Smash and Grab

Words/Sentences to remember:
A large car roared down the arcade and came to a stop outside the jeweller's.
Arcade /a:kei/ a cover area, passage in which there're shops, or a cover passage joined to a building on one side and with columns on the other side.
velvet: cloth woven by silk/cotton.
One man stayed at the wheel while two others jumped out of the car.
Passers-by: a person who happens to be going past something, especially on foot.

Comprehension and Precis:
A large car entered an arcade near Piccadilly and came to a stop in front of the new jeweller's. Two of the thieves got out of the car and smashed the window with iron bars. The owner and his staff was upstair at the moment, and they threw furniture at the thieves. The raid lasted just three minutes before the thieves scrambled away. The owner then ran after the car and threw ashtrays and vases at the car trying to stop it, but the thieves got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.

Vocabulary:
Expensive: cost a lot of money.
Almost: nearly
assistants: helper
gazing: to have a close look at
several: a few
stayed: to remain at one place without moving
smashed: to break things very hard into pieces.

Composition: They got away
As long as the thieves' car was out of sight and joined the traffic, Mr. Tayler immediately took and taxi and rushed to follow the thieves'car. There was a mad chase through the streets. When the thieves saw Mr. Tayler going after them, they sped up and hit another car in front of them, then swerved to other traffic lanes. The taxi followed the same route to rush at them, making other drivers on the street too scary to drive. One of the drivers called the police, who chased both the taxi and the thieves. However, when Mr.Tayler's taxi stopped at the traffic light, the thieves ignored the red lights and got away. Unfortunately, the taxi driver was stopped by the police because he had been speeding over allowable limit. Mr. Tayler explained the situation to the police and asked them for help. The thieves' car was found ten minutes later on a side street not far away from there but it was abandoned and the thieves escaped on foot before that.

What happened? What was happening? Just as, used to , while

Special Difficulties-Exercises:

He was extremenly impolite
I disagreed with you
His handwriting is quite illegible
Thi report is inaccurate
Have you unlocked the door?
Have you learnt these irregular verbs?