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爱答案课后习题答案网 Appendix I Key to Exercises (Units 1-8) Unit 1 n Part I Pre-Reading Task c n. Script for the recording: a The song you are about to hear is based on a true story. It tells the tale of the sinking of a ship a called The Edmund Fitzgerald that was caught in a storm on Lake Superior back in November 1975, with the loss of all on board. d Lake Superior is an enormous lake and the wind can at times make it dangerous to shipping, i whipping up huge waves. November is a particularly dangerous month for such storms. This had a long ago been noticed by a local native American tribe, the Chippewa, who used to speak of how . death threatened from the lake when storm clouds gathered in November. According to legend, the w big lake, which they called Gitche Gumee, was without mercy in that month, never giving up those w it had marked for death. w It is this legend that starts the song before it moves on to talk of The Edmund Fitzgerald. The Edmund Fitzgerald, like many other ships that sail the lake, was built to carry iron ore. Filled with ore 源 these ships lie low in the water and can find themselves in difficulties in rough weather. So, with a full 资 load on board we can imagine the anxiety that must have begun to creep into the hearts of the sailors 案 on board The Edmund Fitz