My wife and I lived in Beijing last year. During the Christmas season, we saw many Christmas decorations and heard a lot of western Christmas music in department stores.

去年，我和妻子住在北京时，在圣诞节期间，我们在百货商店里看到了很多圣诞节装饰品，听到了许多西方圣诞音乐。

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Quiet background music used to be called "elevator music" because we often heard it in elevators.

安静的背景音乐常被称为“电梯音乐”，因为我们经常在电梯里听到它。

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"This part of the brain will be unique for each individual, because we've all heard different music in the past, " explained Dr Salimpoor.

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We also heard about a nifty acoustic wind pavilion in London that makes music whenever the wind blows.

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