本文是经典爱情电影对白系列The Lake House(湖边小屋，又叫“触不到的恋人”)的第六段对白。

　　在Alex的父亲和弟弟看来，他是消失了四年以后又回到芝加哥。多年未见的兄弟俩拥抱在一起。但是父亲却只是杨了扬手就离开了。在酒吧里，Alex告诉弟弟Henry自己买了套湖边小屋，弟弟以为他赚到大钱。随后，他们一起来到Kate信中提到的新住址，可是呈现在Alex眼前的却是一片正在规划中的空地，而且要到18个月以后才能建成Kate所说的那幢楼。Alex似乎有些相信他们真是相隔了两年的时间……

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?

注释：

1. You look like shit. 这里可不是骂人的话，看看Alex的回答就知道了。意思是I miss you.

2. Condos：Condominium 分户出售公寓大厦。

3. hostage：人质。Alex似乎在职责父亲像扣押人质一样把弟弟放在自己身边。(这里我却以为Alex的父亲在一个儿子远离而去以后，不想失去另一个儿子。)

4. phone booth or a hamster cage：Alex意在说弟弟在父亲的建筑公司待了这么久却没有任何成就，甚至连个电话亭或者老鼠笼子都没有建成。

5. abandon：放弃，遗弃。本文是那栋湖边小屋荒废了很久。

6. show up：出现