Rafael Nadal Parera was born in 1986 on the Spanish island of Mallorca. While his parents weren’ t athletes, his uncle Miguel Ángel Nadal once played on the Spanish national soccer team. But it was his other uncle Toni who got him started in tennis, which Rafael would later master. Toni started coaching young Rafael at age three. Only five years later, Rafael won his first tournament. Although he was talented as both a tennis player and a soccer player, he began to focus more on tennis.
拉斐爾．納達爾．帕雷拉於 1986 年出生於西班牙的馬略卡島。儘管他的父母親並非運動員，他的叔叔米格爾．安赫爾．納達爾曾經效力於西班牙國家足球隊。不過是他的另一個叔叔東尼讓拉斐爾開始接觸網球 ── 這是他日後將專精的運動項目。
東尼從拉斐爾三歲時便開始訓練年幼的他。僅僅五年後，拉斐爾便贏下了他的第一個錦標賽。雖然他作為網球運動員和足球運動員都天賦洋溢，他開始更專注於網球。
生活必備字詞： athlete n. 運動員 master vt. 精通 & n. 大師 coach vt. 訓練，指導 & n. 教練
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