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1、AppendixIKeytoExercises(Units1-8)Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormousl
2、akeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,the
3、biglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthe
4、waterandcanfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatth
5、ecaptainandcrewwereallexperienced,"well-seasoned"asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistooroughtocook,theywill
6、havetowaitfortheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissaying-$6-AppendixIgoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsandthe
7、soundofthechurchbellringingintheirmemory.Nowlet'slistentothesong:TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldGordonLightfootThelegendlivesonfromtheChippewaondownOrthebiglaketheycallGitcheGumeeTkelake,itissaid,rfevergivesupherdeadWhentheskiesorNovemberturngloomyWitkaloadofironoretwenty-sixthousandton
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