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1、.专业.专注.Dictation1Backgroundmusicmayseemharmless,butitcanhaveapowerfuleffectonthosewhohearit.Recordedbackgroundmusicfirstfounditswayintofactories,shopsandrestaurantsintheUSA.Verysoonitspreadtootherpartsoftheworld.Nowitisbecomingdifficulttogoshoppingoreatamealwithoutlisteningtomusic.Tobeginwith,bac
2、kgroundmusicwasintendedsimplytocreateasoothingatmosphere.Recently,however,it’sbecomingabigbusiness.AnAmericanmarketingexperthasshownthatmusiccanboostsalesorincreasefactoryproductionbyasmuchasathird.Butithastobethelightmusic.Livelymusichasnoeffectatallonsales.Slowmusiccanincreasereceiptby34%.Thisi
3、sprobablybecauseshoppersslowdownandhavemoreopportunitytospotitemstheywouldliketobuy.Yet,slowmusicisn’talwaystheanswer.Theexpertfoundthatinrestaurantslowmusicmeantcustomerstooklongertoeattheirmeals,whichreducedoverallsales.Sorestaurantownersmightbewelladvisedtoplayfastermusictokeepthecustomersmovi
4、ng–unless,ofcourse,theresultingindigestionleadstocomplaints.Dictation2CelineDionistheyoungestof14childreninaworking-classfamilyinQuebec,Canada.Herparents,whobothlovedmusic,encouragedhertodevelophermusicaltalent.At12,Celinehadcomposedthesong"ItWasOnlyaDream".Hermotherandbrotherhelpedhertomakeareco
5、rdingofthatsongandsentitofftoanaddress.word可编辑..专业.专注.theyfoundonanalbumofapopularFrenchsinger.TheaddresswasthatofReneAngelil,whobecameherfirstconquest,buttherewouldbemillionsmore. Celine'srisefromateenagesingertoapopsuperstarhasbeensteady,butnotwithoutdifficultiesRecordcompanieswereatfirstles
6、senthusiasticaboutinvestinginateenagerthanAngelil,whomortgagedhisownhometopayforherfirstalbum.ButherfirsttwoalbumswonagreatsuccessAndby1983shebecamethefirstCanadianevertohaveagoldrecordinFrance. In1990,CelinemadeherfirstEnglishlanguagerecordwithUnisonbutherrealbreakthroughinAmericacamewhenshew
7、asselectedbyDisneytosingthethemesongofBeautyandtheBeast.ThesongwenttoNo.1onthechartandwonbothaGrammyandanAcademyaward.In1996sheperformedattheopeningceremoniesofthe1996AtlantaOlympicGamesandin1997,sherecordedthethemeson
