AppendixIKeytoExercises(Units1-8)Unit1PartIPre-ReadingTaskScriptfortherecording:Thesongyouareabouttohearisbasedonatruestory
IttellsthetaleofthesinkingofashipcalledTheEdmundFitzgeraldthatwascaughtinastormonLakeSuperiorbackinNovember1975,withthelossofallonboard
LakeSuperiorisanenormouslakeandthewindcanattimesmakeitdangeroustoshipping,whippinguphugewaves
Novemberisaparticularlydangerousmonthforsuchstorms
ThishadlongagobeennoticedbyalocalnativeAmericantribe,theChippewa,whousedtospeakofhowdeaththreatenedfromthelakewhenstormcloudsgatheredinNovember
Accordingtolegend,thebiglake,whichtheycalledGitcheGumee,waswithoutmercyinthatmonth,nevergivingupthoseithadmarkedfordeath
ItisthislegendthatstartsthesongbeforeitmovesontotalkofTheEdmundFitzgerald
TheEdmundFitzgerald,likemanyothershipsthatsailthelake,wa