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1、BR_mainAnEnglishSongNapoleonBonaparteWorldWarIIMapReadingBR_AnEnglishSong_mainAnEnglishSong—TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldBackgroundoftheSongQuestionsabouttheSongBlankFillingBR_1.1BackgroundoftheSongThesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.Ittellsthetaleofthesinkingo
2、fashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.Thishadlongagob
3、eennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormBR_1.1stormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.Itisthis
4、legendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewaterandcanfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginethe
5、anxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldBR_1.1astheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandcrewwereallexperienced,’well-seasoned’asthesongsays,theyall
6、knewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistooroughtocook,theywillhavetowaitfortheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissayin
7、ggoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,BR_1.1leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsandthesoundofthechurchbellringingintheirmemory.Nowl
8、et’slistentothesong.BR_AnEnglishSong2QuestionsabouttheSongListentothesongandanswerthefollowingquestions.Ittookplaceon
