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　　A successful scientist is generally a good observer．He makes full 　　1　　 of the facts he observes．He doesn't accept ideas which are not 　　2　　 on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority(权威)as the only 　　3　　 for truth．He always 　　4　　 ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them．

　　The rise of 　　5　　 science may be considered to 　　6　　 as far back as the 　　7　　 of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher(哲学家)of Oxford, who lived 　　8　　 the years 1214 and 1292．He was probably the first in the middle 　　9　　 to suggest that we must learn science 　　10　　 observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself 　　11　　 many important discoveries．

　　Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later, was the greatest of several great man, 　　12　　 in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by 　　13　　 to show how many important 　　14　　 could be discovered by observation．Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more 　　15　　 towards the earth than small ones, 　　16　　 Aristotle said so．But Galileo, going to the 　　17　　 of the learning Tower of Pisa, let fall two 　　18　　 stones and proved Aristotle was wrong．It was Galileo's 　　19　　 of going direct to Nature, and proving our 　　20　　 and theories by experiment, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science．

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　　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．

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