1、1）The story takes place in the fictional village which is called West Egg. Nick Carraway, a veteran of theGreat War from theMidwest who serves as the novel‘s narrator(旁白), takes a job in New York as abondsalesman.故事发生在一个叫做西卵的虚构村庄。尼克·卡拉韦,一位资深的战争来自中西部地区作为小说的叙述者(旁白),需要一份工作在纽约债券推销员。
3、3）Later Gatsby invites Nick to the party. Through the friend, Nick learns that Gatsby had been in contact with Daisy and broke up because of the war, the reason for his frequent parties was to attract Daisy because he still loves her.后来盖茨比邀请尼克去参加聚会。通过朋友，尼克了解到盖茨比和黛西有过接触，并因为战争而分手，他频繁聚会的原因是为了吸引黛西，因为他仍然爱着她。
5、5）Although Tom has an extramarital affair, he is outraged by his wife's infidelity, and choses to confront Gatsby.虽然汤姆有婚外恋，但他对妻子的不忠感到愤怒，并选择与盖茨比对抗。
7、7）Under Tom's provocation ,Myrtle's husband, George Wilson, falsely concludes that the driver of The yellow car is the secret lover he suspects she has. He learns that the yellow car is Gatsby's, fatally shoots him and then turns the gun on himself.在汤姆的挑衅下,桃金娘丈夫，乔治威尔逊，错误地总结那辆黄色汽车的司机是他怀疑的秘密情人。他知道那辆黄色的车是盖茨比的，他开枪打死了他，然后把枪口对准了自己。
8、8）Nick stages an unsettlingly small funeral for Gatsby which none of Gatsby's associates or partygoers attend. At the same time, Daisy has made up her mind to abandon Gatsby, and she has already travelled on Europe with Tom. Witnessing all this, Nick is disillusioned with the East, and moves back to the hometown.尼克为盖茨比举办了一场令人难以接受的小葬礼，盖茨比的同事和派对常客都没有参加。与此同时，黛西决定放弃盖茨比，她已经和汤姆一起去欧洲旅行了。目睹了这一切，尼克对东方的幻想破灭了，回到了家乡。
