英语口语话题——你愿意参加同学会吗？

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如今很多人毕业后不愿意参加同学会（Class Reunion Party），或者因为自己混的不好，因为同学会上自己相熟的人不回去感觉无聊。你会参加同学会吗？
Nowadays, any people are becoming reluctant to attend alumni or class reunion parties after graduation. Shouldn't it be happy to see your good old friends in university or high school again? What makes people afraid of such parties?



On average about 20% to 30% of your graduating class will attend your class reunion. Attendance at reunions varies from class to class and one of the best ways to guesstimate how many will attend yours is to ask the alumni office for historical numbers.

Class reunion attendance depends on four factors.
同学会参加的人数多少可能取决于下面四个因素。

*How strong the class reunion planning committee is in searching, and subsequently engaging potential attendees is.

*How strong the class reunion planning committee is in searching, and subsequently engaging potential attendees is.

*The milestone number is another factor. Whether it is the 15th reunion or the 50th reunion makes a big difference in attendance.

*The last factor and one that you cannot control is how strong a program your school has with their alumni. Some schools regularly have a 30-40% attendance at their class reunions while others are in the teens.

Class size is yet another indicator of attendance. Typically, a small graduating class can see a 50% turnout at a school like Mount Royal University.


同学聚会成“比拼会”


　　暑期，往往是职场人短暂的休整期、闲暇期，在这个时候，各类同学聚会也接踵而至，聚会也常常标上“毕业五年”、“十年相聚”，甚至二十年聚首的标签。找回最纯的同学情谊，成为很多人满心期待的重要原因。

　　原来，聚会的时候原宿舍的同学都会晒出自己孩子的照片，并会得意地说已经进入了南京某某重点中学，此外，原本应该是和老同学叙旧的话题， 夹着太多太多“比拼”的成分，比完房子比工作、比完孩子比老公，总之是一一“比拼”。

　　一些同学聚会俨然成了“攀比”的舞台，对此，南京财经大学教授指出，同学关系已成为了人脉资源的重要组成部分。很多同学聚会组织者，举办同学聚会目的是让大家重温学生时代的感觉，并且期待能找回那份纯真。如果在这样的主题下，同学聚会的组织者应该“约法三章”，不应该把不纯的情感夹杂进来，并且还要顾及各位同学的状态，不能以职位高低、收入多少作为区分“贵宾”和“普客”的依据。这最终可能会导致同学间关系紧张，参与者越来越少。