【学习目标】：To learn some important language points of this text .【自学探究】：1. belief n.信心,相信,信念,信任(常与 in 搭配)E.g. I have a belief in God.我信仰上帝。v. believe 相信,信任归纳拓展：beyond belief 不可信，难以置信in the belief that (引导从句)相信believe sb. 相信(某人的话)believe in 信任，信仰believe it or not 信不信由你2. aim n. 目的，目标 v. 瞄准，对准 归纳拓展：achieve one’s aim 达到目的 have a high aim in life 胸怀壮志 without aim 漫无目的 the aim in doing sth. 做某事的目的 be aimed at 对象是，针对3. possession n.[U]拥有，具有；[C](pl.)个人财产，私有物品 归纳拓展：in possession of 拥有 in the possession of 为……所占有；掌握在……手中 get possession of 得到 take possession of 占有，占领4. convince v.使确信，使信服 convince sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事 convince sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事 convince sb. that… 使某人相信……5.attempt v.试图，尝试，企图 v.努力，尝试 attempt to do sth. make an attempt to do sth. /at (doing) sth. 试图做某事 attempt at (doing) sth.6. focus … on 表示把……集中在……；聚集于……；对准……，focus 常接 attention, mind, thought, effort, eyes, camera, telescope 等名词或反身代词。7. break away from 终止关系；突然挣脱，逃脱归纳拓展：break down (机器，车辆)出故障，坏了；(谈判)失败，感情崩溃break in 打断(谈话)break into 破门而入，闯入break out 突然开始，爆发break through 突破，冲破break up 破碎，解散，分解8. scores of 数词(不定冠词)或 several +score (of) scores of 前不可加数词或 several 等词，可直接跟复数名词9. on the other hand 另一方面 on hand 手头上的，即将发生的，在近处的10. The style of Western art has changed many times , while Chinese art has changed less often.西方艺术的风格已经变化了多次，而中国的艺术改变较少。 句中 while 为并列连词，意思为然而，侧重于两者的对比，而不是同一意义上的转折，这点不同于 but 和 however11. The first per...
