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课文6 砸橱窗抢劫
# d" U0 O& C6 y84. The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.- ^9 A V7 A/ h* |
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。8 y9 F% B7 ~4 j( u. R; |
85. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
% L9 ?/ L! m' Z& q1 Q% m1 o8 L 在早晨的这个时候,拱廊街上几乎空无一人。
1 Z1 d0 @" ~) w' t7 r86. Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.# R& F# s7 I2 i p& ]3 B
珠宝店主泰勒先生正在欣赏新布置的橱窗。
5 v/ [+ y7 V( `. f7 o. N87. Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished.
7 @( R. { k( N" A l 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。
2 Q/ i4 w, f2 s" r# _$ i/ n* ]: @88. Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.& m: Z+ w1 F" h/ ~* ?
钻石项链、戒指漂亮地陈列在黑色丝绒上面。* o% I7 c: G+ l) ^
89. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
4 Z. E) i7 p5 n C, P# ? 泰勒先生站在橱窗外凝神欣赏了几分钟就回到了店里。
5 z' m/ E/ @+ d" q0 l90. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
+ t+ [" g; K% D9 ] 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,
- K+ v$ z6 ?$ T# {91. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.* Z s! g" w: @7 \+ k) Y
在珠宝店门口停了下来。
. M7 ^/ [3 A, p0 m/ |92. 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.. S; x- T/ d7 U
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。, P1 ?" Z7 c: ?
93. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs." \# v: i) r0 @
这开始发生时,泰勒先生正在楼上。
. u7 w1 Y; y$ e7 _& P94. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade." I/ W) k' M( j7 v Y: j8 Y
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。& l* V2 d1 c5 G: A; C& T8 O: L
95. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
( f; v0 W! p4 h; t, @ p 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 C6 G& T* @6 s, O! _9 H7 h2 Z
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.( ~6 o3 }1 V( Q, N; L: b6 g M
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。
( G+ R/ H4 |9 g97. 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.
0 q4 ]2 \- P, b0 T% v$ K% I: K 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。
$ b, V$ _% q0 H! F; [( ~% R$ x98. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.& T. f. F" C ^7 K* L7 W3 X
他们已带着价值数千镑的首饰逃之夭夭了。 |
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