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You may remember the event.
不知你还是否记得这件事。
It happened in Littleton, Colorado at Columbine High School.
它发生在科罗拉多州利特尔顿的科隆比纳高中。
On April 20, 1999, two teenage boys killed twelve students and one teacher in their school.
1999年4月20日，两名十几岁的男孩杀害了学校里的12名学生和1名教师。
Then the two boys killed themselves.
随后这两个男孩自杀了。
The two boys were outsiders.
这两个男孩都被其他人排外。
They were not part of the popular groups in school.
学校里受欢迎的小团体都不接受他们。
Many students in the school teased the two boys.
学校里的许多学生都取笑这两个男孩。
They called the boys names, laughed at their clothes, and were violent with the boys.
他们辱骂这两个男孩，嘲笑他们的衣服，还对他们实施暴力。
These students bullied the two boys.
这些学生霸凌了这两个男孩。
And, in the end, some of these bullies became targets.
最终，这些恶霸中的一些人成为了他们的目标。
When the boys entered the school with their guns, they looked for the bullies.
当男孩们带着枪进入学校时，他们开始找那些恶霸。
However, not all the children the boys killed were bullies.
然而，并不是所有被男孩杀害的孩子都是恶霸。
Many of the children were just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
许多孩子只是在错误的时间出现在了错误的地方。
No one knows why the boys acted the way they did.
没有人知道这两个男孩为什么会这样做。
It is clear they were experiencing many problems.
很明显，他们遇到了很多问题。
These problems were very complex.
这些问题非常复杂。
There are probably many reasons why the boys acted the way they did.
这两个男孩这么做可能有很多原因。
And, it is sad that they did not receive the help they needed before deciding to kill.
而且，令人难过的是，他们在决定杀人之前没有得到他们需要的帮助。
But, some people believe the boys just wanted revenge.
但是，一些人认为这两个男孩只是想报复。
The boys wanted to make the bullies feel how they felt every day.
他们想让那些恶霸感受到他们每天的感受。
So, they made a plan to kill the bullies in their school.
因此，他们计划要杀死学校里的恶霸。
And other people blame violent video games.
其他人则将此归咎于暴力电子游戏。
The two boys played many of these games.
这两个男孩玩了很多这样的游戏。
So, some people believe they were just acting like the games.
因此，一些人认为他们只是在模仿这些游戏中的人物。
However, no one really understands why the boys killed other people.
然而，没有人真正知道这些男孩杀害其他人的原因。
Mr. Thompson sees a link between the events at Columbine and the game “Bully.”
汤普森认为，科隆比纳事件与《恶霸》游戏之间存在联系。
The two boys at Columbine faced bullies every day.
科隆比纳高中的这两个男孩每天都要面对恶霸。
And, in the end, they used violence in their school against bullies.
最后，他们在学校里对恶霸使用了暴力。
In the game “Bully,” Jimmy faces bullies every day too.
在《恶霸》这款游戏中，吉米也每天都要面对恶霸。
And he uses violence against the bullies.
他也会对恶霸使用暴力。
That is why Thompson calls the game “Bully” a “Columbine Simulator.”
这就是为什么汤普森称《恶霸》这款游戏为“科隆比纳模拟游戏”。
He believes the game re-creates the events at Columbine High School.
他认为，这款游戏重现了科隆比纳高中的事件。
And he believes that the game could lead other children to behave in this same way.
他认为，这款游戏可能会导致其他孩子也这么做。
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