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Lesson 6
Smash-and-grab
砸橱窗抢劫
Listen to
the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How
did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves?
The expensive shops in a
famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
At this time of the morning, the
arcade
was almost empty. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a
jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
Two of
his assistants had been working
busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished.
Diamond necklaces and rings
had been
beautifully arranged on a background of black
velvet. After gazing at the display for several
minutes, Mr.
Taylor went back into his
shop.
The silence was suddenly broken
when a large car, with its headlights on and its
horn blaring, roared down
the arcade.
It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man
stayed at the wheel while two others with black
stockings over their faces jumped out
and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
While this was going
on, Mr. Taylor was
upstairs. He and his staff began throwing
furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables
went
flying into the arcade. One of the
thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was
too busy helping himself to
diamonds to
notice any pain. The raid was all over in three
minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car
and
it moved off at a fantastic speed.
Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and
ran after it throwing ashtrays
and
vases,
but
it
was
impossible
to
stop
the
thieves.
They
had
got
away
with
thousands
of
pounds
worth
of
diamonds.
New
words and expressions
生词和短语
smash-and-grab
n.
砸橱窗抢劫
headlight
n.(
汽车等
)
前灯
arcade
n.
有拱廊的街道
< br>(
两旁常设商店
)
blare v.
发嘟嘟声，吼叫
Piccadilly
n.
皮卡迪利大街
staff
n.
全体工作人员
< br>jewelleryn.
珠宝
(
总称
)raid
n.
偷袭
necklace
n.
项链
scramble
v.
爬行
ring
n.
戒指
fantastic
adj.
非常大的
background
n.
背景
ashtray
n.
烟灰缸
velvet
n.
天鹅绒，丝绒
Notes on the
text
课文注释
Piccadil
ly
，皮卡迪利，这是伦敦市中心一条著名的街。这条街从海德公园通向一个著名的广场
，叫作“皮
卡迪利广场”
。
with its headlights on and its horn bla
ring
，?这是
with
引导的独立
主格结构，在句中表示伴随状况。
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