I was born on 27 January 1936 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the first of three children of Kuan Hai Ting, a professor of engineering, and Tsun-Ying Wang, a professor of psychology. My parents had hoped that I would be born in China, but as I was born prematurely while they were visiting the United States, by accident of birth I became an American citizen. Two months after my birth we returned to China. Owing to wartime conditions I did not have a traditional education until I was twelve.

我生於1936年1月27日在美國密西根州安娜堡，是家中三個小孩中的長子，父親丁觀海是一位工程學教授，母親王雋英是一位心理學教授。我的父母希望我出生在中國，但當我父母正在訪問美國的時候我提早出世了，因為這個意外的出生我成為了美國公民。我出生的兩個月後我們一家人回到了中國。由於戰時條件，我沒有接受過傳統的教育直到12歲。

丁肇中.

• engineering [,endʒi´niəriŋ]   n.工程技术；工程学   (高中英语单词)
• psychology [sai´kɔlədʒi]   n.心理(学)   (高中英语单词)
• traditional [trə´diʃənəl]   a.传统的，习惯的   (英语四级单词)