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1、BR-mainBeforeReadingTheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgerald2.NapoleonBonaparte3.WorldWarII4.MapReading1.AnEnglishSong--BR1-AnEnglishSong-mainAnEnglishSong--TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgerald1.BackgroundoftheSong2.QuestionsabouttheSong3.BlankFillingBR1-AnEnglishSong-1BackgroundoftheSongThesongyo
2、uareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisapart
3、icularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthos
4、eithadmarkedfordeath.II■BR1-AnEnglishSong-1BackgroundoftheSongItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewaterandcanfindthemselvesindiffic
5、ultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandcrewwereallexperi
6、enced,‘well-seasoned’asthesongsays,theyallknewBR1-AnEnglishSong-1BackgroundoftheSongthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistoorough
7、tocook,theywillhavetowaitfortheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissayinggoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailor
8、sandthesoundofthechurchbellringinginthei
