AppendixIKeytoExercises(Units1-8)Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory.IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard.LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves.Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms.ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember.Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath.ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald.TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wasbuilttocarryironore.Filledwithoretheseshipslielowinthewaterandcanfindthemselvesindifficultiesinroughweather.So,withafullloadonboardwecanimaginetheanxietythatmusthavebeguntocreepintotheheartsofthesailorsonboardTheEdmundFitzgeraldastheyfeltthecoldwindbeginningtoriseandheardthesoundofitsingingasitblewthroughthewires.For,despitethefactthatthecaptainandcrewwereallexperienced,"well-seasoned"asthesongsays,theyallknewthedangersofNovemberstorms.Beforelongtheirworsefearsstartedtocometrueandthestormhadrisentoahurricane.Thedespairofthecrewiscapturedinthewordsofthecook.Firsthecomesondecktotellthesailorsitistooroughtocook,theywillhavetowaitfortheirsupper.Thenextwehearfromhimheissaying-$6-AppendixIgoodbyetohisshipmates.Waterispouringintotheship.Thecaptainsendsoutadistresssignal,butthatisthelastthatisheardfromtheship.Itisswallowedupbythelake,leavingnothingbehindbutthemourningfamiliesofthetwenty-ninesailorsandthesoundofthechurchbellringingintheirmemory.Nowlet'slistentothesong:TheWreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldGordonLightfootThelegendlivesonfromtheChippewaondownOrthebiglaketheycallGitcheGumeeTkelake,itissaid,rfevergivesupherdeadWhentheskiesorNovemberturngloomyWitkaloadofironoretwenty-sixthousandtonsmoreThantheEdmundFitzgeraldweighedemptyThatgoodshipandtruewasahonetobechewedWhenthegalesofNovembercameearlyTkeskipwastkeprideoftkeAmericansideComingbackfromsomemillinWisconsinAstkekigfreigktersgo,itwaskiggertkanmostWitkacrewandgoodcaptainwellseasonedConcludingsometermswitkacoupleofsteelfirmsWkentkeyleftfullyloadedforClevelandAndlatertkatnigktwkentkeskip'skellrangCoulditketkenortkwindtkey'dbeenfeelingTkewindintkewiresmadeatattle-talesoundAndawavebrokeovertkerailingAndeverymanknew,astkecaptaindidtooTwastkewitckofNovemkercomestealingTkedawncamelateandthebreakfasthadtowaitWkentheGalesofNovembercameslashingWhenafternooncameitwasfreezingrainInthefaceofahurricanewestwindAppendix1-6?-Whensuppertimecame,theoldcookcameondecksayingFellas1,it'stooroughtoreedya2AtsevenPMamainhatchwaycavedin,hesaidFellas,it'sheengoodtoknowyaThecaptainwiredinhehadwatercominginAndthegoodshipandcrewwasinperilAndlaterthatnightwhenhislightswentoutofsightCamethewreckoftheEdmundFitzgeraldDoesanyoneknowwheretheloveofGodgoesWhenthewavesturntheminutestohoursThesearchersallsaythey'dhavemadeWhitefishBayIfthey'dputfifteenmoremileshehindherTheymighthavesplituportheymighthavecapsizedTheymayhavebrokedeepandtookwaterAndallthatremainsisthefacesandthenamesOfthewivesandthesonsandthedaughtersJLakeHuronrolls,SuperiorsingsIntheroomsofherice'watermansionOldMichiganst...
