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.
拉斐尔．纳达尔．帕雷拉于 1986 年出生于西班牙的马略卡岛。尽管他的父母亲并非运动员，他的叔叔米格尔．安赫尔．纳达尔曾经效力于西班牙国家足球队。不过是他的另一个叔叔东尼让拉斐尔开始接触网球 ── 这是他日后将专精的运动项目。
东尼从拉斐尔三岁时便开始训练年幼的他。仅仅五年后，拉斐尔便赢下了他的第一个锦标赛。虽然他作为网球运动员和足球运动员都天赋洋溢，他开始更专注于网球。
生活必备字词： athlete n. 运动员 master vt. 精通 & n. 大师 coach vt. 训练，指导 & n. 教练
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