A I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody（曲调）of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew（侄子）. She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you! Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune（曲调简单）and friendliness in words. 1. Archibald A. Hill was _____. A. English B. Russian C. American D. Australian 2. Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s _____. A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew 3. The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of _____ years. A. 97 B. about 90 C. more than 90 D. less than 90 4. Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs A. Because they are musicians. B. Because they love children. C. Because they were asked to write for a book. D. Because their nephew asked them to do so. B Hip hop or rap (说唱 ） music as it is also called,started on the street and in the clubs of the New York City in the 1970s . But today many countries have their own kind of hip hop music . This kind of music comes from reggae, disco and funk music . Rapping means speaking to the rhythm of the music, and it is an important part of the music . People rap to express how they feel about their lives and problems . Rapping in class. Would you like to rap in class Well actually,hip pop music is played in more than 10,000 schools in the USA .Why There is a new school program called “ Flocabulary ”in which teachers use texts and hip hop CDs to help teach different school subjects . The words of the songs are just what students are studying . This makes learning easy and fun . Students and teachers are excited about the positive results it has had on exam marks . One teacher said, “ I’ve used hip hop songs in class, and I have never seen my students so crazy about history ! You can't imagine how well they imagine how well they remember what I teach ! We even try to write our own songs . ” Whose idea was Flocabulary Blake Harrison, a high school student, was the first person to come ... ...
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