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1、AppendixIKeytoExercises(Units1-8)Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslake
2、andthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglak
3、e,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewaterandc
4、anfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandc
5、rewwereallexperienced,"well-seasoned"asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistooroughtocook,theywillhavetowaitforth
6、eirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissaying-$6-AppendixIgoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsandthesoundofthechurchbe
7、llringingintheirmemory.Nowlet'slistentothesong:TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldGordonLightfootThelegendlivesonfromtheChippewaondownOrthebiglaketheycallGitcheGumeeTkelake,itissaid,rfevergivesupherdeadWhentheskiesorNovemberturngloomyWitkaloadofironoretwenty-sixthousandtonsmore