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1、了不起的盖茨比终极 Still waters run deep.流静水深流静水深,人静心深人静心深 Where there is life,there is hope。有生命必有希望。有生命必有希望Contents Background Plot Overview Major characters Analysis of the movie Famous aphorism in the movieBackground Background a:authorn nThe Great Gatsby is a novel writed by the American author Francis S

2、cott Fitzgerald.First published on April 10,1925,it is set on Long Islands North Shore and in New York City during the summer of 1992 and its a critique（批评；评论文章）of the American dream.of the American dream.What should we know about the author?Francis Scott Fitzgerald:A spokesman of the“Jazz Age”Franc

3、is Scott Fitzgerald was born in St.Paul Francis Scott Fitzgerald was born in St.Paul Minnesota on September 24,1886,the only Minnesota on September 24,1886,the only son of an unsuccessful upper classson of an unsuccessful upper class（上流）（上流）father and an energetic mother of an Irish father and an en

4、ergetic mother of an Irish background.background.His family was socially prominent and His family was socially prominent and genteel.genteel.H His mother had a small fortuneis mother had a small fortune from his grandfather from his grandfather in the business.in the business.That brought Fitzgerald

5、 some talents to live in a money-oriented（拜金的）society,and eventually gave him his expensive education firstly in a fashionable Catholic preparatory school in New Jersey and then at Princeton University in 1913.n nIn 1925,he wrote his best novel The Great Gatsby In 1925,he wrote his best novel The Gr

6、eat Gatsby which dealwhich dealt t symbolicallysymbolically（象征地；符号地）（象征地；符号地）with with the frustrationthe frustration（挫折）（挫折）and and despairdespair（绝望；令人绝望（绝望；令人绝望的人或事）的人或事）resulting from the failure of the resulting from the failure of the American dream.It is a story American dream.It is a story a

7、boutabout an idealist an idealist（空想（空想家，理想主义者；唯心主义者）家，理想主义者；唯心主义者）who tries to who tries to recapturerecapture（夺回；拿回；再体验；政府征收再经历）（夺回；拿回；再体验；政府征收再经历）his his lost love but in vain and lost love but in vain and it it s destroyed bys destroyed by the the influence of the wealthy people around himinflue

8、nce of the wealthy people around him finally finally.The Fitzgerald stayed in Europe for two and a half The Fitzgerald stayed in Europe for two and a half years.years.It is said that It is said that Fitzgerald and his wife ZeldaFitzgerald and his wife Zelda s ups ands ups anddowns of life is his dow

9、ns of life is his inspiratioinspiration n of of creating creating the great Gatsby the great Gatsby.据说菲茨杰拉德和妻子泽尔达的人生际遇是他创作据说菲茨杰拉德和妻子泽尔达的人生际遇是他创作了不起的盖茨比了不起的盖茨比的的灵感来源灵感来源Major Novels(He is a productive author)n n1920：This Side of Paradise 人间天堂n n1922：The Beautiful and the Damned 美丽的和可诅咒的n n1925：The Gr

10、eat Gatsby了不起的盖茨比n n1934：Tender is the Night 夜色温柔n n1941：The last Tycoon 最后的大亨 Background b:Jazz Age(1919-1929)n nThe Jazz Age is the nickname in America of The Jazz Age is the nickname in America of the the decadedecade（十年）（十年）of the 1920of the 1920 s,beginning s,beginning from 1919 to the Crash at

11、 the Crash at from 1919 to the Crash at the Crash at end of 1929.It end of 1929.It refersrefers to the to the “TwentiesTwenties”of of this century.this century.n nThese ten years were,for Americans,a time These ten years were,for Americans,a time of carefree of carefree（无忧无虑的；不负责的）（无忧无虑的；不负责的）prospe

12、rity,isolatedprosperity,isolated(v.(v.使孤立；使绝缘使孤立；使绝缘)from from the worldthe world s problem,bewilderings problem,bewildering（vt.vt.使迷惑，使迷惑，使不知所措使不知所措 ）great social change,and a great social change,and a feverishfeverish（adj.adj.发热的；极度兴奋的）发热的；极度兴奋的）pursuit of pursuit of pleasure.pleasure.n nThese wer

