Jessica’s Class Reunion 杰西卡的同学聚会

Jessica is 35 years old.杰西卡今年35岁。

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.今年她的中学班级举行了20年的同学会。

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 at a hotel near where their school used to be.那是在他们学校附近的一家旅馆。

Like many other buildings, the school had been torn down.和许多其他建筑物一样，这所学校也被拆毁了。

It had been replaced by some apartment buildings.它被一些公寓楼取代了。

How many years ago did she graduate? 20 years ago她多少年前毕业的？20年前

Where was the reunion going to be held? at a hotel聚会将在哪里举行？在旅馆里

What happened to the school? it was torn down学校怎么了？它被拆掉了

At first she wasn't sure if she could go to the reunion.起初她不确定是否能去参加聚会。

One reason was that there wasn't anyone in particular that she wanted to see.一个原因是她不想看到任何特别的人。

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.她是一位有工作的母亲，有一个8岁的男孩和一个很少在家的丈夫。

Going to the reunion meant that she would have to arrange for someone to take care of things while she was away.去参加聚会意味着她必须安排一个人在她不在的时候处理事情。

That wouldn't be easy.那可不容易。

She didn't want to take her boy with her, and her husband wouldn't take time off from work.她不想带上她的儿子，她丈夫也不肯请假。

It wasn't going to be easy to find someoneto take care of things while she was away.在她不在的时候找个人照看东西可不容易。

Who did she want to see at the reunion?There wasn't anyone.她想在聚会上见到谁？没有人。

Thenshe got a message from Sharon, one of her old classmates.然后她收到了她的一个老同学莎伦的留言。

Sharon was contacting people from their class and urging everyone to come.莎伦正在联系他们班上的同学，并敦促大家来。

In their school days, Sharon was class monitor, and now she was helping to organize the reunion.在他们上学的时候，莎伦是班长，现在她正在帮助组织同学会。

Sharon was urging everyone to come to the reunion.莎伦在催促大家来参加聚会

They exchanged messages, and Jessica said she couldn't make it.他们交换了信息，杰西卡说她来不了。

Then Sharon gave her a call and they talked for almost an hour.然后莎伦给她打了个电话，他们聊了将近一个小时。

Sharon really wanted her to come, and so did a couple of Jessica's old friends.莎伦真的很想她来，杰西卡的几个老朋友也来了。

They were all wondering how she was doing.他们都在想她怎么样了。

None of them had seen or heard from her since graduation.毕业后，他们中没有一个人见过她，也没有一个人收到过她的来信。

They were especially curious since she hadn't gone to their first reunion 10 years before.他们特别好奇，因为10年前她还没有去参加他们的第一次聚会。

Why would people curious about Jessica?Nobody had heard from her.为什么人们会对杰西卡好奇？没有人收到她的消息。

Jessica decided to arrange things so that she could go.杰西卡决定安排一些事情以便她能去。

Her husband finally agreed to take care of things while she was away.她丈夫终于同意在她不在的时候处理事情。

He agreed to do it because her mother had offered to come and stay for a while so Jessica could attend the reunion.他同意这样做是因为她母亲提出要来住一段时间，这样杰西卡才能参加聚会。

Since he and her mother didn't get along, he decided to change his schedule and work from home for a few days.由于他和她母亲相处不好，他决定改变自己的作息时间，在家工作几天。

He really didn't want her mother to come, though he didn't say so.他真的不想她妈妈来，尽管他没有这么说。

Her husband didn't want her mother to come becausethey don't get along.她丈夫不想她母亲来，因为她相处不好。

Once she got to the reunion, she was shocked.她一到聚会现场就震惊了。

Everyone had aged so much, and many were out of shape.每个人都老了，很多人都不健康。

Some who used to be good-looking had lost their looks completely and others looked much better than before.一些曾经很好看的人已经完全失去了容貌，而另一些人看起来比以前好多了。

It was strange how time had changed people in such different ways.奇怪的是时间改变了人们不同的生活方式。

Anyway, she decided that since she was there, she would try to enjoy it.不管怎样，她决定既然她在那里，她会尽量享受它。

Why would she shocked when she got to the reunion? everyone had aged so much她到了聚会现场为什么会感到震惊？每个人都老了