本文是經(jīng)典愛情電影對白系列The Lake House(湖邊小屋，又叫“觸不到的戀人”)的第六段對白。
　　在Alex的父親和弟弟看來，他是消失了四年以后又回到芝加哥。多年未見的兄弟倆擁抱在一起。但是父親卻只是楊了揚(yáng)手就離開了。在酒吧里，Alex告訴弟弟Henry自己買了套湖邊小屋，弟弟以為他賺到大錢。隨后，他們一起來到Kate信中提到的新住址，可是呈現(xiàn)在Alex眼前的卻是一片正在規(guī)劃中的空地，而且要到18個月以后才能建成Kate所說的那幢樓。Alex似乎有些相信他們真是相隔了兩年的時間……

Herry：l can't believe that thing's still running.

Alex：Yep.

Herry：You look like shit.

Alex：l missed you too.

Herry：Hey, forget about him.

Alex：Condos. Riviera Estates.

Herry：You're joking.

Alex：l don't believe this. l come back after four years and l get this in front of me.

Herry：What?

Alex：My brother thinking he's Frank Lloyd Whatever.

Herry：Oh, come on.

Alex：Dad keeps you hostage in that little myth making factory of his while you haven't built so much as a phone booth or a hamster cage.

Herry：That's funny you say that, actually. l have a hamster cage in mind. A development of them, actually. Prefab, no foundations. What do you think about that?

Alex：See, that's what l'm talking about. You have vision. Speaking of which l'd like you to know l bought a house.

Herry：Where?

Alex：On the lake.

Herry：You got a lake house. So you are making some money.

Alex：Well, it's a dump. Been abandoned for years, but--

Herry：Oh, so you got an abandoned, haunted lake hou... I guess... yeah, that's as good a reason as any for selling out and joining the flab by-developers guild.

Alex：How about this? l even got a dog.

Herry：You got a dog?

Alex：He just showed up at the house from out of nowhere.

Herry：What are we doing here?

Alex：l have to deliver a letter. lt should be here. 1620 North Racine.

Herry：But... there's nothing here. Are we meeting someone? Does some body live here? What?

Alex：Yeah. l thought so.

Herry：Should we ring the bell?

注釋：

1. You look like shit. 這里可不是罵人的話，看看Alex的回答就知道了。意思是I miss you.

2. Condos：Condominium 分戶出售公寓大廈。

3. hostage：人質(zhì)。Alex似乎在職責(zé)父親像扣押人質(zhì)一樣把弟弟放在自己身邊。(這里我卻以為Alex的父親在一個兒子遠(yuǎn)離而去以后，不想失去另一個兒子。)

4. phone booth or a hamster cage：Alex意在說弟弟在父親的建筑公司待了這么久卻沒有任何成就，甚至連個電話亭或者老鼠籠子都沒有建成。

5. abandon：放棄，遺棄。本文是那棟湖邊小屋荒廢了很久。

6. show up：出現(xiàn)