13、e the years when the First World War was just over,when new inventions and manufacturing（n.制造；产品；制造业）techniques greatly changed the way people lived.Jazz Age&the Roaring Twentiesn nThe Jazz Age describes the period after the end of World War I,through the Roaring（adj.喧闹的；兴盛的；狂风暴雨的）Twenties,ending wi

14、th the onset（开始）of the Great Depression.n nThe spirit of the Roaring Twenties was marked by a general feeling of discontinuity（continue）associated with modernity,a break with traditions.Plot OverviewNickDaisy Buchanan Tom BuchananThe Wilsons n nGatsby is a poor youthfall in love with Gatsby is a poo

15、r youthfall in love with Daisy,a wealthy girlDaisy,a wealthy girln nno moneyDaisy married to a rich manno moneyDaisy married to a rich mann nbootleggingbootlegging（非法制造私酒）（非法制造私酒）,“shady”,“shady”（名（名声不好的）声不好的）activitiesenough money,activitiesenough money,dazzling dazzling（adj.adj.耀眼的；眼花缭乱的）耀眼的；眼花缭乱的

16、）partiesalluringpartiesalluring（引诱，诱惑；吸引）（引诱，诱惑；吸引）DaisyDaisyn nmeet again,not quite the ideal love of meet again,not quite the ideal love of his dreama sense of losshis dreama sense of lossn nDaisy kills a woman in an accidentshift Daisy kills a woman in an accidentshift the blame to Gatsby.Gatsby

17、was shoot the blame to Gatsby.Gatsby was shoot and Tom Buchanan escape.and Tom Buchanan escape.Major charactersn nNick Carraway The narrator（n.叙述者；解说员）the novel;moves from the Midwest to New York to learn the bond（债券）business.n nJay Gatsby Lives next to Nick in a mansion（宅邸）;throws huge parties,comp

18、lete with catered（vt.投合，迎合；满足需要；提供饮食及服务）food,open bars,and orchestras;people come from everywhere to attend these parties,but no one seems to know much about the host.n nDaisy Buchanan Shallow（肤浅的）girl is the embodiment（n.体现；化身；具体化）of Gatsbys dreams;she was going to marry Gatsby but he went off to w

19、ar.n nTom Buchanan Husband of Daisy;a cruel man who lives life irresponsibly（不负责任地；不靠谱地）.n nJordan Baker A cynical（愤世妒俗的；冷嘲的）and conceited（自负的；逞能的；狂想的）woman who cheats in golf;wants Nick to go out with her.n nMyrtle Wilson Tom has an affair（风流韵事）with this married woman,and then abandons her after he

20、 become bored with her.The analysis of the movieThemeThe Decline of the American Dream in the 1920sThe Decline of the American Dream in the 1920sn nThe unrestrained(adj.The unrestrained(adj.无限制的无限制的)desire for money and)desire for money and pleasure surpassedpleasure surpassed（vt.vt.胜过，优于）胜过，优于）more

21、 noblemore noble（贵族（贵族的）的）goals.goals.n nWhen World War I ended in 1918,the generation of When World War I ended in 1918,the generation of young Americans who had fought the war became young Americans who had fought the war became intenselyintensely（强烈地；紧张地；热情地）（强烈地；紧张地；热情地）disillusioneddisillusione

22、d（adj.adj.醒悟的；幻想破灭的；不抱幻想的）醒悟的；幻想破灭的；不抱幻想的）,as the brutal,as the brutal carnagecarnage（残酷的屠杀）（残酷的屠杀）that they had just faced made that they had just faced made the Victorian social the Victorian social moralitymorality（n.n.道德；品行，美德）道德；品行，美德）of of early-twentieth-century America seem like stuffyearly-

23、twentieth-century America seem like stuffy（古板（古板的）的）,empty hypocrisy(,empty hypocrisy(伪善）伪善）.n nWest Egg represents the self-made rich;West Egg represents the self-made rich;n nEast Egg represents the East Egg represents the establishedestablished（确定的；（确定的；已制定的，已建立的）已制定的，已建立的）aristocracy(n.aristocra

