1933年7月1日午夜刚过,我便来到了世间,我是父母的长子。我的生日刚好跨在那一年的上下半年之间,这是我日后命运的一个暗示:一只脚总是被拖向听力障碍的世界——父亲和母亲的那个静悄悄的世界,我的生命源自他们;另一只脚却总希望大步迈入有声的大世界中去,进入我自己的那片天地。多年后我才知道,我的父母亲作为听力障碍者,在大萧条最严重的时期决心要一个孩子,这是何等的乐观啊。我们住在康尼岛附近的布鲁克林。这里每 July 1, 1933 Just after midnight, I came to this world, I am the parents of the eldest son. My birthday just straddled the first half of the year, which is a hint of my future destiny: one foot is always dragged to the world of hearing impaired - father and mother that quiet world, my Life comes from them; the other foot always wants to stride into the big world of sound, into my own piece of heaven and earth. Years later I learned how optimistic my parents were as hearing-impaired and determined to have a child during the worst of the Great Depression. We live in Brooklyn near Coney Island. Here every