Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab
Part 1 Words and Expressions
(1) smash-and-grab n. 砸橱窗抢劫(the act of stealing from a shop by breaking a window and taking the goods you can e or reach easily)
smash vt. 打碎，打破(to break into pieces violently)
翻译：The dishes smashed on the floor.
碟子摔碎在地板上。
绕口令：He dashed to smash the fashionable ashtray with cash.
grab v. 抓住，攫取(to take hold of something with a sudden movement)
猜测grab在以下词组中的含义
grab a taxi 揽到车
grab a bite to eat 随便吃几口
(2) arcade n. 有拱廊的街道(两旁常设商店) (a covered passage between streets, with shops/ stores on either side)
扩展：arc拱
arch拱形Triumphal Arch 凯旋门
archer 弓箭手
(3) Piccadilly n. 皮卡迪利大街
(4) jewellery n. 珠宝(objects such as rings and necklaces that people wear as decoration)敝帚自珍
辨析：jewel n. 宝石；jewellery 珠宝总称（集合名词）
扩展：various kinds of jewellery: agate玛瑙；jade翡翠；
ruby红宝石；sapphire 蓝宝石；diamond钻石
(5) necklace n. 项链(a piece of jewellery consisting of a chain, string of beads, etc. worn around the neck)
–lace n. 花边；带子
鞋带shoelace knitted lace 针织花边
油菜种子
(6) ring n. 戒指(a piece of jewellery that you wear on your finger, consisting of a round band of gold, silver, etc.)
(7) background n. 背景(the part of a picture, photograph or view behind the main objects, people, etc.)
词组：on the background of sth. 以……为背景
扩展：remain in the background 处在幕后
翻译：高等教育背景和良好的沟通技能都是这个工作所必须具备的。
A background of higher education and good communicating skills are both musts for this job.
（8）velvet n. 天鹅绒，丝绒(a type of cloth made from silk, cotton or nylon, with a thick soft surface)
猜测velvet在以下词组中的含义：
a velvet paw 笑面虎
an iron hand in a velvet glove 外柔内刚/口蜜腹剑/两面三刀
(9) headlight n. （汽车等）前灯(a large light, usually six of two, at the front of a vehicle; the beam from this light)
head- 前缀：
headwaiter 餐厅/服务员领班head nur 护士长
head cook 大厨headmaster校长headhunter猎头
(10) blare v. 发嘟嘟声，吼叫(make a loud noi)
(11) staff n. 全体工作人员(all the workers employed in an organization considered as孩子积食怎么办
a group)
集合名词的动词取决于名词所表达的含义。名词强调个体时动词用复数；名词强调整体时动词用单数。
The staff is working efficiently. (整体) 所有员工效率高。
The staff are working efficiently. (个体) 我们员工个个工作效率高。
其他集合名词：
faculty: all the teachers in a university 全体教师
crew: all the people working on a ship or plane (船，飞机)全体工作人员
cast: all the actors in a film or a play 全体演职人员
(12) raid n. 抢劫(a sudden short attack to cau damage)
抢劫银行a raid on the bank
an air raid 空袭夜间突袭a night raid
(13) scramble v. 爬行(to move hurriedly; climb awkwardly)
清汤羊肉的做法及配料翻译：旅行者们爬上岩石，寻找最完美的拍摄角度。
Tourists were scrambling over the rocks, looking for the perfect shooting angle.
猜测scramble的其他含义：
scrambled eggs 炒蛋
scramble for power and wealth争权夺利
(14) fantastic adj. 非常大的((informal) very large; larger than you expected)
(新二L37The Olympic Games词汇，老师可给学生口头复习，回忆近义词。)【学生版不出现】
(15) ashtray n. 烟灰缸(a container into which people who smoke put ash, cigarette ends, etc.)
Part 2 Text
(1) (Ph1) The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
●小词妙用：empty
猜测empty在以下句子中的含义：
empty mind 内心空虚
empty street 街上空无一人反义词：busy
It’s six o’clock in the evening. I’m empty. = hungry 饿
●词组：expensive shop 高档商店
●文化背景：Piccadilly 是伦敦市中心一条著名的街，从海德公园(Hyde Park )通向
一个著名的广场，叫做“皮卡迪利广场”。【学生版不出现】
(2) 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.
