Lesson 6
Smash-and-grab
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 eight o'clock and had only just finished. (1)_______________________. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
(2)_____________________________. It came to a stop outside the jeweller's. 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. (3)_____________________________. 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.
1)Diamond ..had been beautifully arranged on a background of black over it
2)The silence was sadly blocking when a large car with the headlines on edit...
3)The rade was all over in 3 minutes for the man scrambled back into the car and moved off at ..
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