The Great Gatsby (Chapter 6)

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I、Read Chapter 6 and finish the following exercises.

Q1:What was Gatsby’s real name and where was he from?

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Q2:Who was Dan Cody?

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Q3:How did Gatsby become rich probably?

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Q4:How did Tom feel when he learnt that Gatsby knew Daisy?

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Q5:After the party, what was Tom’s opinion about Gatsby?

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Q6:After the party, what did Gatsby want Daisy to do exactly?

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Q7:What can you infer from the description of Gatsby?

1)    To Gatsby, the yacht represented all the beauty

and glamour in the world.                      ___________________

2)    He already had a clear idea of the kind of person

he wanted to be-- and he had probably already

invented his new name.                        ___________________

3)    He was just waiting for the right moment to start

out on his new career. And this was it.            ___________________

4)    He did all the jobs there are to do on a yacht and

   he was also Cody’s secretary.                    ___________________

5)    I’m going to fix everything just the way it was

   before.                                      ____________________

II.Please translate the following phrases and sentences into Chinese

1.pay sb. a visit ________________________________

2.appear from nowhere ______________________________

3.make a note of sth. ________________________________

4.Tom’s arrogant eyes looked around._________________________________

Summary of chapter 6（故事概要）

It turned out that Gatsby was the son of poor and unsuccessful farmers in North Dakota. However, at the age of 17, he changed his name, James Gatz into Jay Gatsby and managed to be a rich person 5 years later thanks to Dan Cody, a multi-millionaire. One Saturday night, Tom came to Gatsby’s party with Daisy. Tom felt worried and jealous after he learnt that Gatsby knew Daisy. Meanwhile , Gatsby wanted Daisy to divorce Tom and marry him to recover what he had lost in the past five years.