本文是經典愛情電影聽力系列The Lake House(湖邊小屋,又叫“觸不到的戀人”)的第十三段對白。
Kate和Alex玩了一場時間游戲,游戲看似虛幻,卻又真實。兩年前,在河畔車站Kate丟失了一件東西,她問Alex是否能找到它。
Alex來到車站,看到Kate和她當時的男朋友Morgan在站臺依依不舍,直到車開的最后一刻Kate才上車。Alex發(fā)現(xiàn)Kate落下一本書,他追著火車想還給她,而Kate似乎也看到窗外有身影在晃動……
時空回到現(xiàn)在,Kate不相信他們相遇過,Alex卻能說出Kate長長的褐色頭發(fā),溫柔而天真的眼睛。Kate和Alex約定了打電話的時間,那一刻能成為真的嗎?
Kate:My dearest Mr. Wyler. Are you willing to play a game with me? Two years ago today, I was taking the 145 train to Madison from the Riverside station and I forgot something there. It was a gift from my father. If you find it, can you please put it in the mailbox? It would mean a lot. Yours, Kate.
Attendant:Final call for the 5:46 to Madison.
Morgan:Do you really wanna know? Come on.
Attendant:All aboard.
Morgan:Okay. I'll call you.
Alex:Kate, I found it. I have it with me. One day I'll get it to you. Trust me. I know how important it is to you. You might not remember, but we saw each other. At least, I saw you. You never told me how beautiful you are.
Kate:Well, maybe you saw somebody else. That was a bad hair year for me.
Alex:Long brown hair. Gentle, unguarded eyes.
Kate:Okay, okay, okay. You saw me. But I still don't know what you look like.
Alex:Well, why don't we just get together in the future and you can let me know what you think.
Kate:lt's a date. Okay. Why don't you call me July 10th, 2006 at 9:05 p.m.
注釋:
1. be willing to:樂于
2. wanna:=want to (美國俚語)想要,希望
3. aboard:adv. 上車
4. unguarded:adj. 沒有防備的
5. date:n. 約定