1、How did Mr. Taylor try to stop the thieves?
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
介詞短語修飾 shops
-- The shoe shop in my neighborhood was just opening.
在我家附近的鞋店剛剛開門營業(yè)
2、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.
BeiJing, our capital, is developing enormously.
-- enormously adv.非常地, 巨大地(= at fantastic speed)
3、Two of his assistants had been working busily since eight 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.
After gazing at… = After he gazed at…
After having gazed at… = After he had gazed at…
4、The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
with 的符合結(jié)構(gòu)：(獨立主格結(jié)構(gòu))
1>如果賓語和賓語補足語在邏輯上有主謂關(guān)系，應(yīng)該采用現(xiàn)在分詞形式作賓補。
-- She sat staring into the distance with tears streaming down her cheeks. 她坐著凝視著遠方淚流滿面。 (Cheek n.臉頰, 面頰)
-- She stood there with her hands resting on her hips
2>如果賓語和賓語補足語在邏輯上是動賓關(guān)系，應(yīng)該采用過去分詞形式作賓補。
-- He ran into the room with his face covered with tears.
-- With his homework finished, he felt happy.
3>如果表達某事將要發(fā)生，要用動詞不定式 to;
-- With a lot of work to do, he can't go to the cinema.
4>如果是說明當時的情況，常用形容詞、副詞、介詞短語表明賓語的狀態(tài);
-- He used to sleep with all the windows open.(open adj.開著的)
-- He went out with his hat on.(on 是副詞)
-- With the meeting over, we went home.(over adv.結(jié)束)
-- He came in with a knife in his hand.(in his hand --介詞短語)
-- Tow others with black stockings over their faces jumped out.(over their faces --介詞短語) 另外兩個臉上蒙著黑色襪子的人跳了出來。
5>總結(jié)： with 用于句首或句尾，常表示狀語、行為方式、原因、伴隨狀況等。 with 如果跟在名詞之后，是用來修飾限定該名詞。
-- a thief with stocking over his face.
-- a teacher with a book under his arm.
-- a room with the windows open.
5、It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
come to 后面常接名詞, 表示達到
-- come to a stop 停下來 / come to an end 結(jié)束 / come to a decision 做出決定
-- come to an agreement 達成協(xié)議 / come to an understanding 互相理解
-- come to success 獲得成功, come to fame 成名
停車 stop = draw up = pull up
at the barber's 在理發(fā)店 / at the butcher's 在肉店 / at the baker's 在面包店
at the greengrocer's 在蔬菜水果店 / at the grocer's 在雜貨店 / at the stationer's 在文具店
at the tobacconist's 在煙草店 / at the chemist's 在藥店
barber n.理發(fā)員, 理發(fā)師
butcher n.屠夫, 肉商
baker n.面包師, 面包工人 n.<美>(便攜式)烘爐
greengrocer n.蔬菜水果商人 n.蔬菜水果商店
grocer n.食品商人 n.雜貨店
stationer n.文具商人 n.文具店
tobacconist n.煙草商人 n.煙店
chemist n.化學家, 藥劑師
6、One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stocking 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.
help oneself to 自便
-- My roommate helped herself to my clothes without asking me.
The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
at a fantastic speed / at a tremendous speed / at a high speed / at a full speed with great 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.
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of jewel
