Lesson 6
Smash-and-grab
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1Lesson 6
2Smash-and-grab
3How did Mr.Taylor try to stop the thieves?
4The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
5At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost empty.
6Mr.Taylor,the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
7Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock
8and had only just finished.
9Diamond necklaces and rings
10had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.
11After gazing at the display for several minutes,Mr.Taylor went back into his shop.
12The silence was suddenly broken when a large car,
13with its headlights on and its horn blaring,roared down the arcade.
14It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
15One man stayed at the wheel
16while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out
17and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.
18While this was going on,Mr.Taylor was upstairs.
19He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.
20Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
21One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue,
22but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
23The raid was all over in three minutes,
24for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
25Just as it was leaving,
26Mr.Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases,
27but it was impossible to stop the thieves.
28They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
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