Can express in the past

The bluffer can knowingly slip into conversation that, in the past, artists were seeking to express the ideal of beauty, in stark contrast to present-day preoccupations.

假充内行的人可以有意地谈论在过去艺术家试图表现美的理想，这与当今的成见形成明显对比。

In this sense, you can paint many other things on the face, but why do you paint Buddha and the relationship between the past and the present?Do you mean to express something about time?

从这个角度说，你在这个脸上可以画很多别的东西，为什么要画佛陀，要画过去和现在的关系，你是不是有一种时间性的东西要表达?。

Over the past six years, my initial embarrassment has disappeared and I can now fluently express my thoughts in English with confidence.

近六年过去了，开始的尴尬局面一去不复返。现在我可以自信地用流利的英语表达我的想法。