本文是经典爱情电影听力系列The Lake House(湖边小屋，又叫“触不到的恋人”)的第十四段对白。

　　那一刻，电话铃声真的想起，Kate不禁犹豫起来，会不会是Alex？难道这真的变成现实了？电话通了，原来是Morgan，Kate的语气明显透出一丝失望。

　　Morgan谎称来芝加哥开会，但是会议取消，于是给Kate打电话。他们想去芝加哥最好的一家饭店，却没想到，这家饭店生意非常火，位置已经预定到了十月份。Morgan很失望，Kate亦料到这只是Morgan见她的借口。

　　没想到，这么久过去了，Morgan仍然为两年前Kate和生日宴会上一个陌生人的吻而吃醋，谁又料到，这个人就是Alex呢？

Kate：Hello.

Morgan：Kate?

Kate：Yes?

Morgan：It's Morgan.

Kate：Morgan.

Morgan：Yeah. I'm here in Chicago. I came down for a meeting, but it was canceled so I thought I'd give you a call. Hey, have you eaten?

Kate：No, but l'm not--

Morgan：Neither have l. l realized l'm starving. We could grab¹ a quick bite.

Kate：Okay.

Morgan：Yeah?

Kate：All right.

Morgan：Looks pretty good.

Kate：Oh.

Morgan：Perfect.

Kate：No, Morgan, it's-- lt's not. No, no.

Morgan：Trust me.

Kate：lt's-- Okay.

Morgan：Hi there.

Receptionist：One sec. Could you hold on for a moment?

Morgan：We'd love a table for two.

Receptionist：The name?

Morgan：We don't... We don't have a reservation².

Receptionist：l'm sorry, sir, we're booked until October.

Morgan：October? Well...l'll get back to you. That went well.

Kate：lt's no big deal. Oh, come on, stop it. lt's the best restaurant in town. No body gets a table here.

Morgan：No, it's not that.

Kate：Well, what is it?

Morgan：l didn't do this right.

Kate：There wasn't a meeting. Was there?

Morgan：You'd see me if there was no big deal. lf it was just...

Kate：Ambush³.

Morgan：...you know, coffee, and coffee can turn into dinner...dinner can turn into...

Kate：Turn into what?

Morgan：I admit. I do sometimes get a few steps ahead of myself.

Kate：Morgan, a few steps? You're always leaping⁴ 10 steps ahead. We were dating, what, a week? And you had our entire future mapped out for us? In my residency, you were picking out real estate⁵. l'd go to your house...you'd have the entire town in your house to meet me.

Morgan：I do seem to remember that you made pretty fast friends with one of them.

Kate：What are you talking about?

Morgan：You know what l'm talking about. That guy.

Kate：What guy?

Morgan：The guy l caught you making out with.

Kate：l wasn't making out with him. What, are we in junior high school right now?

Morgan：What do you call it, then?

Kate：A kiss. lt was just one kiss with some random⁶ guy that just years... You know what?

注释：

1. hold on：不要挂断电话

2. reservation：预定、预约

3. big deal：大人物。Kate在安慰Morgan没有位置很正常，没什么大不了的。

4. ambush：埋伏。这里Kate是说Morgan说有会议，其实是撒谎，这是个圈套。

5. map out：制定

6. make out with：Morgan是指Kate和生日宴会上那个人缠绵。

7. random：随意的

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