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“Happy Birthday to You”

Where did that song come from?

Passage 2

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Happy Birthday

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cake?

song?

gifts?

flowers?

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Our Tasks Today

Idea of the Text

Narration

Key Structures

Class Work

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Who are the composers of the song?

Who is Robert H. Coleman

How did the song become popular in the world?

Who, according to the passage own the melody of “Happy Birthday to You”?

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The story of how the song "Happy Birthday to You" came to be, began as a sweet one that later soured.

became disagreeable

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Two sisters, Mildred Hill, a teacher at the Louisville, Kentucky Experimental Kindergarten, and Dr. Patty Hill, the principal of the same school, together wrote a song for the children, entitled "Good Morning to All."

given a name as

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When Mildred combined her musical talents, as the resident expert on spiritual songs, and as the organist for her church, with her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success.

organ player

special knowledge

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The sisters published the song in a collection entitled "Song Stories of the Kindergarten" in 1893.

a group of works

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Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University's Teacher College, a gentleman by the name of Robert H. Coleman published the song, without the sisters' permission.

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To add insult to injury, he added a second verse, the familiar "Happy Birthday to You."

to harm and then to give offence

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Happy birthday to you…

Mr. Coleman's addition of the second verse popularized the song and, eventually, the sisters' original first verse disappeared.

made it popular

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"Happy Birthday to You," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, "Good Morning to All.

Good Morning to All

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"Happy Birthday to You," the one and only birthday song, had altogether replaced the sisters' original title, "Good Morning to All.

Happy Birthday to You

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After Mildred died in 1916, Patty, together with a third sister named Jessica, sprang into action and took Mr. Coleman to court. In court, they proved that they, indeed, owned the melody.

took action sue him

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Because the family legally owns the song, it is entitled to royalties from it, whenever it is sung for commercial purposes.

give the right or claim to

share resulting from the performance of the song

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Narration

Time sequence

Flashback

Narration interposed

5 Ws: who, where, when, why, what

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The story of how the song "Happy Birthday to You" came to be, began as a sweet one that later soured.

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When Mildred combined her musical talents, as the resident expert on spiritual songs, and as the organist for her church, with her sister's expertise in the area of Kindergarten Education, "Good Morning to All" was sure to be a success.

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Story Retelling

Retell the story, supposing you are:

one of the two sisters

Mr. Coleman

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作者单位：苏蕴文

西安交通大学