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课文6 砸橱窗抢劫
) j1 u5 N& z) j84. The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
$ {# }& B; L4 i, s 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。
. K- @+ i- x, u4 I) k# P- B$ E85. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
/ f* [, A' |& v& A, x J 在早晨的这个时候,拱廊街上几乎空无一人。) | X$ f& ?6 m7 t+ c" k/ ?
86. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
) T7 D2 s6 N* | 珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。& b' Q- u. [6 T
87. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished.
2 x4 }$ Y6 E+ e7 G+ t' O" Z; m/ R 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。7 D5 }( G8 b" X7 ^ g
88. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.
9 n: g& J% E) j) v: \7 Y 钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。
' `$ y, x) w- ^, A6 p" B% l' v7 V7 G/ v$ Y89. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
' @: `, _1 I5 j# O 泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。
! _9 j6 ?& l1 C3 p8 b% |90. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
3 o1 o; H: w- b% D- p1 F% ^+ B, _' f 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,
! K3 n2 Q [2 s w& |91. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
2 f, u. Y* w; j: w& h; { 在珠宝店门口停了下来。
% p5 b, `/ @) @" U' X# m/ w2 d92. 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.
5 \/ q! ]4 z- ^5 D1 @ 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。' ]; w2 b1 X" l2 z
93. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.
$ _ b9 A% V9 y, [! ]4 ^2 y6 Q 这开始发生时,泰勒先生正在楼上。
; J U! {& f) V) K94. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
: A8 O" }" M2 c7 G) @+ \ 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。6 v `/ T- Z1 q
95. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
# \: k$ k- k4 c2 O) p$ Z7 j 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。
# J7 G4 z: V- s) Z- S7 j96. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.2 o/ c3 G' m9 d h
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。
* ]7 G& ~4 @) i. k97. 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.3 o) }( t! p; R, r; r
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。
6 O) [% o% @( j. \: ^) x4 d98. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.0 s9 @) N& P3 W% k; R8 [$ l, Q
他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。 |
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