Your desire to excel is beyond your imagination.
你想要变得优秀的那种欲望(念头)会超乎你的想象。
desire
vt.想望, 期望, 希望
n.愿望, 心愿, 要求
v.要求
excel [ik'sel] v.优秀, 胜过他人
beyond
prep.在(到)...较远的一边, 超过
adv.在远处
n.远处
imagination n.想象, 空想, 想象力
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He had already swallowed them.
We both tried to get the coins, but is was too late.
Later that morning
Later that day
Later that week
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thief thieves n.贼
enter v.进入
torch n. 手电筒
parrot n.鹦鹉
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过去完成时：
1 在过去某一个特定的时间之前，动作已经结束或者完成。(by the end of 到...为止)
2 当比较过去的俩个动作时，发生较早的那个动作可以用过去完成时。(before, after)
结构：
S + had + p.p  by the end of(到...为止)
by the end of last year
by the end of last week
I had seen fifty films by the end of last week.
I bought a new car last year after I had sold my old one.
She had finished the housework before she went out.
I ran to the platform quickly, but the train had already left.
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He went to bed after he had done his homework.
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Have you seen it?
Yes, I have just seen it. I had never seen it before.
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exercise
n.练习, 训练
v.训练, 锻炼
vt.行使, 使担扰
appointment n.约会, 指定
I went to the doctor after I had made an appointment.
My teacher gave me exercise book after he had corrected it.
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story 完整的故事，可能是真的或假的
legend 传奇故事
fable ['feibl] n.寓言故事
tale [teil] n.童话
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Do you like stories?
I want to tel you a true story.
make up a story 编造一个故事
make up 化妆
makeups 化妆品
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happen v.发生
what happened? 发生了什么事情？ 口语中较为常用
What's happening? 正在发生什么事情？
It happen to sb. 发生在某人身上
人 + happen to do sth. 碰巧
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one of my friends
a friend of mine
双重所有格：
one of my friends
a friend of mine
It happened to a friend of mine a year ago.
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in the dark
1 在黑暗中
2 特别无助
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voice 人发出的声音
sound 各种各样的声音
noise 噪音
the sound of music 音乐之声
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The thieves dropped the torch and ran away as quickly as they could.
as quickly as they could 是状语，修饰ran away。
第一个as是副词，第二个as是连词，引导比较状语从句。could后省略了run，是能跑多快就跑对快的意思。
What's up? 干什么？有什么事？
go back to sleep 继续睡觉
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Suddenly I heard a voice behind me.
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climb into
go into
turn on
run away as quickly as they can
go back to sleep
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customer n. 顾客
forget forgot forgotten v. 忘记
manager n. 经理
serve v. 服务，照应，接待
counter n. 柜台
recognize v. 认出
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during prep. 在...期间
offer v. 提供
guess v. 猜
grow grew grown v. 长，让...生长
beard n. 络腮胡子
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kitten ['kitn]
n.小猫, 小动物
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water v. 浇水
terribly adv. 非常
nuisance n. 讨厌的东西或人
surprise n.惊奇，意外的事