Where is the bus?Why is it always late?” I asked myself．I was going to be late, 1 the manager wasn't going to be pleased．“Thank God, here it is!” The bus came round the corner and I got on．Ten minutes later I was walking into the 2 where I work．．“Twenty-five past nine．I 3 the manager doesn't notice．” But I was not 4 ．
“Smith!” shouted the manager．“Late again．What's your 5 this time?” “I am afraid the bus was late, Mr．Brown．”“ 6 up earlier tomorrow!Anyway, go to your place at the counter(柜台)．We'll be opening in a few minutes．”
My first customer was a pretty girl wearing a red dress． 7 her was a young man of about 25．He seemed very 8 , and every few seconds he looked towards the main entrance．The girl drew(提取)some money and 9 about opening an account．I gave her necessary 10 and she went out． 11 , I noticed a tall man by the door, carrying something 12 with brown paper．Turning to my next customer, I was frightened to see a gun sticking out of his coat．The next moment a loud noise 13 my ears．Everything went black．I was falling… It seemed to be a long time 14 I opened my eyes and I found myself in bed! 15 shaking from the memory of this terrible dream, I got dressed and ran out of the house． 16 , the bus wasn't on time, and I got to the bank at 9∶25．
“Smith!” the manager cried out in a voice like thunder．“ 17 of your excuses!Start work at once!” To my 18 , the first customer was a girl 19 a red dress and behind her stood a man carrying something wrapped in brown paper．The 20 !Sometimes life is full of coincidences(巧合)!
The film starts out as a normal day at a typical American high school．Friends chat in the dining room and boys play football．
But there's a big surprise when the movie 1 with two students going crazy in the 2 shooting and killing people．
This is“Elephant”．Filmed in just 20 days, it stars real high school kids．American 3 Gus Van Sant had no ready made lines(台词)．The student actors 4 their own dialogue, with Van Sant asking them to base their characters on their own 5 ．
6 it may not sound very high quality, the film won the Palmed' Or(金棕榈奖)for Best Film and the award for Best Director at the Cannes 7 festival in France on May 25．
The film is based on the 8 at a high school in the US, where two boys 9 13 people and then themselves in 1999．
The title of the 10 refers to the old expression about a 11 that's as hard to ignore as an elephant in the house．
The film takes a close look at a few hours in the lives of the victims(受害者)and the 12 ．It shows how high school is a different experience for everyone－fun and friendly, or hard and 13 ．
In many ways, the two boys, who carry out the shooting, act like ordinary 14 ．But, there are hints(暗示)of the 15 they feel inside．One of the boys is bullied at school．The other plays violent 16 games．But Van Sant isn't 17 their killings on either bullying or violent video games．In fact, the film doesn't offer any 18 for why school violence happens．
“I didn't want to 19 anything．It's up to the audience to draw its own 20 ,”said the 51-year-old director．
At midnight Peter was awakened by heavy knocks on the door．He rolled over and look to his 1 , and it was half past one．“I’m not getting 2 at this time,”he 3 to himself, and rolled over．
Then, a 4 knock followed．“Aren’t you going to 5 it?”said his wife．
So he dragged himself out of bed and went downstairs．He opened the door and there was a man 6 at the door．It didn’t take long to 7 the man was drunk．
“Hi, there,”slurred(嘟囔)the stranger,“Can you give me a push?”
“No, get lost．It’s half past one．I was 8 ,”Peter said and slammed the door．He went back 9 to bed and told his wife what had happened．
She said,“That wasn’t very 10 of you．Remember that night we had a 11 in the pouring rain on the way to pick the kids up and you had to 12 that man’s door to get our car 13 again?What would have happened if he’d told 14 to get lost?”
“But the guy was 15 ,”said Peter．
“It doesn’t matter,”said the wife．“He needs help 16 it would be the Christian thing to help him．”
So Peter went out of bed again, got dressed, and went downstairs．He opened the door, and not being able to see the stranger anywhere, he shouted,“Hey, do you still want a 17 ?”
And he heard a 18 ,“Yeah, please．”
So, still being unable to see the stranger, he shouted,“ 19 are you?”
