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1、AppendixIKeytoExercises(Units1-8)Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakea
2、ndthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,
3、whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewaterandcanf
4、indthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandcreww
5、ereallexperienced,"well-seasoned"asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistooroughtocook,theywillhavetowaitfortheirsu
6、pper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissaying-$6-AppendixIgoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsandthesoundofthechurchbellring
7、ingintheirmemory.Nowlet'slistentothesong:TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldGordonLightfootThelegendlivesonfromtheChippewaondownOrthebiglaketheycallGitcheGumeeTkelake,itissaid,rfevergivesupherdeadWhentheskiesorNovemberturngloomyWitkaloadofironoretwenty-sixthousandtonsmore
