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1、Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakeandthewindcanattimes
2、makeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,which
3、theycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewat
4、erandcanfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefac
5、tthatthecaptainandcrewwereallexperienced,"well-seasoned"asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistoorou
6、ghtocook,theywillhavetowaitfortheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissaying-$6-AppendixIgoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesof
7、thetwenty-ninesailorsandthesoundofthechurchbellringingintheirmemory.Nowlet'slistentothesong:TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldGordonLightfootThelegendlivesonfromtheChippewaondownOrthebiglaketheycallGitcheGumeeTkelake,itissaid,rfevergivesupherdeadWhentheskiesorNovemberturngloomyWi
8、tkaloadofironoretwenty-sixthousandtonsmoreThantheEdmundFitzgeraldweighedemp