Communion(圣餐（基督教仪式）). By J.D. Vance. Harper(哈珀柯林斯出版集团); 304 pages; $35. William Collins(威廉·柯林斯（英国出版社）); £20
《圣餐》。J.D.万斯著。哈珀；304页；35美元。威廉·柯林斯；20英镑
J.D. Vance is a very godly(虔诚的，敬神的) man, as his very godly new book makes very clear. He goes to church; he is polite to priests; and he has read the Bible (twice, even the dull bits). He tries to be a very godly man in his life, too. He prays to God in intense italics(斜体字) to make him a “good dad”; stars out(用星号代替（脏话）) naughty words like “p***y”; and he ends his book with the word “Amen(阿门（基督教祈祷结尾）)”. For him, actions matter because, as he says, quoting the Gospel of Matthew in yet more italics, “By their fruits ye shall know them”.
J.D.万斯是一个非常虔诚的人，他那本非常虔诚的新书说得很清楚。他去教堂；他对牧师彬彬有礼；他还读了圣经（两遍，甚至包括枯燥的部分）。他也试图在生活中做一个非常虔诚的人。他用力斜体字向上帝祈祷，让他成为一个“好爸爸”；用星号省略了“p***y”这样的脏话；他以“阿门”一词结束全书。对他来说，行为很重要，因为正如他所说，引用《马太福音》时用了更斜体的字体：“凭他们的果子就可以认出他们。”
However if ye shall read “Communion”, the vice-president’s religious memoir, ye shall probably also feel a little confused. For which of the fruits of Mr Vance shall ye know him by?(你该凭万斯先生的哪种果子认出他呢？) Shall ye know him as the man who prissily(拘谨地，一本正经地) stars out words like p***y? Or as deputy(副手，代理人) for Donald Trump, a man who once boasted that he could “grab [women] by the pussy”? Shall ye know him as the person who predicted Mr Trump might be “America’s Hitler(万斯曾称特朗普为“美国希特勒”)”? Or as the man who—as he does here—calls Mr Trump’s words “moral”? It is hard to tell.
然而，如果你读读《圣餐》这本副总统的宗教回忆录，你可能也会感到有点困惑。你该凭万斯先生的哪种果子认出他呢？你该把他认作那个一本正经地用星号标出p***y这类字眼的人？还是唐纳德·特朗普的副手，那个曾吹嘘自己可以“抓（女人）的私处”的人？你该把他认作那个预言特朗普可能是“美国的希特勒”的人？还是那个——就像他在这本书里所做的那样——称特朗普的话是“道德”的人？很难说。