1. Language Points

2.  1. The style of Western art has changed many times, while Chinese art has changed less often.  while 用来表示对比或相反的情况。  我爱喝清咖啡而他喜欢加奶油的。  I drink black coffee while he prefers it with cream.  英语世界通用，但土耳其语离开本国就很少有人说了。  English is used all over the world, while Turkish is spoken by a few people outside Turkey itself.

3. while  While in prison, he wrote his first novel.  He listens to the radio while driving to work.  While I admit that there are problems, I didn’t agree that they can’t be solved. 在 … 期间，当 … 时候 与 … 同时 虽然

4. Art is influenced by the way of life and beliefs of the people.  belief 信条，信仰 —beliefs (pl.)  He acted in accordance with his strongly held beliefs.  他按照自己坚定的信念行事。

5. -f/-fe ----ves knife half thief wife life leaf self shelf loaf wolf 直接加－ s belief gulf safe grief reef dwarf proof roof chief cliff

6. take place-- take the place of  In the Rennaissance, new ideas and values those that were held in the middle ages.  When did the accident exactly?  I’ll my father for a while=  I’ll for a while.  The wedding yesterday. took the place of take place took the place of take my father’s place took place

7. focus on  People became more on humans and less on religion.  I’ll the main group of people over there.  All the eyes him. focused focus on were focused on

8. a great deal=a good deal  In the late 19th century, Europe changed a great deal.  He ate a great deal for supper yesterday.  He ran a great deal faster than I.  A great deal of money was spent on the project. adj. 后接不可数名词 adv.

9. shadow--shade  As the sun set, the became longer.  Under the floodlight, each player in the football match has four.  Let’s find some and take a rest. shadow shadows shade 『 U 』 — 任何遮住阳光的地方 影子

10. scores of  I have heard that ( 很多 )times.  Nowadays, there are （好几十 种） modern art styles.  ( 很多 ) people attended the special performance.  （有 40 人） those people wanted to fly there.  （有 20 人） people were present at the party. scores of Scores of Two score of A score of

11. attempt  The painter does not paint objects as we see them with our eyes.  The second question was different I didn’t  it.  I speak but was told to be quiet. attempt to attempt attempted to

12.  If you want to become a successful businessman, you must be _________. ( 好 胜心强, 有进取心 )  _______________ must be destroyed. ( 毁 灭性武器 ) aggressive

13. lead to lead to  All roads lead to Rome.  What leads you to believe that I was not interested?