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课文6 砸橱窗抢劫
0 v0 k- U$ }) Q% X84. The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening./ G, P- d! |5 B8 A8 ]( z3 o
皮卡迪利大街附近的一条著名拱廊街道上,几家高档商店刚刚开始营业。
+ r/ M: `! b. y, G. U! c85. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.# ^1 A; m* X: |. f: u2 g! U
在早晨的这个时候,拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
u& i- P" z7 z86. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
$ j# S+ {0 {9 z \3 ]8 }; M3 [ 珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。- ~4 A& q3 v' A
87. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished.
8 ^7 ?/ z% U+ Q/ J7 q' n$ _* J& T 他手下两名店员从早上8点就开始忙碌,这时刚刚布置完毕。
) V6 j* g) z) w' i9 }0 `# Q88. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.
) |* G+ n$ x5 z, h' @( v8 e1 a 钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。# D+ K# `4 Y' m; X! N x
89. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
$ _' `2 t! B( } ?3 ^ 泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。6 F* d8 w6 P0 b# A+ x
90. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.3 }" s. I* W( T; Y& o& G4 o
宁静突然被打破,一辆大轿车亮着前灯,响着喇叭,呼啸着冲进了拱廊街,
( e3 w; v6 P* ?. G5 F! x. h91. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.! W8 _7 f q q, f# w+ G
在珠宝店门口停了下来。
+ P! P0 u' Q3 s/ [92. 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.. A7 X6 Z2 h- J( ^, Q- J
一人留在驾驶座上,另外两个用黑色长筒丝袜蒙面的人跳下车来。他们用铁棒把商店橱窗的玻璃砸碎。, q) M/ \9 ?! X: C5 Q9 X; I
93. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.
/ N3 c- Q0 [! L; a r 这开始发生时,泰勒先生正在楼上。0 m% {4 v$ l8 t" U0 D9 o
94. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
+ A/ b& z! n' m( T' C/ Z+ Z2 h 他与店员动手向窗外投掷家具,椅子,桌子飞落花流水在拱廊街上。; f# }9 z& b. ^7 T
95. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
0 k5 R$ B' Z2 W( s; d* ^ 一个窃贼被一尊很重的雕像击中,但由于他忙着抢钻石首饰,竟连疼痛都顾不上了。
$ g: r6 a/ E5 s5 ]) Y( m z96. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
" q6 ?; s/ a; e3 r 这场抢劫只持续了3分钟,因为窃贼争先恐后地爬上轿车,以惊人的速度开跑了。
1 f# K: z/ @! H% e97. 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.
# k3 H5 l! b5 B; w% } 就在轿车离开的时候,泰勒先生从店里冲了出来,跟在车后追赶,一边还往车上扔烟灰缸、花瓶。但他已无法抓住那些窃贼了。
9 t, I- p% r5 A9 w3 Z98. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds./ Y5 y% b# X8 h
他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。 |
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