凿壁偷光掩耳盗铃囫囵吞枣

　　（Learn to teII Chinese idiom stories in English）
　　凿壁偷光
　　Kuang Heng was born in a poor family. He liked reading books very much. He needed to work at daytime, so he had to read books during night. But he was too poor to buy a candle.
　　One day, he found his neighbour had candles, but the light couldn’t go through his room. So he dug a small hole on the wall so that he could use the light to read books. From that day, he read books every night until the light went out（熄灭）.
　　However, he finished reading all his books and there were no books for him to read. Then he went to a rich man’s house and worked for him without payment. The rich man asked: ＂ Why don’t you want the money?＂ Kuang Heng said: ＂ Because I only want to borrow your books.＂ The rich man agreed. Kuang Heng read the books one by one. Finally, he became a great scholar.
　　匡衡勤奋好学，但家中没有蜡烛。邻家有蜡烛，但光亮照不到他家，匡衡就在墙壁上凿了洞引来邻家的光亮，让光亮照在书上读书。
　　县里有个大户人家不怎么识字，但家中富有，有很多书。匡衡就到他家去做雇工，但不要报酬。
　　主人感到很奇怪，问他为什么这样，他说：＂我希望读遍主人家的书。＂主人听了，深为感叹，就借给匡衡书。于是匡衡成了一位伟大的学者。
　　掩耳盗铃
　　Once upon a time, a thief saw a doorbell hanging on the neighbour’s door. He wanted to steal it.
　　But he knew that bell would ring as soon as he touched it. And then he would be discovered.
　　He thought sound couⅠd be heard only by using ears. What if I cover my ears? Then the sound would not be heard anymore.
　　Whereupon（于是） he covered his own ears and tried to steal the bell. However, he was discovered immediately when he touched the bell.
　　从前有一个人，看见人家大门上挂着一个铃铛，想把它偷走。
　　他知道，那个铃铛只要用手一碰，就会丁零丁零地响起来，被人发觉。他想：＂响声要用耳朵才能听见，如果把耳朵掩起来，不是就听不见了吗？＂
　　于是，他掩住了自己的耳朵，伸手去偷那个铃铛。谁知手刚碰到铃铛，他就被人发觉了。
　　囫囵吞枣
　　Long ago, there was a young man who bought many fruits, like pears and dates（枣）.
　　He sat at the roadside to eat them. An old man saw him and said: ＂Eating too many pears is good for teeth, but bad for your body.＂
　　The man asked: ＂How about dates?＂ The old man answered: ＂The dates are good for body but bad for teeth.＂
　　The young man thought for a while and said: ＂I ve got a good idea! I can eat pears with teeth and don t swallow them. And I can swallow dates without chewing（咀嚼）.＂
　　Then he put a date into his mouth and swallowed it immediately. Unluckily, he was choked（噎着） by the date.
　　从前，有个人买了一堆水果，有梨儿，也有枣儿，坐在路边上吃。有个老头儿看见了，
　　对他说：＂小伙子，梨儿可不能多吃呀。它虽然对牙齿有好处，可是吃多了对身体不好。＂
　　青年人就问：＂枣儿吃多了呢？＂老头儿说：＂枣儿对身体是好的，可吃多了对牙齿不好，也不能多吃。＂
　　青年人看了看梨儿，又看了看枣儿，想了一会儿，说：＂哈哈，我想出了个好办法！我吃梨儿就只用牙齿嚼，不吞到肚子里去。吃枣儿，我就把它整个儿吞下去，不用牙齿嚼。＂
　　说完话，他就拿起一个枣儿放在嘴里，直接吞了下去。没想到，他一下子就被枣儿噎住了。
　　声明：以上内容根据网络资源整理而成，英文主要采取意译。