Smash and grab
咋櫥窗搶劫
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 busily 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 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 out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing 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 fantastic 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.

7. The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
寧靜突然被打破，一輛大轎車亮著燈，響著喇叭，呼嘯著沖進了拱廊街。

語言點1:句子結構分析:when引導時間狀語從句，with引導獨立主格結構，作伴隨狀語。

語言點2:break一詞如果能夠恰當地用在寫作中，會起到令人叫絕的作用:

（1）break one's heart 傷了某人的心
（2）break the ice 打破僵局
（3）day break 黎明
（4）as day breaks 拂曉時分

8. It came to a stop outside the jewelers.
在珠寶店門口停了下來。

語言點1:句子結構分析:it 指代上文中的car。Come to a stop為固定搭配。

語言點2:短語come to a stop中的stop為名詞，其表達的意思與動詞stop相同。還有些動詞也能轉換成此種短語，其構成方式是在這個動詞或它的名詞形式前面加上come to a/an

例如:
(1)halt come to a halt 停止
(2)end come to an end 結束
(3)close come to a close 結束

例句支持:

Work comes to a stop when the company can not pay the workers wages.公司不能支付工人工資時，就停工了。

9. 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.

一個人留在駕駛座上，另外兩個用黑色長筒絲襪蒙面的人跳下車來。他們用鐵棒把商店櫥窗玻璃砸碎。
語言點:句子結構分析:while引導時間狀語從句，交代同時發生的兩個不同的動作。with black stockings over their faces為介詞短語，作后置定語，修飾two others。And并列連接“跳出”和“砸”兩個動作。短語with iron bars為方式狀語，補充說明砸窗戶的方式。