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 8 o'clock 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 jeweler'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. 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. Step 2詞匯的意思都在這里了哦�？纯茨愣疾聦α嗣矗�
smash-and-grab n. 砸櫥窗搶劫
arcade n. 有拱廊的街道（兩旁常設(shè)商店）
Piccadilly n. 皮卡迪利大街
jewellery n. 珠寶（總稱）
necklace n. 項鏈
ring n. 戒指
background n. 背景
velvet n. 天鵝絨，絲絨
headlight n. （汽車等）前燈
blare v. 發(fā)嘟嘟聲，吼叫
staff n. 全體工作人員
raid n. 偷襲
scramble v. 爬行
fantastic adj. 非常大的
ashtray n. 煙灰缸
Step 3 特別的單詞總是要特別的待遇，下面的單詞記住，有空多練習。：）
•1. smash 打碎，粉碎
英釋 break sth. into pieces violently
Eg: The dishes smashed on the floor.
詞組例句 smash into: 撞擊到某處
Eg: The bus smashed into a big tree.
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shatter: v/n 粉碎，破壞，破滅
Eg：The explosion shattered every window in the building.
crash v/n 碰撞，墜毀
The bus crashed into a tree.
air-crash 飛機墜毀
destroy v破壞，摧毀，毀滅
Eg：All his hopes were destroyed.
2. grab: v.搶奪, 攫取, 奪取
英釋 seize selfishly or rudely
詞組 grab sth. from (sb./sth.)
Eg: He just grabbed the bag from my hand and ran away.
grab at 設(shè)法抓住
Eg:He grabbed at the opportunity of going abroad.
grab off 搶走，事先得到
Eg:The people who got to the show first grabbed off the best seats.
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catch: get hold of sth. / sb. moving
snatch: v.攫�。╟atch sth. / sb. suddenly and violently）
Eg:She snatch the letter from me.
seize: 強調(diào)抓住、抓到的結(jié)果 Eg: Fear seized her.
grasp: 強調(diào)掌握 Eg:He grasped my hand warmly.
clutch (at):seize,take hold of tightly with the hands.
Eg:He clutched (at) the rope we threw to him.
hold： 強調(diào)抓牢、抓緊
Eg:He is holding an umbrella.
3. raid n./v. 偷襲,突然搜查
英釋 a surprise attack
詞組例句 an air raid
a smash-and-grab raid
Eg:The police raided the gambling-house.
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attack n./v. 攻擊，進攻，襲擊
Eg:France was bound to go to war if Russia was attacked.
assault n./v. 突然猛攻，襲擊
Eg: They made an assault on the enemy's positions.
assail v.攻擊（主要用于書面文字）
Eg: I was assailed with rude words.
4.staff n. 全體工作人員(如做主語，后面可跟動詞的單數(shù)或復(fù)數(shù)形式)
英釋 the employees of a particular organisation
例句 The staff is working efficiently.(強調(diào)個人)
The staff are working efficiently.(強調(diào)整體）
聯(lián)想記憶 cast 演員（總稱）
crew 車，船，飛機上工作人員的總稱
faculty 大學(xué)教師的總稱
5. scramble v. 快速攀爬；爭奪；匆忙做某事
英釋 creep quickly
例句 They all scrambling to get the bargains.
They were all scrambling to get the bargains.
聯(lián)想記憶 climb vt. 爬上
mount v. 登上
6. fantastic adj. 非常大的;奇特的，莫名其妙的
英釋 very great / large
詞組例句 fantastic sums of money
a fantastic view of the city from the mountain top
Eg:She's really a fantastic girl !
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incredible adj.難以置信的；好極了
She has an incredible house.
marvelous adj.好極了；精彩的
It was a marvelous performance.
smashing adj. 非常好的
What a smashing idea !
strange
wonderful
Step 4 掌握詞匯的構(gòu)成可以讓我們學(xué)一會二，一石二鳥哦。
如何運用常見的前綴
dis-
disagreeable discontent disgraceful dishonest dissatisfactory
dis還可以加在名詞前
disagreement dishonesty discomfort
dis-可以加在動詞前
disagree disbelieve
dis-還可表示除去、解除， 在名詞前加dis-得到動詞形式
discourage disroot dismask disburden
il-加在以l開頭的形容詞之前
illegal illbogical illiterate
im-加在以b,m,p開頭的形容詞之前
impossible immotal immoral imbalanced
ir-加在以r開頭的形容詞之前
irregular irrational irresistible
in-主要用于其他字母開頭的詞之前
inhuman incorrect injustice insincere
un-只能用于形容詞和動詞之前
不 unhappy unfriendly unlucky
無 unconditional unlimited
非 unofficial unjust
未，主要用于過去分詞之前
undecided unfinished unexpected unhurt
用于動詞之前表示做相反的動作
unlock untie uncover unpack undress unload
Step 4 學(xué)英語就必須勤學(xué)苦練，學(xué)而不練，事倍功半，下面就做幾個練習吧。
i. write the opposites of the words.(30HY)
1.polite.
2.agree
3.legible.
4.accurate.
5.locked
6.regular
ii. Make sentences of your own,using the words or phrases given.(50HY,If you can tell a story by using them,you will get 75HY)
1.can't help
2.gaze at
3.insist on
4.confide
5.busy doing sth/with sth
