school, wrote a song together for the children, entitled “Good Morning to All”. When Mildred

combined her musical talents with her sister s knowledge in the area of kindergarten education,

Good Morning to All” was sure to be a success. The sister published the song in a collection

entitled “Song Stories of the Kindergarten” in 1893. Thirty-one years later, after Dr. Patty Hill

became the head of the Department of Kindergarten Education at Columbia University s Teachers

College, a gentleman by the name Robert Coleman published the song, without the sisters

permission. He added a second part, which is the familiar “Happy Birthday to You”. Mr.

Coleman s addition of the second part made the song popular and, finally, the sisters” original first

part disappeared. “Happy Birthday to You” had altogether replaced the sisters original song

“Good Morning to All”. In 1916 Patty took legal action against Mr. Coleman. In court, she

succeeded in proving that hey were the real owners of the song.

1. teacher at a kindergarten

2. Good Morning to All

3. Happy Birthday to You

4. Happy Birthday to You Good Morning to All

Possible Retelling for the Teacher s Reference

The story of “Happy Birthday to You” was a nice, sweet on eat the very beginning, but later turned

into a bitter one. There were two sisters: one was Mildred Hill, and the other Patty Hill. The

former had great musical talents, while the latter had knowledge of kindergarten education. Bu

combining their abilities, the two produced a song called “Good Morning to All”. It was a success,

and later published in a collection of songs for kindergartens.

Thirty-one years later a man named Coleman published the song without the sisters permission.

To make things worse, he added a second part, which is the present “Happy Birthday to You”. This

new song soon became popular and eventually it replaced the sisters first part altogether. Then, in

1916, Patty took legal action against Coleman. In court she managed to prove that she and her

sister really owned the song.

VI. Further Listening and Speaking

Task 1: Karaoke

Dalin: It s Mike s birthday on Friday, so a bunch of us are going to go to the karaoke bar. Would

you like to come with us?

Laura: Karaoke bar? You have a special place just for singing? In America, bars sometimes have a

karaoke night where the customers can sing a song, but we haven t special karaoke bars!

Dalin: Really? In China, karaoke is a very popular way for friends ro spend time together. We can

select the music that ur group enjoys. We mostly sing pop songs.

Laura: Do you sing individually or in groups? Singing is not a very in thing, so I don t sing very

well.

1. F 2. F 3.T 4.T 5.F

Task 2: When was music first sent down a telephone line?

So you think downloading music from the Internet through a phone line is a really cool modern

thing? Not so. In 1896, Thaddeus Cahill Filed a patent on the instrument for transmitting music

electronically, and until 1914 he sent music signals down telephone lines with this instrument. And