Using the accumulative method for phase shifts, we show that the phase shifts for potential scattering are equal to the phase shifts in the Born approximation to first order in tLV/k 2 with the reduced mass /L, the potential V and the momentum k. The phase shift rJ, at energies above several hundred MeV, being additive and smooth with l, is closely related to the phase function x(b) in the eikonal expression. The phase shifts for scattering from a bound target particle are linear combinations (redistribution) of those for scattering in the free space.The Glauber expression is shown to be valid for elastic scattering at angles up to 0,~40•, and gives an order estimate of the differential cross section at angles O>O,. A high-energy approximation leads to a new description of the scattering amplitude, valid also at angles O