24、cy(n.贵族，特权贵族，特权阶级阶级).).n nA person from any social background could,A person from any social background could,potentiallypotentially,make a fortune,but the American,make a fortune,but the American aristocracyaristocracy（贵族）（贵族）scorned scorned（鄙视）（鄙视）the newly the newly rich industrialists and specul

25、atorsrich industrialists and speculators（n.n.投机者；投机者；思索者）思索者）.n nJust as Americans have given America meaning through their dreams for their own lives,Gatsby instills（逐渐灌输）Daisy with a kind of idealized perfection that she neither deserves（应受）nor possesses（掌握）.n nAmerican dream in the 1920s is ruine

26、d by the unworthiness of its objectmoney and pleasure.Symboln nThe Green Light:Because Gatsbys quest for Daisy is broadly associated with the American dream,the green light also symbolizes that more generalized ideal.The green light represents Gatsbys hopes and dreams for the future.n nThe Valley of

27、 AshesThe Valley of Ashes It represents the moral and social decay It represents the moral and social decay（衰退）（衰退）that that results from the uninhibitedresults from the uninhibited（无拘束的；不受禁止的）（无拘束的；不受禁止的）pursuit of wealth,as the rich indulgepursuit of wealth,as the rich indulge(满足；纵容；使高满足；纵容；使高兴；使沉

28、迷于兴；使沉迷于)themselves with regard for nothing but themselves with regard for nothing but their own pleasure.their own pleasure.The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight The valley of ashes also symbolizes the plight（困境；境（困境；境况；誓约）况；誓约）of the poor,like George Wilson,who live of the poor,like Georg

29、e Wilson,who live among the dirty ashes and lose their vitalityamong the dirty ashes and lose their vitality（活力，生（活力，生气；生命力，生动性）气；生命力，生动性）as a result.as a result.n nFitzgeralds greatness lies in the fact that he found intuitively,in his personal experience,the embodiment of that of the nation and cr

30、eated a myth out of American life.n n菲茨杰拉德的伟大之处在于通过个人经历，他依靠直觉找到了一个民族精神的体现，并创造了美国的神话。Famous aphorism in the noveln nNo wasting time at Shafter or a name,No wasting time at Shafter or a name,indecipherable.No more smoking or chewing indecipherable.No more smoking or chewing b bath every other day.Read

31、 one improving ath every other day.Read one improving book or magazine per week.Save$5.00 book or magazine per week.Save$5.00$3.00 per week.Be better to parents.$3.00 per week.Be better to parents.不要浪费时间去不要浪费时间去ShafterShafter家或者不再吸烟或嚼烟，家或者不再吸烟或嚼烟，每隔一天洗澡，每周读一本有益的书或杂志，每每隔一天洗澡，每周读一本有益的书或杂志，每周存周存5 5块块3

32、3块钱，对父母好点块钱，对父母好点 n nwhenever you feel like criticizing anyone,just remember that all the people in this world havent had the advantages that youve had.每逢你想要对别人评头论足的时候，要急着，这个世界上的人并非都具备你那样优越的条件n nAsenseoffundamentaldecenciesisparceledoutunequallyatbirth.人们的善恶感一生下来就有差异n nAllthebrightpreciousthings fad

33、esofastandtheydontcomeback 所有是我光鲜亮丽都敌不过时间，并且一去不复返n nEveryonesuspectshimselfofatleastoneofthecardinalvirtues,andthisismine:IamoneofthefewhonestpeopleIhave everknown.每个人都认为他自己至少具有一种主要的美德，我的美德是：我是我所结识过的少有的几个诚实人中间的一个n nSo we beat on,boats against the current,borne back ceaselessly into the past.于是我们奋力向前划，逆水行舟，被不断地向后推，直至回到往昔岁月BY NO.11:陈晨李玉佳张岚朱倩师雪梅更八措Thanks for enjoying it.Hope you have a good time reading or watching it精品课件资料分享 SL出品精品课件资料分享 SL出品