Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab

Lesson 6       Smash-and-grab     砸橱窗抢劫

    The expensive shops in a famous 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 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 stocking 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.

Language points:
Smash-and-grab

open
v. When do you open/close?
a. We are open/closed.
opening hours -- 营业时间

jewellery -- 珠宝总称
jewel -- 宝石
jeweller -- 珠宝商人

jeweller's -- 珠宝商店
grocer's -- 杂货店
Mary's -- Mary家
St. Paul's -- 圣保罗教堂

admire -- 欣赏
I admire your courage.
We stopped to admire the view.

display -- 展示，陈列
on display

arrange -- 安排，摆放，计划
He was arranging a surpirse party for his wife's birthday.
Who arranged these flowers so beautifully?

backgroud -- 背景
historical background
educational background

gaze at -- （出于惊讶、沉思或其他情绪）常时间的盯着看
start at -- 盯着看，带有不礼貌或者愤怒的情绪
If you stare at people like that, you might upset them.

break -- 打破
break silence
break the tension
break the deadlock -- 打破僵局
break the monotony -- 打破单调
break my train of thought

the wheel -- 方向盘
wheel -- 轮胎

go flying -- go + ing强调动作的方向

be busy doing something
She is busy preparing for the exams.

help onself to something
Please help yourselt!

raid -- n.袭击, 搜捕 v. 奇袭, 搜捕
a bombing raid -- 空袭
a police raid -- 警察临检
a bank raid -- 抢银行

fantastic
You lokk fantastic!
a fantastic tale about dragons
a fanstatic amount of money

worth
n. $4,000 of equipment
a. The had got away with diamonds worth thousands of pounds.

with + n. / prep. / adj. / pp.
One man stayed at the wheel while two others with balck stocking over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.