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”)的第十八段对白听力。

Kate终于知道那年的生日晚会上，和她跳舞，相拥，相吻的那个陌生人是Alex。她想知道为什么Alex当时什么都没说。Alex该怎么回答呢，他又能给Kate什么样的暗示，谁会相信啊。更何况，Kate当时还有男朋友。但是Kate却不承认Morgan是他男朋友，反而拿Mona责问Alex，于是有了他们的第一次争吵……

Kate：lt was you. Why didn't you say anything?

Alex：You would've thought l was crazy or drunk. Or both.

Kate：Yeah, but...l liked you. You should have said something.

Alex：How? You were with your boyfriend.

Kate：You know what? Excuses, excuses. You are a coward.

Alex：l'm not a coward.

Kate：Oh, really? Well, what about your girlfriend?

Alex：What? l told you already...she's not my girlfriend.

Kate：He's not my boyfriend either.

Alex：Oh, really? Well, what is he, then? Your brother?

Kate：We have a comedian. What'd you have, a clown for breakfast this morning?

Alex：Wonderful. Our first fight. You could write a song about it and go sing it in San Francisco.

注释：

1. would have / should have：虚拟语气。本来应该……，实际上没有。

2. coward：n. 胆小鬼，懦夫

3. clown：n. 小丑，粗鲁愚蠢的人