2007年VOA标准英语-Pop Duo Mozane Delivers Unique Musical Sound

By Shally Zomorodi
Los Angeles, CA
01 February 2007
 
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The two members of the pop duo Mozane have been working together for just five years, but have known¹ each other for their entire lives. VOA's Shally Zomorodi reports the group's family ties have led to a unique musical sound.

 

Nahal Afshar and Shab Azma love music. Afshar is a pianist. Azma composes² and sings songs. And between the two they created a new musical group with a fresh sound called Mozane.

 

 
Nahal Afshar
Afshar says finding³ each other was easy because they are cousins. "When I was 16 I was in high school and I said, ‘listen to this. I just wrote this thing on the piano and maybe we can work (on it) together and make it sound better.’ "

 

And the two did just that. They didn't know what was to come of their efforts but knew, Shab Azma says, they had something special going for them. "The two of us just started working together. And who know that we were even Mozane, because we were not Mozane at first. We were Ivory⁴ and other names .We would come up with so many names and Mozane really just became us and we became it. Its really the embodiment of music."

 

Their inspiration⁵ for their music comes from another member of their family - their uncle Mohsen. "Mozane stemmed⁶ from my uncle's name Mohsen. And when he was 21 he died in a car accident and he just really loved music and had such a passion⁷ for it. He listened to the coolest music you could in the ‘70s,” says Afshar. “I never got to meet him but Shabnam did. Although I had never gotten to meet him, I have felt this strong connection between the both of us.”

 

A connection that has inspired the cousins to produce and write music about life and experiences that effect peoples lives.

 

 
Shabnam Azma
Azma adds, "I would love someone to listen to the music and connect with it whether it is because they have experienced⁸ some of the things we have talked about or some of the songs tug⁹ at their heart and they just vibe with the music and it locks in a time period for them that in 10 years they can look back on, like I have been doing, and say, 'Wow, that was the time my heart was broken by so-and-so and look how far I have come.’ And for me it is more that I hope someone will connect with it in their own way."

 

Afshar hopes their music connects with a larger, global¹⁰ audience. "Sharing music with the world, I love playing the piano, she loves singing and we both love writing music and to be able to have that as a career would be great. To travel the world, playing live and also be a younger role model to the younger Iranian girls."

1 known   

adj.大家知道的；知名的，已知的

参考例句：

• He is a known artist.他是一个知名的艺术家。
• He is known both as a painter and as a statesman.他是知名的画家及政治家。

2 composes   

v.组成( compose的第三人称单数 )；调解；[印刷]排（字）；使安定

参考例句：

• He teaches music and also composes. 他教音乐，也作曲。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The silicon with halogenideization composes easily the new chemical compound. 硅易于和卤化物化合成新的化合物。 来自辞典例句

3 finding   

n.发现，发现物；调查的结果

参考例句：

• The finding makes some sense.该发现具有一定的意义。
• That's an encouraging finding.这是一个鼓舞人心的发现。

4 ivory   

n.象牙，乳白色；adj.象牙制的，乳白色的

参考例句：

• My grandmother has some jewelry made of ivory.我祖母有一些象牙首饰。
• It is carved from ivory.它是用象牙雕成的。

5 inspiration   

n.灵感，鼓励者，吸气

参考例句：

• These events provided the inspiration for his first novel.这些事件给了他创作第一部小说的灵感。
• What an inspiration she was to all around her!她对于她周围所有的人是一种多么大的鼓舞！

6 stemmed   

adj.有茎的，去掉茎的v.遏制[阻止]（液体的流动等）( stem的过去式和过去分词 )；封堵；遏止

参考例句：

• Our ship stemmed on against the current. 我们的船逆水而行。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The concern about this axiom stemmed from the fact. 对于这个公理的考虑是基于这样的事实。 来自辞典例句

7 passion   

n.热爱，强烈的感情，热情，耶稣的受难

参考例句：

• He had a passion for music.他酷爱音乐。
• In his passion,he tore the letter into pieces.在盛怒之下，他把那封信撕得粉碎。

8 experienced   

adj.有经验的；经验丰富的，熟练的

参考例句：

• Experienced seamen will advise you about sailing in this weather.有经验的海员会告诉你在这种天气下的航行情况。
• Perhaps you and I had better change over;you are more experienced.也许我们的工作还是对换一下好，你比我更有经验。

9 tug   

v.用力拖(或拉)；苦干；n.拖；苦干；拖船

参考例句：

• We need to tug the car round to the front.我们需要把那辆车拉到前面。
• The tug is towing three barges.那只拖船正拖着三只驳船。

10 global   

adj.全球的；球形的；世界的

参考例句：

• A global environmental meeting is going to be held here.一个全球环境会议将在这里举行。
• The report takes a global view of the company's problems.这份报告对公司的问题作了综合性的论述。