By
Robbie Wilde as told to Kenneth Millers I I was bom in England with perfect hearing. In 1990, when 1
was five, my family moved to the United States. I started gettig
ear in fections every three months or so. We didnt have health
insurance at the time and when I got a third infection, my
Ist parents couldn't pay for the treatment. I went deaf in my nght
getar and was left with 50 percent hearing in my left. Over time.
st my remaining hearing dropped to 20 percent, where it is today
My doctors predicted that I would be completely deaf by now
so I think I'm doing pretty well
2 There was always music on in my house when I was little
I loved listen ing to Metallica, Led Zeppelin.Bob Marley
Michael Jackson". My dad was a DJ, so he played disco
folk, dance, rock and music from other countries. For my
18th birthday, my dad asked me to deejay at the restaurant
he owned. After doing that for a few weeks, I was hooked. I
wanted to learn more
I This text is slightly adapted from an article in Readers Digest(August 2014)
2 Robbie Wilde/ robi waild罗比王尔德
3 Kenneth Miller/kene'ml(r)肯尼斯米勒
4 Metallica /ma' talik/金属制品乐队(美国一重金属乐队)
5 Led Zeppelin/ed' nepali/齐柏林飞船(英国一摇滚乐队
6 Bob Marley /bob ma/鲍勃马利(牙买加创作歌手,雷鬼乐鼻祖)
7 Michael Jackson/markal daesan克尔杰克逊(美国著各创作歌手、年家及が
员,常被尊称为“流行喜
