Reading Task 1. Read the text and add the sentences Write ae in the spaces in the text a)It has more than 27 million visitors spending over $770 million a year. just turn on the radio and listen to whatever comes c) But later on, it's quieter

d) But if we've got a big cup match and we play We' I Rock You, they'll clap

DYou don't want to play rock music and get them even more worked up

A WORLD OF MUSIC - BUT WHO CHOOSES IT?

Music is all around us However, we rarely think about who chooses the music, and we 've

idea how they decide what to play

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It is a science, explains Liam Collins, 41. who is DJ at the Bluewater Shopping Centre in Kent. 1. We play music in the dining areas, entrance halls and the country yards, you can hear a whole range of different music, from Paul Oakenfold mixes to Frank Sinatra

'In the moming, the music is generally on loud. 2. centre gets, the more relaxing the music needs to be People listen more carefully to the music than you might think Once we accidentally played White Christmas At Easter. A huge crowd of

The busier the shopping

people came to reception to tell us

I don't actually think the crowd care about the music, to be honest, says Richie Tierney. PA announcer at Prenton Park football ground, the home of Tranmere Rovers 3.

Otherwise, Richie and his assistant have clear rules They play James Brown's I Feel Good when Tranmere score and they play a special re-mix of Going Home by Mark Knopfler when people are leaving the stadian.

We also spoke to several taxi drivers What is important for them is to have music playing, but what they actually listen to is nothing like as important as how loudly they play it We play everything No one complains about what it is, but the minute it gets too loud, then people complain I don't really care what 1 listen to says Jed Strange, a London cabby. *4.

But I do change the music if the customer doesn't like 1 That way, the tips I get are much better he admits. We also found a taxi driver who only plays classical music "Classical music is just as enjoyable as rock, he says. With classical music I feel far more relaxed, and I really need that with today's traffic, which is getting a lot worse every day And m that he's not alone - classical music is also the preferred choice of Dr Janet Highsmith, a dentist from Cambridge. Most of my patients are pretty stressed, she says 5. It's usually a piece of Baroque music that helps them to relax
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