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1、Dictation1Backgroundmusicmayseemharmless,butitcanhaveapowerfuleffectonthosewhohearit.Recordedbackgroundmusicfirstfounditswayintofactories,shopsandrestaurantsintheUSA.Verysoonitspreadtootherpartsoftheworld.Nowitisbecomingdifficulttogoshoppingoreatamealwithoutlisteningtomusic.Tob
2、eginwith,backgroundmusicwasintendedsimplytocreateasoothingatmosphere.Recently,however,it’sbecomingabigbusiness.AnAmericanmarketingexperthasshownthatmusiccanboostsalesorincreasefactoryproductionbyasmuchasathird.Butithastobethelightmusic.Livelymusichasnoeffectatallonsales.Slowmus
3、iccanincreasereceiptby34%.Thisisprobablybecauseshoppersslowdownandhavemoreopportunitytospotitemstheywouldliketobuy.Yet,slowmusicisn’talwaystheanswer.Theexpertfoundthatinrestaurantslowmusicmeantcustomerstooklongertoeattheirmeals,whichreducedoverallsales.Sorestaurantownersmightbe
4、welladvisedtoplayfastermusictokeepthecustomersmoving–unless,ofcourse,theresultingindigestionleadstocomplaints.Dictation2CelineDionistheyoungestof14childreninaworking-classfamilyinQuebec,Canada.Herparents,whobothlovedmusic,encouragedhertodevelophermusicaltalent.At12,Celinehadcom
5、posedthesong"ItWasOnlyaDream".HermotherandbrotherhelpedhertomakearecordingofthatsongandsentitofftoanaddresstheyfoundonanalbumofapopularFrenchsinger.TheaddresswasthatofReneAngelil,whobecameherfirstconquest,buttherewouldbemillionsmore. Celine'srisefromateenagesingertoapopsuper
6、starhasbeensteady,butnotwithoutdifficultiesRecordcompanieswereatfirstlessenthusiasticaboutinvestinginateenagerthanAngelil,whomortgagedhisownhometopayforherfirstalbum.ButherfirsttwoalbumswonagreatsuccessAndby1983shebecamethefirstCanadianevertohaveagoldrecordinFrance. In1990,C
7、elinemadeherfirstEnglishlanguagerecordwithUnisonbutherrealbreakthroughinAmericacamewhenshewasselectedbyDisneytosingthethemesongofBeautyandtheBeast.ThesongwenttoNo.1onthechartandwonbothaGrammyandanAcademyaward.In1996sheperformedattheopeningceremoniesofthe1996AtlantaOlympicGamesa
8、ndin1997,sherecordedthethemesongforTitanic,andhernameb
