今天的这篇英语故事比较简短，今天讲的这个故事是个成语哦，名字叫做：掩耳盗铃，看字面意思肯定有不少的小朋友都知道，但你知道它的具体故事吗？下面和小编一起来读读关于“掩耳盗铃”的故事吧。

Mr. Wang thinks he is clever, but he always does foolish things.

One day he sees a beautiful bell at the top of a door.

“Oh! How nice! I will take it home.” He thinks, “What can I do?”

After a while he has a “good” idea.

“Aha! I have an idea now. I can plug my ears. Then I will not hear the ring when I take off the bell.” Then he does so.

But as soon as he takes off the bell, the owner opens the door. “What ate you doing?” the owner says angrily. 

王先生总以为自己很聪明，实际上他总干傻事。

一天，他看见一户人家的门头有个很漂亮的铃铛。

“啊，真漂亮啊！我要把它拿回家去。”他自言自语道：“我该怎么做呢？”

过了一会儿他想到了一个“好”主意。

“啊哈！我有办法了！我把耳朵堵上，拿铃铛的时候就听不见铃声了。” 于是他就这样做了。

可是他刚拿下铃铛，屋子的主人就打开门，怒气冲冲地说：“你在干什么？”

词汇学习：

at the top of在…顶上

as soon as一…就…; 一经

好了，以上就是“掩耳盗铃”的故事，通过以上的故事告诉我们：明明掩盖不住的事情偏要想法子掩盖，比喻自己欺骗自己，通常是比喻自欺欺人罢了。