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Silence Please
Ifthere is o*** group of w***kers across the Western w***ld who will be glad that Christmas is over，that group is ***p w***kers.
It is not that they ***ke *** ***mpla***.They rea***ze that they are ******g *** be rush*** off their feet at Christmas.They know that their employers ****** happy cus******rs，*** make their profits that pay their wages.But there is o*** th***g about w***k***g *** a ***p over Christmas，that is ***o bad *** ***lerate.
That th***g is mus***.These days，all ***ps and many off***es h**e what is known as.“Pip*** mus***1”*** “muzak”play***g f*** all the hours that they are open.Muzak has an odd his***ry.Dur***g the 1940s，mus*** was play*** *** ***ws as part of a scientif*** experi***nt.Itwas found that ***ws wh***h ***ste***d *** simple，happy mus*** produc*** m***e milk.Perhaps w***kers and cus******rs who ***ste***d *** simple，happy mus*** would be m***e productive and spend m***e mo***y.
In fact，nobody knows what effect play***g muzak *** ***ps has on profits.It is simply so***th***g that everybody does.But we are learn***g m***e about the effect of ***nstantly repeat*** hear***gs of songs on the people who h**e *** hear them all the ti***.
Research ***ws that repeat*** hear***gs of ***mplex pieces of mus*** br***g greater enjoy***nt bef***e be***m***g tireso***.And that po***t ****** much soo***r with simple songs2.
“That’s especially the case with tu***s that are already fami***ar.Once that tipp***g po***t3 is reach***，repeat*** ***sten***g be****** unpleasant，says Profess*** John Sloboda of England’s Keele Univer***y’s mus*** psychology group.“And the less ***ntrol you h**e over what you hear，the less you ***ke it.”
That’s why po***ce f***ces *** the US often try and resolve hostage ***uations by play***g pop songs over and over aga*** at high volu***.Eventually，it.be******s ***o much f*** the crim***als *** stand and they give up.
The problem gets part***ularly bad at Christmas，when the muzak ***nsists entirely of the sa*** few festive tu***s play*** over and over aga***.What makes it w***se f*** the ***p w***kers is that they already know these tu***s.They get b****** very qu***kly.Then they get irritat***.Then they get angry.
Shop w***kers irt Austria recently threate***d *** *** on strike f*** the right *** silence.“Shop w***kers can’t escape the Christmas muzak.They feel as if they are terr***iz*** all day.Especially ’J***gle Bells4’.It arouses aggressive fee***ngs，”said Gottfri*** Rieser，of the Austrian ***p w***ker’s union.
It is not just ***p w***kers who ***mpla***.A survey this year by England recruit***nt web***e Retailcho***e.***m found that Christmas is not o***y the most test***g ti*** f*** ***p w***kers，but that almost half had ***mpla***ts from cus******rs about muzak，And the British Royal National Institute f*** the Deaf estimates that so*** s***res play j***gle Bells 300 ti***s each year.
“That’s a***ust*** ***rture，”says Nigel Rodgers of Pip***own，a group aga***st muzak.“It’s not loud but the repetitive nature c***ses psycholog***al stress.”
The group wants the ***vern***nt *** legislate aga***st unwant*** mus*** *** s***res，hospitals，airp***ts，swimm***g pools and other pub***c places，claim***g it raises the blood pressure and depresses the immu*** system.
Perhaps groups ***ke Pip***own don’t really h**e much *** ***mpla*** about.After all，surely the real po***t is that people h**e mo***y *** spend.Why ***mpla*** about a bit of mus***?
辞汇：
muzak/5mju:zAk/n.后台乐曲 tireso***/5taIEsEm/adj.令人委靡的
irritate/5IrIteIt/v.使生气 immu***/I5mju:n/adj.免疫的
Silence Please
Ifthere is o*** group of w***kers across the Western w***ld who will be glad that Christmas is over，that group is ***p w***kers.
It is not that they ***ke *** ***mpla***.They rea***ze that they are ******g *** be rush*** off their feet at Christmas.They know that their employers ****** happy cus******rs，*** make their profits that pay their wages.But there is o*** th***g about w***k***g *** a ***p over Christmas，that is ***o bad *** ***lerate.
That th***g is mus***.These days，all ***ps and many off***es h**e what is known as.“Pip*** mus***1”*** “muzak”play***g f*** all the hours that they are open.Muzak has an odd his***ry.Dur***g the 1940s，mus*** was play*** *** ***ws as part of a scientif*** experi***nt.Itwas found that ***ws wh***h ***ste***d *** simple，happy mus*** produc*** m***e milk.Perhaps w***kers and cus******rs who ***ste***d *** simple，happy mus*** would be m***e productive and spend m***e mo***y.
In fact，nobody knows what effect play***g muzak *** ***ps has on profits.It is simply so***th***g that everybody does.But we are learn***g m***e about the effect of ***nstantly repeat*** hear***gs of songs on the people who h**e *** hear them all the ti***.
Research ***ws that repeat*** hear***gs of ***mplex pieces of mus*** br***g greater enjoy***nt bef***e be***m***g tireso***.And that po***t ****** much soo***r with simple songs2.
“That’s especially the case with tu***s that are already fami***ar.Once that tipp***g po***t3 is reach***，repeat*** ***sten***g be****** unpleasant，says Profess*** John Sloboda of England’s Keele Univer***y’s mus*** psychology group.“And the less ***ntrol you h**e over what you hear，the less you ***ke it.”
That’s why po***ce f***ces *** the US often try and resolve hostage ***uations by play***g pop songs over and over aga*** at high volu***.Eventually，it.be******s ***o much f*** the crim***als *** stand and they give up.
The problem gets part***ularly bad at Christmas，when the muzak ***nsists entirely of the sa*** few festive tu***s play*** over and over aga***.What makes it w***se f*** the ***p w***kers is that they already know these tu***s.They get b****** very qu***kly.Then they get irritat***.Then they get angry.
Shop w***kers irt Austria recently threate***d *** *** on strike f*** the right *** silence.“Shop w***kers can’t escape the Christmas muzak.They feel as if they are terr***iz*** all day.Especially ’J***gle Bells4’.It arouses aggressive fee***ngs，”said Gottfri*** Rieser，of the Austrian ***p w***ker’s union.
It is not just ***p w***kers who ***mpla***.A survey this year by England recruit***nt web***e Retailcho***e.***m found that Christmas is not o***y the most test***g ti*** f*** ***p w***kers，but that almost half had ***mpla***ts from cus******rs about muzak，And the British Royal National Institute f*** the Deaf estimates that so*** s***res play j***gle Bells 300 ti***s each year.
“That’s a***ust*** ***rture，”says Nigel Rodgers of Pip***own，a group aga***st muzak.“It’s not loud but the repetitive nature c***ses psycholog***al stress.”
The group wants the ***vern***nt *** legislate aga***st unwant*** mus*** *** s***res，hospitals，airp***ts，swimm***g pools and other pub***c places，claim***g it raises the blood pressure and depresses the immu*** system.
Perhaps groups ***ke Pip***own don’t really h**e much *** ***mpla*** about.After all，surely the real po***t is that people h**e mo***y *** spend.Why ***mpla*** about a bit of mus***?
辞汇：
muzak/5mju:zAk/n.后台乐曲 tireso***/5taIEsEm/adj.令人委靡的
irritate/5IrIteIt/v.使生气 immu***/I5mju:n/adj.免疫的