新视野英语听说教程2答案

6replaced 7.legal action 8.real owners

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