Dec. No.2 Reading Notes for 「The Great Gatsby」

For a moment the last sunshine fell with romantic affection upon her glowing face; her voice compelled me forward breathlessly as I listened - then the glow faded, each light deserting her with lingering regret like children leaving a pleasant street at dusk.

AudioBook End-Mark:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFGLXF1M4K4&list=PLCpRnC5vJRCp-zVJuzXNkd2uwaSt1M1rH, Chapter 1 ended at 24:23.

New Words:

Carriage 仪态, Rug 毯子, Tip 使...倾斜, Wreath 花环, Pantry 食物储藏室, Wedge 塞入, Contemptuous 轻蔑的, Hulking 大的吓人的, Lingering 缠绵的, &Totter 跌跌撞撞.

Notes:

The narrator meets two young girls, one of whom he knows to be Daisy, and another unknown but is later known to be Miss. Baker. The chat between them proceeds as something insignificant with a slight mentioning to Gatsby, but the ought-to-be proceeding of the allusion of Gatsby to a conversation ended due to an interruption about the coming of the dinner. The narrator and Tom got drunk a little, and while Tom was being complacent talking about a book he's read, a sudden phone call interrupted. Daisy told a secret about the Butler, and the middle half of the story ends here.