皮卡迪利附近一条著名拱廊街上的几家高档商店，正刚刚开门营业。
The expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.
在这个清晨时分，拱廊街几乎空无一人。
At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty.
珠宝店老板泰勒先生，正在欣赏一处新的橱窗陈设。
Mr. Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.
他的两名助手从八点钟起就一直忙碌地工作，刚刚才布置完毕。
Two of his assistants had been working busily since 8 o'clock and had only just finished.
钻石项链和戒指已被精美地陈列在黑色天鹅绒底布上。
Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.
凝视橱窗陈设几分钟后，泰勒先生返回了店内。
After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr. Taylor went back into his shop.
寂静突然被打破——一辆大型轿车大灯亮着、喇叭大响，呼啸着冲入拱廊街。
The silence was suddenly broken when a large car, with its headlights on and its horn blaring, roared down the arcade.
汽车停在了珠宝店门外。
It came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
一名男子留守方向盘，与此同时，另外两名蒙着黑色长袜的男子跳出车外，用铁棍砸碎了商店的橱窗。
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.
就在这一切发生的时候，泰勒先生正在楼上。
While this was going on, Mr. Taylor was upstairs.
他和店员们开始把家具从窗户扔出去。
He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.
椅子和桌子飞进了拱廊街。
Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade.
其中一名盗贼被一尊沉重的雕像砸中，但他太忙于抢夺钻石，根本顾不上感受疼痛。
One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue, but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.
整个抢劫行动三分钟内便全部结束，因为歹徒们仓皇爬回车里，汽车以惊人的速度驶离了。
The raid was all over in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.
就在汽车驶离的那一刻，泰勒先生冲了出来，边追边扔烟灰缸和花瓶，但要阻止这些盗贼根本不可能。
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.
他们带着价值数千英镑的钻石逃之夭夭。
They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.