Gatsby: translation of the 1st sentence of 2nd chapter (请指教)

同学小薇 (2012-09-17 18:24:41) 评论 (0)

About half way between West Egg and New York the motor road hastily joins the railroad and runs beside it for a quarter of a mile, so as to shrink away from a certain desolate area of land.


在西单和纽约之间,机动车道铁道会合并与其平行延伸了大约四分之一英里绕开了一片荒凉贫瘠的土地。


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讨论一下:原文是不是在New York 之后少了个comma?