Jessica is 35 years old. 杰西卡35岁
L5-U1-P1 Jessica's class reunion1-2👩🎓 杰西卡的同学聚会
She graduated from middle school 20 years ago. 她20年前中学毕业
This year her middle school class had its 20-year class reunion. 今年他的中学班级举行了20周年的同学聚会
L5-U1-P1 Jessica's class reunion1-2👩🎓 杰西卡的同学聚会
All of her classmates and teachers were invited to attend. 她所有的同学和老师都被邀请参加
It was going to be held at a hotel near where their school used to be.将在需学校附近的酒店举行
Like many other buildings, the school had been torn down. 和其它建筑一样，学校被拆了
It had been replaced by some apartment buildings. 已经被公寓取代了
At first she wasn't sure if she could go to the reunion. 首先她不能确定她是否能去参加这个聚会
one reason was that there wasn't anyone in particular that she wanted to see. 一个理由是没有一个特别的朋友想见
Another reason was that she was very busy.另一个原因是她很忙
She was a working mother, with a boy 8 years old and a husband who was rarely at home.她是一个家庭主妇有一个8岁的男孩几乎不在家的丈夫
Going to the reunion meant that she would have to arrange for someone to take care of things while she was away.参加这个聚会意味着她将必须按排一个人在她不在的时候照看东西
That wouldn't be easy.She didn't want to take her boy with her, and her husband wouldn't take time off from work.那并不容易，她不想带着孩子，他的丈夫不能从工作中抽出一点时间
Then she got a message from Sharon, one of her old classmates.这时她收到了莎伦的信息，她的一个老同学
Sharon was contacting people from their class and urging everyone to come.莎伦正联系她们班的同学并说服所有人去
In their school days, Sharon was class monitor, and now she was helping to organize the reunion.在上学时莎伦是班长，现在她帮助组织这次聚会
They exchanged messages, and Jessica said she couldn't make it. 她们交换信息，杰西卡说她不能参加
Then Sharon gave her a call and they talked for almost an hour.莎伦给她打了电话，她们谈了差不多1小时
Sharon really wanted her to come, and so did a couple of Jessica's old friends.莎伦真的想她参加，杰西卡的几个老朋友也是
They were all wondering how she was doing.她们都想知道她最近怎么样
None of them had seen or heard from her since graduation. 毕业后她们中没有人见过听过她的消息
They were especially curious since she hadn't gone to their first reunion 10 years before.她们特别的好奇，因为10年前她没有参加她们的第一次聚会
Jessica decided to arrange things so that she could go.杰西卡决定安排好事情这样她就能去了
Her husband finally agreed to take care of things while she was away.她的丈夫最后同意当她离开时照顾好事情
He agreed to do it because her mother had offered to come and stay for a while so Jessica could attend the reunion.他同意去照看因为她的妈妈提出过来待一段时间，杰西卡能参加聚会了
Since he and her mother didn't get along, he decided to change his schedule and work from home for a few days.他和她的妈妈不能单独相处，他决定改变他的计划在家工作几天
He really didn't want her mother to come, though he didn't say so.他真的不想她妈妈过来虽然他不能像这样说
Once she got to the reunion, she was shocked. 当她参加聚会，他被震惊了
Everyone had aged so much, and many were out of shape.每个人都老了许多，而且很多人身材已经走样了
Some who used to be good looking had lost their looks completely and others looked much better than before.一些曾经长的很好看的已经完全失去了他对我容貌，而另一些看起来比以前好多了
It was strange how time had changed people in such different ways. 奇怪的是，时间是如何以如此不同的方式改变人们的我
Anyway, she decided that since she was there, she would try to enjoy it无论如何她决定既然她在那里，她会尽量享受他
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