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1、AppendixIKeytoExercises(Units1-8)Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanen
2、ormouslakeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordi
3、ngtolegend,thebiglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithore
4、theseshipslielowinthewaterandcanfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewi
5、res.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandcrewwereallexperienced,"well-seasoned"asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellth
6、esailorsitistooroughtocook,theywillhavetowaitfortheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissaying-$6-AppendixIgoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemou
7、rningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsandthesoundofthechurchbellringingintheirmemory.Nowlet'slistentothesong:TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldGordonLightfootThelegendlivesonfromtheChippewaondownOrthebiglaketheycallGitcheGumeeTkelake,itissaid,rfevergivesupherdeadWhentheskiesorNovember
8、turngloomyWitkaloadofironoretwenty-sixthousandtonsmore