Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab

New Roman" size=4>After many years of hard work, Mr Taylor succeeded in opening a jewellery shop of his own.

The first day of opening,he went to his shop early, his assistants had been working busily for hours and had only just finished. Now diamand neaklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. At that time of the morning, there were not many shops open, the whole street was very quiet. When Mr Taylor gazed at the display,he felt very proud.Then he went back into his his shop.

But the silence suddenly was broken. Alarge car with its headlight on and its horn braring rushed into the street and stopped outside the shop. Two men, their faces covered with black stacking jumped out and smashed the window. One of thieves was struck by a heavy status, but he was too busy grabbing the diamands to notice any pain.The raid lasted three minutes, for the thieves scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantaxtic speed. Just as it was leaving , Mr.Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases,but it was too late to stop the thieves. They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamands.