赞颂爱情的英文美文（英语美文爱的等待）

今天，我们有一个关于等待的故事要说给你听，故事里有一座Lake House和一对触不到的恋人。《触不到的恋人》这部电影，许多人都很熟悉它的韩国版，但我却更喜欢由桑德拉布洛克和基努里维斯主演的美国版本。它缓慢、戏谑但温情的风格，在众多气氛浓烈的美国爱情电影中间，可以说是一部一枝独秀的日式爱情故事。就像一碗毫不起眼但散发清香的槐花粥，解腻。

近20年前，桑德拉布洛克和基努里维斯这两人因为《生死时速》赢得了“最佳银幕情侣”的称号，时隔多年，虽然他们青春不再，但他们的再次合作依然让人充满期盼。剧中女主人Kate是一名医生，男主人Alex是一位建筑师。他们的生活毫无交集，除了两人前后都居住过一栋湖边的小屋。小屋前有一个神奇的信箱，让两个寂寞的人走到了一起。通过频繁的通信，他们发现原来世界上还有如此贴近的两颗心。可是隔在他们之间的，竟然是整整两年的光阴。

电影中有很多我喜欢的片段。比如他们前后住过同一栋小屋，养了同一只狗狗。比如Alex刚刚把回信放进邮箱，就有看不见的人打开了邮箱又合上，Alex目睹了这奇怪的事情匆匆跑回去，发现另一个时空里Kate刚刚放进了新的回信。

比如Alex为Kate画下地图带她游览城市里美丽的建筑，在某一堵围墙上，他写着Kate, I’m here with you. Thanks for the lovely Saturday together。

比如Kate曾在两年前丢失的书本，Alex在自己的时空里帮她找到了。比如在朋友的生日聚会上，Alex遇见了两年前的Kate，那时候她还没有关于两人通信的记忆。

比如，Kate说她很想念湖边小屋的树，于是Alex带着树苗去了会成为Kate两年后住所的建筑工地在那里种下了小树。他种下小树的那一刻，在自己的时间里遇到了倾盆大雨的Kate身边瞬间长出了一棵可以让她躲雨的大树。

比如，在Alex的时间里，两年前Kate亲眼目睹了一场车祸，那个男人死在她的面前。后来她发觉那个人就是Alex，便哭着求他不要在那一天来找她，拯救了Alex在另一个时空里的生命。

比如，他们约定要越过时间，要在未来的某一天见面。

今天我们把这些片段分享给大家。愿所有在等待中的人们，最终会赢来自己所等的一切。

The Lake House

《触不到的恋人》

场景一：女医生Kate Forster因为工作繁忙，搬离了郊外的河边小屋。临走时她在信箱里放了一封信，希望下一位住客能帮忙处理信件。不久，她来到了旧址，发现信箱里面有一封来自建筑师Alex Wyler的来信，信一封接着一封。原来他们所处的年代相差了两年，他们惊讶之余也成为了对方的笔友。

Kate: Dear new tenant, welcome to your new home. As the previous tenant, let me say…I hope you like here as much as I did. I filed the change of address with the post office, but you know what a crapshoot that can be. So if anything slips through, would you do me a favor and forward my mail? I’d appreciate it. My new address is below. Thanks in advance. PS. sorry about the paw prints by the front door. They were there when I moved in.

Alex: Dear Ms. Forster: I got your note…and I’m afraid there must be some kind of misunderstanding. As far as I know, the lake house has been empty for several years. Maybe your note was intended for the Sandburg house down the shore, since no one has lived in this house for years. But I’m curious about the paw prints.

Kate: Dear Mr. Wyler, I’m very familiar with the Sandburg cottage…and I can guarantee I never lived there. So let me try again. I used to live at the lake house, then I moved. Now I lived at 1620 North Racine in Chicago. I’d appreciate it if you would forward my mail if you get any. Oh, by the way, it’s 2006.Has been all year, ask anyone.

Alex: 2006? What does she mean 2006?

Dear Ms. Forster, I went to 1620 North Racine, and it’s not there. It’s just a construction site. From the pictures it looks nice, but not for another 18 months. What am I missing here? Maybe you got the address wrong, because you got the date wrong too. How is this possible?

Kate: Impossible I know. Not possible…but it’s happening. Maybe we should introduce ourselves properly.

场景二：Kate和Alex开始通信，并互相介绍，他们讨论2年后的世界是什么样子，并惊讶地发现，他们养的居然是同一条宠物狗-Jack.

Kate: I’m a doctor, dedicated to curing the sick. At least, trying to.

Alex: I’m a 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 years 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...the truth is, man from the past, not much has really changed in 2006. Speaking of the past, I’ve been thinking of the paw prints. How is this possible?

Alex: Well, I 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, eh...six in yours. She is skinny, has sad eyes, snores, and sleeps like a person. I don’t know why, but I call her Jack.

Alex : ( to the dog) Hello, Jack.

场景三：Kate忙于工作，很久没有回信，收到回信的Alex开心不已。

Kate: Sorry I haven’t made it to the mailbox lately. It’s been a long week. All night shifts.