●单词：display n. 展示be on display展示中
window display 橱窗布置联想window shopping 橱窗购物（只看不买）
●语法：Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop 同位语（当介绍一个人的职业或
身份时，可以采用同位语的形式，回忆新三第二课相同用法：Bill Wilkins, our local grocer）【学生版不出现】
●语法：had been doing过去完成进行时，表示过去的过去到过去的某个时刻一直
在进行
●模仿：她进入我房间时，我已经连续做了5个小时作业了，刚刚做完。
I had been doing homework for five hours and had only just finished when she
entered my room.
(3) Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for veral minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
●单词：arrange v. 安排arrangement n.
make arrangements做安排arranged marriage 包办婚姻
●词组：gaze at: look at sth. with fixed eyes 凝视
Within the bad, there exists the good. Just like ros have thorns, we can't always look at the thorns. We must gaze at the ro. (口译)
坏的东西里面也存在好的一面。就像玫瑰有刺，我们不能总盯着刺看，我们要看玫瑰。
●扩展：常用的各种“看”
gape at: with your mouth open, esp. when you are scared or surprid 吃惊地望着gawk at: in a way that looks stupid 痴痴地看
glare at: to look at sb. very angrily 怒目而视
stare at: look at sth. directly for a long time 直勾勾地看
●句型：after引导的时间状语从句，after为介词，后面跟动词的现在分词，前后
是同一主语，所以状语部分省略主语【学生版不出现】
●篇章：第一段描述了Piccadilly大街一大早的静谧，以及珠宝店开店有条不紊的
工作，为后文中这种平静即刻被打破，急转直下做铺垫，也与下文喧嚣、杂乱的抢劫情景形成鲜明对
章的组词比。【学生版不出现】
(4) (Ph2) 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 jeweller’s.
●单词：roar v. （动物）咆哮；（引擎）轰隆声，喧哗
I heard the lions roaring in their cages. 我听到狮子在笼子里咆哮。
The wounded policeman roared with pain. 受伤的警察痛苦地咆哮。
●词组：break the silence 打破寂静
●词组：come to + n. = 名词相应的动词，表示达到某种状态或结果
如：come to a stop 停下来come to an end 结束
come to success 获得成功come to a decision做决定
●结构：with its headlights on and its horn blaring，是with引导的独立主格结构，
作伴随状语
●翻译：他妈妈张开双臂，流着泪水，向他跑来时，他也哭了起来。
伍登教练
He burst into tears when his mother opened her arms and ran to him with tears in her eyes.
●亮点：象声词roar
早餐店图片
（象声词具有逼真性和比喻性，能从听觉上加强音响效果，使人如闻其声，身临其境，易引起感情共鸣，如文中的roar，车子呼啸而过的画面感马上浮现眼前。）【学生版不出现】
●你还学过哪些象声词？____________________________________
(请学生brainstorm，老师可以通过举例提示)
参考答案：rumble v. 咕噜咕噜
My stomach will rumble at noon. 中午胃咕噜咕噜叫
roll: make a long low ries of sounds 长而低沉的声音
The drums roll loud. 鼓声隆隆
(5) 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.
●词组：stay at the wheel 待在驾驶座上，留在车里
●亮点：with引导伴随状语表示某人穿戴特征（摒弃了冗长的定语从句who was
泡温泉需要带什么
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●用with改写第3课课文句子
The modern-looking woman stood three feet high. She was wearing a full-length skirt. = The modern-looking woman stood three feet high with a full-length skirt.
(6) 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 himlf to diamonds to notice any pain.
●亮点：flying into运用拟人手法，使文章更加形象生动，比drop/fall来的更好【学
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●词组：help onelf to sth.
1) 擅自拿用
John helped himlf to some candies without asking. John没问就自己拿了些糖。
2) 自便
This food is a Sichuan specialty. Help yourlf, plea.
这食物是四川特色，请自便。
●结构：be too busy doing sth. to do sth. 因忙着做某事而没能做……
●模仿：他忙于个人前程而没能照顾自己家庭。
He was too busy being wrapped with his career to take care of his family.
(7) The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved offat a fantastic speed.
●词组：move off离开，走开
介词off有离开之意，可搭配很多动词，如：
run off 逃跑drive off 赶走e sb. off 送别某人
●词组：at full / high speed / with all speed
Officials said the trains were traveling at full speed and most of the pasngers were asleep at the time of the crash.
