Most of the Big Shore（滨） places were closed now, and there were hardly（几乎不） any lights except（除了） the shadowy（朦胧的） moving glow of a ferry boat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher, the Inessential Houses began to melt（（使）融化） away until gradually（逐渐地） I became aware（知道的） of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors' eyes. A fresh green breast（乳房） of the New World. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby's house, had once pandered in whispers（耳语） to the last and the greatest of all human dreams. For a transitory, enchanted moment, man must have held his breath（气息） in the presence（出席） of this continent. Compiled（编译） into an aesthetic（美的） contemplation he neither understood nor desired（相望）.