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课文6 砸橱窗抢劫
' E# Q/ Y7 i8 m7 ]0 x84. The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.* G4 T4 c" _0 o+ ?( K: ~
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。
7 B+ t* A% _8 s; M/ N* o85. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.( B3 _% j* X4 _2 w( K
在早晨的这个时候,拱廊街上几乎空无一人。: N2 o) |- U$ N8 ]6 k
86. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
0 `9 y3 b @3 c5 h7 Z" ~" o, K 珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。( l+ e' l& [0 z
87. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished., P$ w) Z0 t$ \" e% i- j7 k
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。: j8 ?+ {* w5 l2 i; P4 r1 n2 h9 I
88. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.9 r3 ]# B8 ], s, w9 {, {' f5 ~
钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。1 u: h$ l* D& c6 A' w9 m) @
89. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
3 u6 @; b4 Q0 y0 C6 L) t1 [# u 泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。
3 o0 k5 s5 ]8 c+ u90. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.- U3 }7 l2 P( O3 ?
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,1 p3 ]9 U/ Q3 H) i
91. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
) L% I$ Z; A/ S9 Y) ~% E 在珠宝店门口停了下来。
# C% L: Y% d1 u92. 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.' V5 |3 M: `' r" a
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。 m$ f; h# j: ^! r" a$ j+ ?! q1 f
93. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.
' ~( z9 n6 o/ E+ l! L( }, O 这开始发生时,泰勒先生正在楼上。9 h0 _" _+ l7 F7 T* @2 n
94. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
! k, T" i9 c, d4 A, ] 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。4 E0 o. |0 v; k. `/ E
95. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain." h B: }9 k( P; a7 }/ m5 [9 w& 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。6 J; |$ c, B/ I
96. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.* w$ {4 C e7 D" F% X
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。
h% i. E# J9 @$ p* s97. 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.
# P/ @( A# |2 S$ H. G; @& l 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。
5 t, ~7 @, x: f0 r98. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds., m8 o4 B- }& r" h5 q: ?2 K
他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。 |
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