A slow English story about Half a year after leaving the Bay Area, the old hiking group gets back together. 12 simple sentences. Word by word. About 12 minutes.

📝 Today's sentences

① I left the Bay Area about half a year ago.

② Now that I'm back, I reached out to my friends right away.

③ We used to have a hiking group. We hiked every week for almost a year.

④ After I left, everyone got busy. The group went quiet.

⑤ This time I posted in the group chat, and everyone showed up.

⑥ We hiked Mission Peak, a famous spot in the Bay Area.

⑦ On the way up, we caught up on everything.

⑧ One friend, a postdoc, finally published his paper.

⑨ Another got laid off but landed a new job. And one broke up with his girlfriend.

⑩ We looked back on the last time we were here together.

⑪ I feel like, whether we come or not, the mountain and nature are always here.

⑫ You know what I mean? I guess you do.

🔑 Vocabulary

• reached out /riːtʃt aʊt/

• group chat /ɡruːp tʃæt/

• showed up /ʃoʊd ʌp/

• caught up /kɔːt ʌp/

• got laid off /ɡɒt leɪd ɔːf/

• broke up /broʊk ʌp/

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