简介：在英语里,用green表示“绿色”的词组有很多很多。然而在学习和阅读过程中,我们经常发现:green并不总是“绿色”的代名词,除去“绿色”的含义之外,它和不同的词搭配、或在不同的句子中都有不同的含义。而且,英语里有许多包含green的词组和句子,都与汉语的“绿色”毫无关系或关系甚少。例如:greenback代表“美钞”,而不是“绿背”;greenroom指的是“演员休息

简介：TheGreatGatsbyisconsideredthefinestachievementofFitzgerald’sliterarycareer.Thenovelissuccessfulforitsnarrativeskill,gracefulanddelicateprosestyle,andespecially,theemploymentofsymbolismwhichcontributesmosttothedepthandbroadnessofitstheme.Thereisanabundanceofimageswhicharefullofsymbolicmeaningthroughthewholestory,amongwhichthemostimportantoneisunquestionablytheemploymentof"thegreenlight".Thispaper,throughanalyzingtheskillfulemploymentofsymbolisminthetermof"thegreenlight"inthenovel,discussesthedeepconnotationthatisimpartedbythenovelistandexplainsthedecisiveroleofthesymbolismofthisterminthenovelinshapingthefigures,developingtheplotofthestory,anddeepeningthethemesofthework.