01. Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other Sides gently compressed by a Thigh¹ Master. - Sue Lin Chong, Washington

她的脸是标准的椭圆形，就像一个正圆的两侧被瘦腿机轻轻压扁了一样。- Sue Lin Chong(华盛顿)

02. His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer² without Cling Free. -Chuck Smith, Woodbridge

思绪在他头脑中翻滚，不断合并又分开，像洗衣机里没加防粘剂的内衣。- Chuck Smith(伍德布里奇)

03. He spoke³ with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a Guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it. -Joseph Romm, Washington

他说的话带有过来人的睿智，恰似一个人因为没用带针孔的盒子看日食，结果眼瞎了，然后此人走遍全国，到各所高校宣传没用带针孔的盒子看日食会带来怎样的后果一样。- Joseph Romm(华盛顿)

04. She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches⁴ that used to dangle⁵ from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again. -Rich Murphy, Fairfax Station

她很吸引人的目光，就像纱窗门上的勾型门闩，平时吊在那里逛荡，一有人推开门，它就立刻飞起来。- Rich Murphy(费尔法克斯站)

05. The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling⁶ ball wouldn't. -Russell Beland, Springfield

小船轻轻漂过湖面，那景象恰恰是一个保龄球做不到的。- Russell Beland(斯普林菲尔德)

06. McMurphy fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup. -Paul Sabourin, Silver Spring

麦克从12层楼摔下来砸在人行道上，就像个盛满菜汤的垃圾袋。- Paul Sabourin(银泉)

07. From the attic⁷ came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie⁸, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and "Jeopardy⁹" comes on at 7:00 p.m. instead of 7:30. -Roy Ashley, Washington

从阁楼传来一声怪异的嚎叫。整个场面有一种诡异的、超现实的感觉，就像你在别的城市度假，发现《Jeopardy》(电视节目)在7点而不是7点半上映一样。- Roy Ashley(华盛顿)

08. Her hair glistened¹⁰ in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze. -Chuck Smith,Woodbridge

她的头发在雨中闪烁，就像打喷嚏之后的鼻毛。- Chuck Smith(伍德布里奇)

09. Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center. -Russell Beland, Springfield

她的双眼就像两个棕色的圆圈，中心各有一个大黑点。- Russell Beland(斯普林菲尔德)

10. Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever. -Unknown

她的词汇量很差，差得就像，那什么似的。- 佚名

11. He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree. -Jack¹¹ Bross, Chevy Chase

他的身高恰似一棵六英尺三英寸的树。- Jack Bross(塞维蔡斯)

12. The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease. -Gary F. Hevel, Silver Spring

冰雹从人行道上溅起来，好像被扔进油锅炸的蛆。- Gary F. Hevel(银泉)