1、 The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald group members:Luo Qi Zhang Xing Luan XiaoqingThe writer-F.Scott FitzgeraldHe was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the twentieth centurys greates

2、t writer. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the Lost Generationof the twenties.evocative 英 vktv 美 vktvadj.喚起的，激起的，喚出的例句Her story is sharply evocative of Italian provincial life.她的故事讓人清晰地回憶起意大利的鄉(xiāng)村生活。coin 英 kin 美 knn.硬幣，金屬錢幣，建筑拐角，墻角石vt.制造硬幣，杜撰，創(chuàng)造例句I pulled a coin from my pocket and flipped it.我從口袋里

3、掏出一個(gè)硬幣，把它彈向空中。Wordsprosperity英 prsperiti 美 prsprtin.繁榮，興旺，昌盛，成功例句Prosperity and economic success remain popular and broadly shared goals.經(jīng)濟(jì)繁榮昌盛一直是各國(guó)普遍追求的共同目標(biāo)。feverish 英 fi:vr 美 fivradj.發(fā)燒的，有熱病癥狀的，高度活躍或興奮的，容易引起熱病的，熱病蔓延的例句He will be attending next weeks American Grammy Awards in feverish anticipation.

4、他將帶著緊張興奮的期待出席下周的美國(guó)格萊美獎(jiǎng)?lì)C獎(jiǎng)。The Jazz AgeThe Jazz Age is the nickname in America of the decade of the 1920s, beginning from 1919 to the Twenties of this century. These ten years were , for Americans, a time of carefree prosperity, isolated from the worlds problem, be wildering great social change, and a

5、 feverish pursuit of pleasure.“爵士樂(lè)時(shí)代”（一般指一戰(zhàn)以后，經(jīng)濟(jì)大蕭條以前約十年的時(shí)間）nickname 英 nikneim 美 nknemn.綽號(hào)，諢名，昵稱 vt.給起綽號(hào)，用諢名愛(ài)稱稱呼，叫錯(cuò)名字例句The vital clue to the killers identity was his nickname, Peanuts.查明殺手身份的重要線索是他的外號(hào)叫“花生”.carefree 英 kefri: 美 krfriadj.無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的，快樂(lè)舒暢的，逍遙自在，寬暢，閑逸例句She had made their childhood so joyous an

6、d carefree.她使他們的童年充滿歡樂(lè)，無(wú)憂無(wú)慮。Words伯尼絲剪頭發(fā)Bernice Bobs Her Hair 一顆像里茨飯店般大的鉆石Diamond As Big As the Ritz 啊！赤褐色女巫O Russet Witch! 漂亮冤家The Beautiful and Damned 了不起的蓋茨比The Great Gatsby 關(guān)于帕特愛(ài)好的故事The Pat Hobby Stories 富家子弟The Rich Boy 人間天堂This Side of Paradise 冬日之夢(mèng)Winter Dreams WorksMajor CharactersNick Carraw

7、ay-at the start of the plot, a newly arrived resident of West Egg. He serves as the first person narrator of the novel. He is Gatsbys next door neighbor and a bond salesman. Jay Gatsby-Lives next to Nick in mansion; throws huge parties,complete with catered food, open bars; people from everywhere to

8、 attend these parties, but no one seems to know much about the host.Daisy Fay Buchanan-Shallow girl who is the embodiment of Gatsbys dreams; she was going to marry Gatsby but he went off to the war.Major CharactersTom Buchanan-Huaband of Daisy; a crule man who lives life irresponsiblyJordan Baker-A

9、cynical and conceited woman who cheats in golf; wants Nick to go out with her.Myrtle Wilson-Tom has an affair with this married woman, and then abandons her after he become bored with her.George B. Wilson-Mytles husband, the lifeless, exhausted owner of run-down auto shop at the edge of the valley o

10、f ashes.RelationshipDaisy BuchananJay GatsbyTom BunchananMyrtle WilsonWilsonNick CarrawayJordon BakerhusbandaffairlovecousinclassmatefriendlovecoupleA novel abont love, longing and heartbreak.The Great GatsbyThe theme-Money cant buy happiness1.What the author wanted to convey is the lonely void of p

11、eoples spiritual world 2.The lack of dreams(Daisy and Tom)3.The misleading of dreams(Gatsby)The plot of the novelGatsby is a poor youth from the Midwest. He falls in love with Daisy, a girl from a wealthy family. As a poor lad, Gatsby is too poor to marry her, so Daisy is married to a rich young man

12、 named Tom Buchanan. Determined to win Daisy back,Gatsby engages himself in bootleg and other illegal activies, thus earns enough money to buy a magnificent mansion.There he hosts dazzling parties every weekend in the hope of attracting Daisy to come.The plot of the novelBy chance his next door neig

13、hbor,Nick Carraway, is Daisys relative and he helps Gatsby meets Daisy again. But he finds Daisy is no longer the ideal lover of his dream. A sense of loss and disillusionment come over him. Daisy and Tom do not really love each other. In fact, Tom has a mistress by the name of Myrtle Wilson, who is

14、 the wife of the owner of a garage. One day, Daisy quarrles with Tom and in a fit of anger.she drives Gatsbys car and kills Myrtle in an accident.mansion 英 mnn 美 mnnn.大廈，宅第，公館例句The price tag on the 34-room white Regency mansion is 17.5 million.那棟有34個(gè)房間的攝政時(shí)期的白色官邸報(bào)價(jià)為1,750萬(wàn)英鎊.dazzling 英 dzladj.耀眼的，光彩奪目的，燦爛的v.（使）眼花（dazzle的ing形式）例句He has clear blue eyes and a dazzling smile.他有一雙明亮的藍(lán)眼睛和一臉燦爛的微笑。Whenever you feel like criticizing any one, just remember t