曲はSarah Vaughanの"Just Little Lovin'"とBrenton Woodの"Baby You Got it"です。例えばこのBrenton Woodの曲、そういう女性達にとって極限まで女々しい曲ということになりますか?こんなにセンスが良くとも?私だったら芸術のスレッシュホールド(しきい値)は真実の人間であるかどうかだと思うのですが。
Bob Dylan was an icon of the anti-war and civil rights movements in the 60s
Veteran US singer Bob Dylan has been nominated for France's top distinction, the Legion d'Honneur, an award previously given to Sir Paul McCartney.
His nomination, by culture minister Aurelie Filipetti, was approved by the award's 17-member council.
Chancellor Jean-Louis Georgelin wrote in Le Monde that although the panel originally rejected the nomination, Dylan, 72, was an "exceptional artist".
The "tremendous singer and great poet" got a lower rank of the award in 1990.
Satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaine (The Chained Duck) reported in May that Dylan's nomination was rejected because of 1 his opposition to the war in Vietnam, where 2 France was a former colonial power, and his alleged use of cannabis.
However, Georgelin did not elaborate on the reason why the nomination was originally blocked, simply citing3 a past "controversy".
Top US honour
Singer-songwriter Dylan shot to fame in the 60s as an icon of the anti-war and civil rights movements.
Songs such as The Times They Are a-Changin' and Like a Rolling Stone became synonymous with the 60s counterculture, and he became a poster-boy for a disenchanted generation.
The artist also became an informal historian of America's troubles with tracks like Blowin' In The Wind, but his decision to move away from traditional guitar in favour of an electric version in the mid-60s proved controversial among die-hard folk fans.
He was awarded the top civilian honour in the United States, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, in May 2012.
Earlier this month, he was made an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Recipients of the Legion d'Honneur, the Legion of Honour, include U2 frontman Bono, artist Louise Bourgeois, singer Charles Aznavour and actor Jean Reno.
because ofは「~のせいで」です。無責任な参考書や学校の教師は「~のために」と教えますが、それでは目的のfor the purpose ofやin order to doなどと、ごっちゃになってしまいます。原因をあらわす「~のせいで」と覚えましょう。because of = on account of = due to = owing to...同じ意味の熟語はまとめて覚えてしまいましょう。because ofとon account ofは悪い理由を言うために多く使われます。ただし最初はまとめて覚えればいいです。覚えるハードルを高くするのはやめましょう。
関係副詞の非制限用法です。先行詞がVietnamという固有代名詞なので必然的に非制限用法になります。関係代名詞(which)か関係副詞かで迷うときは先行詞を関係詞以下に戻して考えましょう。この場合なら"France was a former colonial power"の中に単体でVietnamが戻れる場所はありません。"France was a former colonial power in Vietnam"とinを伴えば戻れます。ということはinの意味がもとから含まれるwhereを使わなければいけません。