
Originally Posted by
wuwei
The famous street was almost empty while the jewellery shop was opening. Mr. Taylor, the owner of the jewellery shop, was admiring a new window display which had just been finished by two of his employees. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taytor went back into his shop.
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared to a stop outside the shop.
The thieves wanted to call attention to themselves?

Originally Posted by
wuwei
Two men jumped out of the car and smashed the window with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr. Taylor and his staff were upstairs and threw throw furniture out of the window to hit the thieves.
What were Mr. Taylor and his staff doing upstairs?

Originally Posted by
wuwei
The thieves were too busy to notice any pain while helping themselves to diamonds.
You can get hit by a chair and not notice?

Originally Posted by
wuwei
The raid was all over in three minutes. The two thieves scrambled back into the car and took off at high speed. Mr. Taylor ran downstairs and took a taxi to follow the thieves.
He didn't think to call the police? What was the cab doing there?

Originally Posted by
wuwei
Though the thieve drove the car at a mad speed, the taxi driver alway followed.
Though the robbers drove the car very fast, the taxi driver was able to keep up.

Originally Posted by
wuwei
Suddenly an alarm whistle came from a police car behind the taxi, the police instructed the taxi driver to stop because it was going too fast. Ten minutes after Mr. Taylor explained the situation to the police, the getaway car was found, but it was empty. The thieves had abandoned the car and escaped on foot with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.
When a police siren goes off that is itself a signal to stop your car.
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