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本文是记述文，要点有when,where,who,why,what and result，目的明确、线索清晰，描写生动，详略得当，句式多变
1）The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just "opening.
- 交代了时间、地点
- expensive应翻译为高贵的
- Mary is an expensive girl. She eats like a horse.
2）At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
- empty an empty truck empty streets
3）Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
- 交代了人物
4）Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight o'clock and had only just finished
- had been doing 过去完成进行时，表持续性动作一直做到过去的某时，可能持续
- 过去完成进行时必须要有一个动作截至的过去时间
5）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.
- had done/been 过去完成时，1、强调过去两个动作的先后关系/2、强调动作过去的过去
- 交代了可能被抢劫的原因，钻石项链过于耀眼
- gazed充满兴趣地看/stared强调睁大眼睛地看/glared强调愤怒地看
6）The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its home blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
- was ...done，一般过去式被动态，注定态是was/were;did
- with its headlights独立主格，(with) + n. + 非谓语 (doing / done / to do, 其中 being 常省略), 在句中常作状语或定语
- come to n. = n.的动词形式
7）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翻译为“而”时引导并列句；翻译“当……的时候”时引导时间状语从句；翻译“尽管”时引导让步状语从句
8）He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
- was/were/did一般过去式
9）One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
- be busy doing sth 忙于做某事
10）The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
- speed 做不可数名词时，与 at, with 搭配均可
- speed 做可数名词时，只能与 at 搭配 e.g. at a speed of 60 mp
11）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
- run after追赶
12）They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
- 金钱 + worth of + 物品 = 多少价值的物品