[00:00.42]Lesson 6
[00:02.22]Smash-and-grab
[00:08.70]How did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves?
[00:13.91]The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
[00:19.86]At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
[00:24.53]Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
[00:30.92]Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished.
[00:38.10]Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.
[00:45.36]After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
[00:52.13]The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
[01:01.86]It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
[01:05.68]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.
[01:16.82]While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.
[01:21.36]He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.
[01:26.25]Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
[01:30.59]One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue,
[01:34.21]but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
[01:40.36]The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
[01:50.19]Just as it was leaving,
[01:52.38]Mr.Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases,
[01:57.86]but it was impossible to stop the thieves.
[02:00.99]They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
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。在早晨的这个时候，拱廊街上几乎空无一人。珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。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。钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。
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，在珠宝店门口停了下来。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。这开始发生时，泰勒先生正在楼上。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。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。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。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。他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。