仿写两段The Great Gatsby,逗大家一乐

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In my earlier and more feisty cyber days my teacher gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

‘Whenever you feel like criticizing anyone’s writing’, he told me, ‘just remember that you haven’t had the advantage of reading 300 detective novels yet’.

He did say more afterwards but with my unusually short memory, and preoccupation with work and family, I forgot a great deal of other suggestions he has made in the forum. In consequence I am inclined to reserve all the books that I can get hold of, a habit that has opened up many curious tomes to me and also made me the victim of clutter at home. The credit card company is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a disorganized person, and so it came about that in August I was unjustly charged of a late fee of 25 dollars, because the bill was hidden under a thick, unknown book. Most of the late fees were unpaid—frequently I have called the customer service, feigned incompetence at speaking English, misunderstanding of the bill, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that the representative was strong-minded and wouldn’t refund me the charge—at which I could only request to talk to her/his supervisor and it turned out to be a usually short conversation marred by a mutual understanding what this was all about.

Reserving books is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing some bills if I forget them, as my teacher snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of timeliness, organization and discipline is parcelled out unequally at birth.

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In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

‘Whenever you feel like criticizing any one,’ he told me, ‘just remember that all the people in this world haven’t had the advantages that you’ve had.’

He didn’t say any more but we’ve always been unusually communicative in a reserved way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that. In consequence I’m inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men. Most of the confidences were unsought—frequently I have feigned sleep, preoccupation, or a hostile levity when I realized by some unmistakable sign that an intimate revelation was quivering on the horizon—for the intimate revelations of young men or at least the terms in which they express them are usually plagiaristic and marred by obvious suppressions.

Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope. I am still a little afraid of missing something if I forget that, as my father snobbishly suggested, and I snobbishly repeat, a sense of the fundamental decencies is parcelled out unequally at birth。 

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回复:写得好! -bmdn- 给 bmdn 发送悄悄话 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 08:33:44

哈哈,有意思。不过听说老师最近放宽政策了,大家可以读250 -sportwoman- 给 sportwoman 发送悄悄话 sportwoman 的博客首页 (25 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 08:52:09

Good--I can hear Fitzgerald's voice! -聚曦亭- 给 聚曦亭 发送悄悄话 (233 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 08:53:15

谢谢!聚兄的回帖为啥是空的? -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 10:02:21

Sis 有才!佩服! -NewVoice- 给 NewVoice 发送悄悄话 NewVoice 的博客首页 (1840 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 09:25:20

谢谢Sis,发现这样练写作是个挺不错的一个方法。 -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 10:03:10

lol, very impressive. -jingbeiboy- 给 jingbeiboy 发送悄悄话 jingbeiboy 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 09:51:43

棒! -北京二号- 给 北京二号 发送悄悄话 北京二号 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 09:57:17

谢谢姐们哥们回帖!得好好工作一会儿了,呵呵。 -非文学青年- 给 非文学青年 发送悄悄话 非文学青年 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 10:01:24

文青的好功底一下子就彰显出来了!牛人!敬仰如滔滔江水。。 -beautifulwind- 给 beautifulwind 发送悄悄话 beautifulwind 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 19:29:30

文学青年是这样炼成的。赞!~~ -EnLearner- 给 EnLearner 发送悄悄话 EnLearner 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/07/2012 postreply 20:00:24

interesting. writing is ok. -海外逸士- 给 海外逸士 发送悄悄话 海外逸士 的博客首页 (0 bytes) () 09/09/2012 postreply 06:35:17

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