute, caused by any cheerful word. The groups change more quickly, grow with new arrivals, disappear and form in the same breath; already there are wanderers, condent girls who turn up here and there among the more solid ladies, become the center of a group for a moment, and then, excited with triumph, walk on through the sea of faces and voices and color under the constantly changing light.
Suddenly one of these girls takes a cocktail out of the air, drinks it for courage and dances out alone on the canvas platform. A momentary silence; the orchestra leader changes his rhythm specially for her. The party has begun.
I believe that on the rst night I went to Gatsbys house I was one of the few guests whom he had actually invited. People were not invited they went there. They got into automobiles which brought them to Gatsbys door. Sometimes they came and went without having met Gatsby at all, came for the party with a simplicity of heart that was its own ticket of admission60.
Gatsby had actually invited me by a surprisingly formal note. It said it would be the honor, if I attended his little party that night. He had seen me several times, and had intended to visit me long before, but circumstances had prevented it signed Jay Gatsby.
Dressed up in white annels I went over to his lawn a little after seven, and wandered around feeling uncomfortable among the people I didnt know though here and there was a face I had noticed on the train. As soon as I arrived I made a try to nd my host, but the two or three people of whom I asked about him stared at me in such a surprise, that I slunk off in the direction of the cocktail table the only place in the garden where a single man could stand without looking alone.
I was on my way to get drunk from simple embarrassment when Jordan Baker came out of the house and stood at the head of the marble steps, looking with contemptuous interest down into the garden.