農歷新年剛剛過去，希望在新的一年里everything is on the right track. 一切都朝著正確的方向行進。不過，我們的雙城之戀卻在此時遇到了問題。Langford沒能得到去紐約工作的機會，這意味著二人不得不繼續遠距離戀愛。而這樣的現實著實令人抓狂。于是，情緒有些失控的Langford和Garrett之間有了第一次不太愉快的談話。

Langford: I wanted that job, okay? I wanted to be in New York. 我想要那個工作，知道嗎？我想要在紐約。

Garrett: Look at it this way, it's not like someone else got the job over you. They're just not taking anyone.你從這個角度看。這不是因為別人比你好，你沒被選上。他們只是不再招人了。

Langford: Yeah, I get it. It's a bad time for newspapers, okay? It's not just about the fucking job. I wanted to be in the same city as you. 是嘛，我明白了。報紙不景氣的時候，是不是？這不僅僅是工作的問題。我想要和你在同一座城市。

Garrett: I know. Believe me, I know. But there are other papers in New York, right? So that's still a possibility. 我明白，相信我，我明白。但是紐約總有別的報社是吧？所以，還是有可能的。

Langford: I seriously doubt....that if a paper like The Sentinel just cut 100 jobs that anybody's hiring right now. 我非常懷疑。如果連《哨兵報》這樣的報社都裁掉一百人，那還有哪家會招人呢？

Garrett: Yeah, but listen, you don't know that until you try. You're angry and you're frustrated and I get it and I wish I could hug you. 是。但是，聽著，你得試過了才知道。你現在憤怒，焦躁。我都明白，而且我真希望我能抱抱你。

Langford: I know, I know. That's the whole fucking problem is you're there and I'm here...and I'm in this fucking kitchen right now, and it fucking stinks. 我知道，我知道。這就是最讓人受不了的問題。你在那頭兒，我在這頭兒。我還在這么一個爛廚房里，并且這里難聞的要命。

Garrett: Relax now, and try to get some sleep and we'll make a new plan tomorrow. I promise. 放松點，休息一下，我們重新想辦法。我保證。

Langford: Um, I gotta go, okay? Bye. 哦，我要走了。再見。

Garrett: I lov... 我愛……

連I love you都沒心情聽了，看來問題遲早都會浮出水面。整段文字沒有過多生詞，句式也比較簡單。這里簡要介紹一下get the job over you里，over一詞的用法。Over作介詞有許多含義，“在上方，遍及，通過”等等。此處表示“超過”。也就是因為別人比你更好，因此得到了工作。

雖然Garrett竭力安撫，特別是那句I wish I could hug you，形式上是虛擬語氣，表示假設；現實當中也只能說說而已。這更勾出了Langford心中的痛苦，匆匆掛了電話。

畢竟兩個人還是相愛的。所以，雙方都開始重新找尋出路和辦法。但事實很殘酷。兩個人還會遇到怎樣的波折呢？愛情路總是崎嶇，下期，我們繼續這段雙城苦戀。