1. I couldn't afford a vacation so I was taking a lot of naps.
我没钱去度假，所以花很多时间午睡。
（点评：不失为另一种度假方式。）
2. I began contemplating having “under new management ”inked just below my C-section scar.
我开始考虑在我剖腹产的疤痕下面纹上“由新人接管”的字样。
（点评：另类行为艺术。）
3. He was the only guy who didn't have those pupils that had stared down the dark hallways of too many penitentiaries.
他是唯一眼神中没有凝视过太多监牢黑乎乎过道的家伙。
（点评：说白了就是一个没坐过牢的清白之身。）
4. We hate generalization in our society unless they are about generalizing.
我们痛恨社会上的以偏概全，除非它们涉及以偏概全。
（点评：又是一种文字游戏的句式。）
5. My nerves were in tailor's knots.
我的神经线缠成一团乱麻。
（点评：粤语有更精简的说法：“黐线。”）
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