Joan of Arc died trying to drive the English from her country．She gave 1 the safety of her life as a farm girl to follow an ideal．In modern times John Brown also followed 2 ideal when he led his attack on Harper's Ferry．John Brown believed in God．When he was young, he 3 taken a young run-away slave into his home．He hated 4 and felt it was against God's will．During the battle over Kansas, Brown and his sons fought 5 ．In 1859 he came to the East to fight 6 slavery．With him, in a farmhouse outside the town of Harper's Ferry, Virginia, were twenty-one followers, five of them black men．Harper's Ferry lay 7 the Shenandoah and the Potomac Rivers．It was on the border of Pennsylvania, a 8 state．Brown felt that the 9 he would free would easily go to the“free”land．Behind Harper's Ferry lay hilly country, where Brown and his men could hide out if the attack 10 ．
As Brown and his men made their way forward, he told them, “Word will soon 11 throughout the countryside．Slaves will take up hatches, guns and knives．They 12 join us．”But Brown didn't succeed．His men 13 take over(占领)the Rifle House and the Engine House．And Brown took a number of hostages(人质)as the 14 spread．But word of the attack reached the Charles Town militia(民兵)，who surrounded Brown the next day．The militia 15 fighting when Brown 16 a man with an offer of stopping fighting and he was shot down．The next day Colonel Robert E．Lee and a group of US soldiers drew up before the Engine House．During the entire time of the attack, no slave had 17 Brown．Brown asked to be allowed to escape with his 18 ．Lee 19 ．Very soon it was all over．Most of Brown's men were 20 ．Two soldiers were killed．Brown was badly wounded．Thirty-seven days later, he was hanged．
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．
When I was a little girl, every Sunday my family of six would put on our best clothes and go to Sunday School and then church．The 1 in elementary school would all meet together to sing songs, and then later divide into 2 based on their ages．
One Easter Sunday, all the kids 3 with big eyes and big 4 about what the Easter Bunny(复活节小兔)had brought． 5 all of the kids shared their stories with 6 , one young boy , whom I shall call Bobby, sat 7 ．One of the teachers , noticing this, said to him, “And what did the Easter Bunny 8 you?”He replied, “My mom 9 the door by accident so the Easter Bunny couldn't get 10 because he hadn't got a key．”
This sounded like a 11 idea to all of us kids, so we kept on going with the stories．My mom knew the true story, 12 ．Bobby's mom was a single parent , and she suspected(怀疑)that they just couldn't 13 the Easter Bunny．
After Sunday School was over, everyone went off to 14 ．But my mom announced that we were going home 15 ．At home, she explained that to make Bobby feel 16 , we were going to pretend(假装)to be the Easter Bunny , make a basket of our candies for him and 17 it at church．We all donated(捐赠)some to the basket, and 18 back to church．There, mom hung the basket over the hanger(挂钩)and attached(附上)a(n) 19 ：
Dear Bobby,
I'm sorry I 20 your house last night．Happy Easter．
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