Wherever in the world you're reading this right now, you will be aware of just how mixed modern society has become in terms of race．Within the UK, mixed-raced children are the largest 1 ethnic minority．Bringing home a partner of a different 2 to yourself is no longer viewed as, “strange” or “different” in a lot of families．When Joseph brought home Hari, the 3 that she was of Indian parentage was never even talked about－she made him happy．They made each other happy．And that was all that 4 ．
But the reason why they were together for 11 years before they got 5 is that Hari was afraid of telling her 6 about the person that she'd fallen in love with．She was afraid of the consequences it would 7 for her younger sisters．Would they be packed off to India?Would they end up in arranged 8 they may not want?At 22 years old, when she first fell in love with him － it was a large burden to 9 ．
But she loved him, and 10 they moved in together… and then bought a house by the Brighton coast, where they have 11 for almost 8 years．All the while her parents didn't know．Her sisters did, and they too loved Joseph－they 12 him as the brother they'd never had．
But after nine years together, she finally had to tell her father(her mother 13 away a few years ago)．We were on tenderhooks(惶恐不安)the weekend she went up North to tell him．
It was emotional and as a family we were worried．Hari had been 14 of our family for so long, we felt for her．We knew how 15 it would be．She loved her father, but knew this would hurt him, who was a very traditional Sikh man．
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?”
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