1, Jessica is 35 years old.
2, She graduated from middle school 20 years ago.
3,This year her middle school class had its 20-year class reunion
今年她的中学班级举行了20年的班级聚会。
4,All of her classmates and teachers were invited to attend
5,It was going to be at a hotel near where their school used to be
6,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
7,It had been replaced by some apartment buildings它被一些公寓楼取代了
8,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。
9,One reason was that there wasn't anyone in particular that she wanted to see其中一个原因是，她并没有特别想要见的人
10, Another reason was that she was very busy.
11,She was a working mother , with a boy 8 years old and a husband who was rarely at home她是一位工作的母亲，有一个8岁的男孩和一个很少在家的丈夫。
12,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
13, That wouldn't be easy.
14,She didn't want to take her boy with her， and her husband wouldn't take time off from work
15,Then she got a message from Sharon , one of her old classmates
16,Sharon was contacting people from their class and urging everyone to come莎伦正在联系他们班的同学，催促大家都来
17,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这次聚会。
18,They exchanged messages , and Jessica said she couldn't make it他们交换了信息，杰西卡说她去不了了
19,Then Sharon gave her a call and they talked for almost an hour
20,Sharon really wanted her to come , and so did a couple of Jessica's old friend
21,They were all wondering how she was doing他们都想知道她过得怎么样
22,None of them had seen or heard from her since graduation。自从毕业以来，他们谁也没有见过她，也没有收到过她的信
23,They were especially curious since she hadn't gone to their first reunion 10 years before他们特别好奇，因为她10年前没有参加他们的第一次聚会
24,Jessica decided to arrange things so that she could go.杰西卡决定把事情安排妥当，这样她就能去了
25,Her husband finally agreed to take care of things while she was away
26,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主动提出来住一段时间，以便杰西卡能参加这次聚会。
27，Since he and her mother didnt 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，他决定改变日程，在家里工作几天。
28,He really didn't want her mother to come though he didn't say so虽然他没这么说，但他真的不想让她妈妈来
29,Once she got to the reunion , she was shocked她一到聚会上就震惊了
30,Everyone had aged so much , and many were out of shape每个人都变老了，很多人都走样了
31,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他们的容貌，其他人看起来比以前好多了
32,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
33,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。