仁爱版英语 七下 unit7 Topic 3 （阅读材料）（13份打包）

阅读材料：Happy birthday，Thomas 1. "Peep! Peep!" Here comes Thomas. Today is Thomas's birthday. He doesn't want to work. He wants a party! 2. But Sir Topham Hatt says, "Henry is busy. Gordon is busy. James is busy. You must work today, Thomas." 3. Thomas goes off to work. He carries people. He carries animals. He carries wood. He carries grain. 4. Thomas sees his friends. But no one says "Happy birthday". 5. At the end of the day, Thomas goes home. "Those engines did not look like so busy to me." Oh no! A cow is in the way. "Move!" says Thomas. "Moo," says the cow."No, no, no!" says Thomas. "Not moo. MOVE!" 6. At last the cow moves. Thomas is late. Thomas is tired. Sir Topham Hatt opens the doors for him. Lights come on. "Surprise!" say all Thomas's friends. 7. "We were busy," says Henry. "We were busy making a party for you!" says James. 8. It is a wonderful party. There are presents, balloons, and silly hats to wear. Happy birthday, Thomas! $$阅读材料：生日快乐歌的起源 "Happy Birthday to You" Where did that song come from? The story of how the song "Happy Birthday to You" came to be, began as a sweet one, that later soured. 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." 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. 关于“祝你生日快乐”一歌是如何产生的故事，一开始是件令人愉快的事，到后来就变了味，令人很扫兴。事情是这样 的：有姐妹俩，一个叫玛德里德·希尔，路易思维尔市肯德基实验幼儿园教师，一个叫柏蒂·希尔，该校的校长。姐妹俩一道为儿童们谱写了一首歌，歌名为“大家早上好”。玛德里德是当地赞美歌的专家，再加上她的音乐天分，又是当地教堂的风琴师，而且她姐姐在幼儿教育方面也很有经验，“大家早上好”一歌无疑是个巨大的成功。 The sisters 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 Educatio