第6课

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The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.

靠近皮卡迪利大街的著名拱形建筑里的那些高档商店刚刚开门。

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At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.

在早晨这个时候，拱形建筑里几乎空无一人。

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Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.

珠宝店店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。

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Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished.

他的两名助手从8点钟就开始忙碌，刚刚才把橱窗布置好。

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Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.

钻石项链和戒指精美地摆放在黑色丝绒的衬托下。

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After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.

泰勒先生凝视橱窗几分钟之后，便回到了店里。

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The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.

正在这时，突然一辆开着车灯、鸣着喇叭的汽车，咆哮着冲进了拱形建筑，打破了寂静。

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It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.

它在珠宝店门口停了下来。

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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.

一个人留在驾驶座上，另外两个人则蒙着黑色丝袜跳下车，用铁棍砸碎了商店的橱窗。

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While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.

就在这当儿，泰勒先生正在楼上。

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He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.

他和店员开始把家具往窗外扔。

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Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.

椅子和桌子飞进了拱形建筑。

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One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue,

其中一个窃贼被一尊沉重的塑像砸中，

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but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.

但他只顾忙着抢钻石，根本没注意到疼痛。

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The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.

抢劫在3分钟之内便结束了，因为劫匪们又争先恐后地跳上汽车，汽车以惊人的速度开走了。

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Just as it was leaving,

就在汽车开走的时候，

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Mr.Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases,

泰勒先生冲了出来，一边追赶汽车，一边扔烟灰缸和花瓶，

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but it was impossible to stop the thieves.

但根本无法阻止窃贼。

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They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.

他们已带着价值数千英镑的钻石逃走了。