窗外飘起的雪花让Alex彻底相信他们真的隔了两年的时间。而Kate此时也在想，或许他们是时候认识一下对方了。于是，靠着那个神奇的邮箱，他们开始了书信往来。更有趣的是，他们又发现两人居然拥有的是同一只叫做Jack的大狗……

Kate：May be we should introduce ourselves properly.

I´m a doctor, dedicated to curing the sick. At least, trying to.

Alex：I´m an architect. I like to build. And while I wouldn´t say my current project is ideal. It allows me to be here, in this place, and that´s enough for now. But tell me something. If you´re working in a hospital in Chicago now where were you before, in my time?

Kate：Two years ago, in your time I was working in internal medicine in Madison.

Alex：Tell me about the future. What´s it like in the year 2006?

Kate：I´m afraid the world´s pretty much the same. Of course, we all dress in shiny metal jump suits and drive flying cars and no one talks anymore because we can read each other´s minds. But the truth is, man from the past not much has really changed in 2006. Speaking of the past, though, I´ve been thinking about the paw prints. How is that possible?

Alex：Well, l think we have the same dog.

Kate：Oh, yeah? What´s yours like? According to the vet, mine is eight years old in my time...six in yours. She´s skinny, has sad eyes, snores, and sleeps like a person. I don´t know why, but I call her Jack.

Alex：Hello, Jack.

注释：

1. dedicate to：献身，致力于。Kate说自己作为一名医生，在努力地救助病人。

2. internal medicine：内科医学

3. pretty much：几乎，非常接近

4. jump suit：跳伞服，连身衣。