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1、Unit 6 Smash-and-grab(from Lesson 6 in NCE3 )【课文】The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been working busi
2、ly since 8 oclock and had only just finished.Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes,Mr Taylor went back into his shop. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its
3、horn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jewelers. One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped outand smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwi
4、ng furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fa
5、ntastic speed. 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. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.【课文翻译】 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
6、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，椅子和桌子飞进了拱廊。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
7、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。【相关词汇及短语】1.Smash-and-grab：smash表示“打碎”；动词grab表示“抢”，合起来表示“砸橱窗抢劫”。2、open：商店营业We are open/closed. （我们开门/关门了）。opening hours 营业时间3. jewellery： 珠宝，首饰的总称jewel： 宝石jeweller：珠宝商4. the jewelers ：珠宝店s 可以表示从属的地方：the grocers 杂货店at Marys 玛丽家St. Pauls 圣保罗大教堂5. admire：欣赏；敬佩We
8、stopped to admire the view. 我们停下来去欣赏风景。I admire your courage.我敬佩你的勇气。6. arrange：摆放好；安排Who arranged these flowers so beautifully?是谁把这些花安排得这么漂亮?He was arranging a surprise party for his girlfriends birthday.他正在为他女朋友的生日安排一个惊喜聚会。7.background：背景 I was surprised at how noisy the trading room was in the ba
9、ckground. 电话的背景声十分嘈杂，让我惊讶于交易室的热闹程度。 in the background 在后面，在幕后 cultural background 文化背景 educational background 学历；教育背景；教育程度 social background 社会背景 8. gaze at :（出于惊讶或沉思）长时间地看同义词：stare at ：盯着看（通常表示不礼貌）What are you staring at? 看什么看？9. break: 打破break the tension 打破紧张的氛围break the deadlock打破僵局break the mon
10、otony 打破一种单调的状态break my train of thought 打破我连续的思路9. go +v-ing ：强调动作的方向The plates went crashing to the floor. 盘子朝地上摔10.staff ：员工Have the staff taken to the new manager? 工作人员已经喜欢这位新经理了吗？ technical staff 技术人员 teaching staff 教育工作者（总称） medical staff 医务人员 professional staff 专门人员 sales staff 销售人员 nursing s
11、taff 护理人员 administrative staff 管理人员；行政人员 production staff 生产人员 office staff 职员；办公室工作人员 marketing staff 市场专员；市场销售员 maintenance staff 维修人员 managerial staff 管理人员 11.raid: 袭击A security guard was killed in the bank raid. 这次银行劫案中有一名保安员遇害。 air raid 空袭 12.scramble：攀登；争夺The children scrambled over the rocks. 孩子们爬过岩石。 13. worth: n. 价值；值得的4000 RMB worth of i-phoneThey had got away with diamonds worth thousands of pounds.他们偷走了价值数千英镑的钻石。11.with 短语结构：with+名词/代词+介词短语/副词/分词/形容词/不定式等：表伴随状态。He came to Niujia village with knife on back. 他来到牛家村，背上背着剑。学科网（北京）股份有限公司
