英语流利说懂你英语Level 5 Unit 1 Part 1 Listening

Jessica is 35 years old. She graduated from middle school 20 years ago.  This year her middle school class had its 20 year class reunion. All of her classmates and teachers were invited to attend. It was going to be at a hotel near where her school used to be. Like many other buildings, the school had been torn down. It had been replaced by some apartment buildings.

At first, she wasn’t sure if she could go to the reunion.Once reason was that there wasn't anyone in particular that she wanted to see.Another reason was that she was very busy. She was a working mother with a boy8 years old and a husband who was rarely at home. Going to the reunion meantthat she would have to arrange for someone to take care of things while she wasaway. That wouldn’t be easy. She didn’t want to take her boy with her and herhusband wouldn’t take time off from work. Then she got a message from Sharon,one of her old classmates. Sharon was contacting people from their class andurging everyone to come. In their school days, Sharon was class monitor, andnow she was helping to organize the reunion. They exchanged messages andJessica said she couldn’t make it. Then Sharon gave her a call and they talkedfor almost an hour. Sharon really wanted her to come and so did a couple ofJessica’s old friends. They were all wondering how she was doing. None of themhad seen or heard from her since graduation. They were especially curious sinceshe hadn’t gone to their first reunion 10 years before.

Jessica decided to arrange things so that she could go. Herhusband finally agreed to take care of things while she was away. He agreed todo it because her mother had offered to come and stay for a while so Jessicacould attend the reunion. Since he and her mother didn’t get along, he decidedto change his schedule and work from home for a few days. He really didn’t wanther mother to come though he didn’t say so.

When she got to the reunion she was shocked. Everyone hadaged so much and many were out of shape. Some who used to be good looking hadlost their looks completely and others looked much better than before. It wasstrange how time had changed people in such different ways. Anyway, she decidedthat since she was there she would try to enjoy it.