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# 06 · 砸橱窗抢劫

### 第1段

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 eight 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 jeweller'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.

中文理解：皮卡迪利附近一条著名拱廊商业街上的高档商店，才刚开门营业。这个时间，街上几乎没有人。珠宝店老板泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。两名店员从早上八点起就忙着陈列，刚刚才收拾妥当。钻石项链和戒指衬着黑色丝绒，摆放得十分漂亮。泰勒先生在窗外端详了几分钟，便回到店里。
突然，一辆大汽车亮着车灯、鸣着喇叭，呼啸着冲进拱廊街，打破了清晨的宁静。车在珠宝店门前停下，一人留在驾驶座上，另外两人头套黑色长筒袜，跳下车，用铁棒砸碎橱窗。此时泰勒先生正在楼上，他和店员开始从窗户向下扔家具，桌椅纷纷飞落到街上。一名劫匪被沉重的雕像砸中，却只顾着抢钻石，连疼痛都没有注意到。整场抢劫三分钟就结束了：几人匆忙爬回车内，汽车随即以惊人的速度开走。就在车子驶离时，泰勒先生冲出店门，边追赶边扔烟灰缸和花瓶，可已经拦不住他们了。劫匪带着价值数千英镑的钻石逃走了。

* **At this time of the morning**：在早晨这个时候；at this time of the day / year 交代局部背景。

* **window display**：橱窗陈列；create / arrange a window display，用于零售、购物场景。

* **had only just finished**：才刚刚完成；had only just done 把刚完成接到另一个过去时刻，only just 强调时间近。

* **a background of**：以……为背景；a background of + 材料或景物；描述视觉对比时常用 against。

* **came to a stop**：停了下来；把停下作为状态变化描写，可加 suddenly 或 gradually。

* **at the wheel**：在驾驶；本课指驾驶座上的人，不是车轮附近。

* **went flying**：猛地飞出去；go + doing 描写突然的动态结果，不是计划去飞行。

* **helping himself to**：自行拿取；擅取；用在食物上可表示随意取用；盗抢语境则带讽刺。

* **scrambled back**：匆忙爬回；有手忙脚乱地攀爬或挤回去的画面。

* **at a fantastic speed**：以惊人的速度；速度用 at；fantastic 在这里指惊人，并非好得很。

* **ran after**：追赶；与 run away 的逃跑方向相反。

* **got away with**：带着……逃走；做坏事而未受惩罚；本课指携赃逃离；其他场景也指做错事未被罚。

#### 原文注释 · The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.

注释：①expensive = dear。②almost = nearly。③assistants = helpers。④gazing = looking。⑤several = a few, a number of。⑥该状语可以改为After he had gazed at the display for several minutes。⑦go back to sth./doing sth.可以表示重操旧业，go back on 违背，背弃。

#### 原文注释 · The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.

注释：①此处是with 引导的独立主格结构，其它形式为：1)宾语和宾补在逻辑上有主谓关系，用v-ing 形式；2)动宾关系用过去分词作宾补；3)某事将发生用to do 不定式。②come to + n.表到达，如come to an end，结束。③stayed = remained。④smashed = broke to pieces。

#### Summary 摘要

A large car entered an arcade near Piccadilly and stopped outside a jeweller's. Two thieves got out and smashed the shop window. The owner of the shop was upstairs at the time, so he threw furniture at the thieves hitting one of them with a heavy statue. The raid lasted only three minutes and the thieves drove away. Running after them, the owner threw ashtrays and vases, but the thieves got away, stealing thousands of pounds worth of diamonds. (79 words)

#### Composition 作文They Got Away 他们逃跑了

\[1]Seeing the thieves' car join the traffic(汇入车流) on Piccadilly, Mr. Taylor took a taxi and followed them. The taxi driver drove at full speed(全速行驶) when Mr. Taylor told him what had happened.

\[2]There wasn't too much traffic at this time of the morning so there was a mad chase through the streets of London. For a short time, the thieves' car was on the wrong side of the road and hit another car, but it did not stop. Two policemen in a police car watched in amazement(看得目瞪口呆) as the two vehicles went past, both breaking the speed limit(超速). Lights on and horn blaring, the police car chased both the speeding cars. Mr. Taylor's taxi stopped when the traffic lights turned red. The thieves ignored the traffic lights and got away. Meanwhile, the police caught up with the taxi at the traffic lights and the taxi driver was charged with(承担、负责任) speeding. They refused to let the driver off, even though Mr. Taylor carefully explained the situation.

\[3]However, the police informed another police car of the chase and ten minutes later the thieves' car was found abandoned in a side street(边道). The thieves had escaped on foot and disappeared among the crowd. (200 words)

## 学完这一课

用 had been doing… and had just done… 交代突发事件前的准备。

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