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1、BR_mainAnEnglishSongNapoleonBonaparteWorldWarIIMapReadingBR_AnEnglishSong_mainAnEnglishSong—TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldBackgroundoftheSongQuestionsabouttheSongBlankFillingBR_1.1BackgroundoftheSongThesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.Ittellsthetaleofthes
2、inkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.T
3、hishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormBR_1.1stormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadma
4、rkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewaterandcanfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafu
5、llloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldBR_1.1astheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandcrewwereallexperienced,’
6、well-seasoned’asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistooroughtocook,theywillhavetowaitfo
7、rtheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissayinggoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,BR_1.1leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsan
8、dthesoundofthechurchbellringingintheirmemory.Nowlet’slistentothesong.BR_AnEnglishSong2QuestionsabouttheSongListentothesongandanswerthefollowingquestions.Ittookplaceon
