周瑞蓮 姜紅偉
You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an American girl. And now she has become a very rich woman.
When she was a child , she was poor. Once she was invited to her friends birthday party ,she was very pleased but sad. Because she had not enough money to buy presents for them.
“The party is coming soon. Now I have little money.” Tears ran down her face. Later that night she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and in came her grandma. “What is happening?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girls story, she said, “Dont worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song together? Happy birthday to you…” What a beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly she woke up. It was a dream! She decided to write it down at once and sing it to her friends at the party.
When she sang the song at the party the next day, her little friends were very happy. “How wonderfully she sings! We have never heard such a song before. Thank you for giving us the special present!” said one of them. And they learnt to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答下列問題:
1. Who wrote the song Happy Birthday?
2. How did she feel when her friends invited her to the birthday party? Why?
3. What did her grandma say when she heard the girls story?
4. Was it true to sing “Happy Birthday” with her grandma?
5. How was the girl later?
譯文:你可能很熟悉《生日快樂》這首歌,但是你知道它的作者嗎?它是由一個美國女孩創(chuàng)作的。現(xiàn)在她已經(jīng)成了一個非常富有的婦人。
小時候,她很窮。一次,她被邀請參加朋友們的生日聚會,她很高興,但又難過。因為她沒錢給他們買禮物。“聚會馬上就要到了,現(xiàn)在我?guī)缀鯖]有錢?!睖I水滑過她的臉龐。夜深了,她還躺在床上想著禮物的事。這時門開了,她的奶奶走了進(jìn)來。“出什么事了?”奶奶問。聽了女孩的故事,她說:“別急,我想我能幫助你。一起唱首歌怎么樣?祝你生日快樂!……”多優(yōu)美的一首歌呀!她們唱呀唱呀,突然她醒了,原來是一個夢!她決定立刻記下來,在聚會上唱給她的朋友們聽。
當(dāng)她在第二天的聚會上唱這首歌時,朋友們都很高興。“她唱得多好聽呀!我們以前從來沒有聽過這樣一首歌。謝謝你送給我們這么特殊的禮物!”他們中的一個人說道。接著他們就一起學(xué)會了唱這首歌。后來,這個女孩在美國非常知名。