Alex: Good to hear from you. I thought you left me. You should know that you’re my only connection to the future. How come we never talk about the things we like?

Kate: Well, let’s see. Reading the classics to Jack.

Alex: Who’s his favorite?

Kate: Dostoyevsky.（俄罗斯小说《罪与罚》）

Alex: For me, this city, on a day when the light’s so clear…that I can touch every detail, every brick and window in the buildings I love. Okay, your turn. Favorite things.

Kate: Where to start? Okay. When I smell the flowers before I see them. When it starts to rain just as the picnic is ending. And I love the smell of Jack’s paws.

场景四：两人讨论Kate最喜欢的书 Persuasion by Jane Austen（简·奥斯丁的《劝导》）

Alex: Kate, have you…read Persuasion?

Kate: What?

Alex: By Jane Austen.

Kate: I know who it’s by. Yeah, it’s…it’s my favorite book. Why did, why did you bring something like that up? What made you bring that up?

Alex: I just… A friend of mine gave it to me recently, and I was wondering…what it was about.

Kate: It’s…it’s wonderful. Yeah. It’s about…about waiting. There two people, they…they are…they meet. They almost fall in love, but the timing isn’t right. They…they have to part. And then…years later, they…they meet again. They got another chance. You know, but they don’t know if too much time has passed, if they waited too long, if it’s…you know, too late to make it work.

Alex: Why do you like that?

Kate: I don’t know.

Alex: No. Don’t gat me wrong. I mean, it’s beautiful in a kind of…

场景五：两年前的今天，Kate在Riverside火车站遗忘了一本父亲赠送的书；Kate向Alex 提议，请身处于两年前的今天的Alex帮忙找这本书。Alex来到车站，找到了这本书，却和Kate擦肩而过。

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 forget 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.

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.

场景六：Alex和Kate约定，两年后的明天（也就是Kate的明天），在芝加哥最负盛名的餐厅相见，但Alex没有出现。后来，Kate发现，Alex之所以没有出现，是因为Alex赴约时丧生于车祸。于是，Kate跑到湖边小屋的信箱，写信告诉Alex不要赴约，正是这封信，拯救了Alex的生命。Alex等待了两年，来到湖滨小屋，和Kate相见，有情人终成眷属。

Kate: You weren’t there. You didn’t come.

Alex: I don’t understand. Something must have happened. I’m sorry. I’ve got two years, Kate. We can try again.

Kate: No, Alex, it’s too late. It already happened. It didn’t work.

Alex: Don’t give up on me, Kate. What about Persuasion? You told me. They wait. They meet again. They have another chance.

Kate: Life is not a book, Alex. And it can be over in a second. I was having lunch with my mother at Daley Plaza, and a man was killed right in front of me. He died in my arms. And I thought about all the people who love him, waiting at home, who will never see him again. And then I thought: what if there is no one? What if you lived your whole life and no one is waiting? So I drove to the lake house looking for any kind of answer. And I found you. And I let myself get lost. Lost in this beautiful; fantasy where time stood still. But it’s not real, Alex. I have to learn to live the life that I have got. Please don’t write anymore. Don’t try to find me. Let me let you go. Alex, I know why you didn’t show up that night. It was you at Daley Plaza that day. It was you. Please, don’t go. Just wait. Please. Don’t look for me. Don’t try to find me. I love you. And it’s taken me all this time to say it, but I love you. And if you still care for me, wait for me. Wait with me. Just wait. Wait. Wait two years, Alex. Come to the lake house. I’m here.

读完这些片段，你们对爱情有什么新的看法呢？

爱情发生的条件无外乎在对的时间，对的地点遇到对的人。电影里，女主角Kate最喜欢的书是Jane Austen的Persuasion 《劝导》，这是一本关于爱情，也关于等待的书。书里有一句话，There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feeling so in unison... 没有比两颗心如此敞开，两个人的品味如此相似，两个人的感觉如此一致更美妙的事情了。

这种美妙的感觉，就是l-O-V-E, 我们称之为-爱情。电影里，直到Alex有可能遭遇车祸的时候，Kate才敞开心扉，说出了这三个字：I love you. 爱情本来并不复杂，来来去去不过三个字，不是说“我爱你”，“我想你”，便是“算了吧”，“你好吗”，“对不起”。喜欢一个人，是不会有痛苦的。爱一个人，也许有绵长的痛苦，但他给你的快乐，也是世上最大的快乐。

没错，电影里其实还有一个主题，那就是“等待”。在上一期节目里，我们的主播-黄茜，为大家讲述一个因为战争分离16年，男女主角又重续前缘的故事。这个故事感动了很多听友，也感动了我。16年的时间里，有漫长的等待，也有绵长的痛苦，当相聚的那一刻，我想，也是男女主角最快乐的时刻。

所以啊，当你爱上一个人，你是应该让他知道的，说不定有一天你会永远失去他。有生之年，我们一直寻觅心中所爱，以为找到了，却原来不是。蓦然回首，原来他就在眼前。

希望你遇到属于自己的爱情，今天的分享就是这样。

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