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1)The Great Gatsby is about the society of the United States in the 1920s. That period is called roaring twenties and jazz age. 了不起的盖茨比是关于20世纪20年代的美国社会。这一时期被称为“咆哮的二十年代”和“爵士时代”。
2)Roaring twenties was a period of sustained economic prosperity with a distinctive cultural edge in the United States .咆哮的二十年代是一个持续的经济繁荣时期，在美国有着独特的文化优势。
3)In the book, the upper class has a luxurious life. Big house and luxurious party always appear.在书中，上层阶级有奢华的生活。大房子和豪华派对总是会出现。
4）How much wealth has become the criterion for judging the success of a person, people begin to blindly make money, make “quick” money.有多少财富成为评判一个人成功的标准，人们开始盲目地赚钱，赚“快”钱
5）Significant changes in the lives of working women occurred in the 1920s. World War I had temporarily allowed women to enter into industries such as chemical, automobile, and iron and steel manufacturing, which were once deemed inappropriate work for women.20世纪20年代，职业女性的生活发生了重大变化。第一次世界大战期间，妇女进入了化工、汽车、钢铁制造等行业，这些行业一度被认为是不适合女性的工作。
6）With woman's desire for freedom and independence came change in fashion, one of the most dramatic post-war changes in fashion was the woman's silhouette. 随着女性对自由和独立的渴望在时尚界发生了变化，战后最引人注目的变化之一就是女性的轮廓。
7）Some young, rebellious, middle-class women, labeled 'flappers' by older generations, did away with the corset and donned slinky knee-length dresses, which exposed their legs and arms.一些年轻的、叛逆的中产阶级女性，被老一辈的人贴上了“轻佻女子”的标签，她们抛弃了紧身胸衣，穿上了紧身及膝的连衣裙，露出了她们的腿和胳膊。