Introduction
My name is J.D. Vance, and I think I should start with aconfession: I find theexistenceof the book you hold in your hands somewhatabsurd. It says right there on the cover that it’s amemoir, but I’m thirty-one years old, and I’ll be the first to admit that I’veaccomplishednothing great in my life, certainly nothing that would justify a complete stranger paying money to read about it. The coolest thing I’ve done, at leastonpaper, is graduate from Yale Law School, something thirteen-year-old J.D. Vance would have consideredludicrous. But about two hundred people do the same thing every year, and trust me, you don’t want to read about most of their lives. I am not asenator, a governor, or a formercabinetsecretary. I haven’t started a billion-dollar company or a world-changingnonprofit. I have a nice job, a happymarriage, acomfortablehome, and two lively dogs.
以下是图片中黑体词汇的释义、原句例句以及翻译：
confession
释义：承认；坦白；忏悔
原句例句：I think I should start with a confession: I find the existence of the book you hold in your hands somewhat absurd.
翻译：我想我应该从一个坦白开始：我觉得你手中这本书的存在有些荒谬。
memoir
释义：回忆录；自传
原句例句：It says right there on the cover that it’s a memoir, but I’m thirty-one years old, and I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve accomplished nothing great in my life.
翻译：封面上明确写着这是一本回忆录，但我三十一岁了，我会第一个承认，我一生中没有取得任何伟大的成就。
accomplished
释义：完成；实现；达到
原句例句：I’ve accomplished nothing great in my life, certainly nothing that would justify a complete stranger paying money to read about it.
翻译：我一生中没有取得任何伟大的成就，当然也没有任何值得一个完全陌生的人花钱去读的成就。
onpaper
释义：理论上；表面上
原句例句：The coolest thing I’ve done, at least onpaper, is graduate from Yale Law School.
翻译：我做过的最酷的事情，至少在理论上，是从耶鲁大学法学院毕业。
ludicrous
释义：荒谬的；可笑的
原句例句：something thirteen-year-old J.D. Vance would have considered ludicrous.
翻译：十三岁的J.D.万斯会认为这是荒谬的。
senator
释义：参议员
原句例句：I am not a senator, a governor, or a former cabinet secretary.
翻译：我不是参议员，不是州长，也不是前内阁秘书。
nonprofit
释义：非营利组织；非盈利组织
原句例句：I haven’t started a billion-dollar company or a world-changing nonprofit.
翻译：我没有创办一家数十亿美元的公司或一个改变世界的非营利组织。
comfortable
释义：舒适的
原句例句：a comfortable home, and two lively dogs.
翻译：一个舒适的家，还有两只活泼的狗。
