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Taew:

Keyt, sangkeyt aarom nakthennit mai welaa khaengkhan

 

เกด สังเกตอารมณ์นักเทนนิสไหม
เวลาแข่งขัน

Kate, have you noticed tennis players’ emotions while they’re competing?

Kate:

thammai roe khrap

 

ทำไมเหรอครับ

Why?

Taew:

thammai tawng sadaeng aarom raeng khanaat nan

 

ทำไมต้องแสดงอารมณ์แรงขนาดนั้น

Why do they have to express such strong emotions?

Kate:

man khriet ngai pii Taew

 

มันเครียดไงพี่แต๋ว

It’s because of the tension, Taew?

 

ying muewaang andap suung suung ying kotdun

 

ยิ่งมือวางอันดับสูงๆ ยิ่งกดดัน

The higher ranked they are, the more tense they get.

Chris:

phom khitwaa nakkilaa radap mue-aachiip aojing aojung kap keym maak

 

ผมคิดว่านักกีฬาระดับมืออาชีพ
เอาจริงเอาจังกับเกมส์มาก

I think athletes at the professional level are very serious abour their game.

 

yaang thennis thukluuk mii khwaammaai

 

อย่างเทนนิส ทุกลูกมีความหมาย

Like tennis, every shot means something.

Kate:

chai nai kilaa aachiip thuk chanit tawng raksaa maattrathaan

 

ใช่ ในกีฬาอาชีพทุกชนิด
ต้องรักษามาตรฐาน

Right, in every kind of professional sport, (the players) must be up to standards.

 

phuuduu kaw saang khwaamkotdon hai kap nakkilaa

 

ผู้ดูก็สร้างความกดดันให้กับนักกีฬา

Spectators put pressure on players, too.

Taew:

uumm! siengchia pen dai thang kaanhai kamlangjai lae siengkhuu

 

อือม์! เสียงเชียร์เป็นได้ทั้ง
การให้กำลังใจและเสียงขู่.

Umm! The cheering can be both encouraging and threatening.

Chris:

nakkilaa aachiip jing jing tawn maisonjai

 

นักกีฬาอาชีพจริงๆ ต้องไม่สนใจ

The real pros must ignore that.

Taew:

tae man tham yaak na ying khonduu pen muen muen

 

แต่มันทำยากนา ยิ่งคนดูเป็นหมื่นๆ

It’s difficult to do, though, especially when there are thousands of them.

Kate:

mai yaangnan kaw maichai mue-aachiip si khrap pii Taew

 

ไม่อย่างนั้น
ก็ไม่ใช่มืออาชีพสิครับพี่แต๋ว

If they cannot, they aren’t real pros, Taew.

Taew:

naasongsaan nakkilaa baangkhon thii len kap muedii dii

 

น่าสงสารนักกีฬาบางคน
ที่เล่นกับมือดีๆ

I sympathise those players who played with top seeds,

 

keym suun pai loey

 

เกมส์ศูนย์ไปเลย

and get nil.

Kate:

nai kilaa-aachiip maimii khwaamsongsaan khrap pii Taew

 

ในกีฬาอาชีพ
ไม่มีความสงสารครับพี่แต๋ว

In professional sports, there’s no sympathy, Taew.

 

taemdiew kaw saamaat phlik keym dai thanthii

 

แต้มเดียวก็
สามารถพลิกเกมส์ได้ทันที

One point is able to turn a game around immediately.

Taew:

minaa… rao jueng yuu khaenii

 

มิน่า… เราจึงอยู่แค่นี้

No wonder we are where we are.

 

nawkjaak fiimue maithueng laew jai yang maithueng duay

 

นอกจากฝีมือไม่ถึงแล้ว
ใจยังไม่ถึงด้วย

We lack not only tennis skills, but we lack the nerve as well.

Kate:

pii Taew yaa khitmaak rao len ao nguea lae sanuk kaw phaw laew

 

พี่แต๋วอย่าคิดมาก
เราเล่นเอาเหงื่อและสนุกก็พอแล้ว

Don’t worry, Taew. We only play to get some exercise and just for fun — that’s enough.

Chris:

naan na si! Yennii joekan thii khawt na

 

นั่นน่ะสิ! เย็นนี้เจอกันที่คอร์ทนะ

Yeah! See you at the court this afternoon then.

 

phom yaak lawng raekket mai temtii laew

 

ผมอยากลองแร้กเก็ตใหม่เต็มทีแล้ว

I can’t wait to try my new racket.


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  • Did you notice this?

    The conversation this week has some phrases and expressions commonly used when talking. The first one is sangkeyt… mai  (Have you noticed …?) as in — sangkeyt aarom nakthennit mai welaa khaengkhan , is used to open a conversation.

  • Sometimes we just say sangkeyt arai mai  (Have you noticed something?).

    The second phrase is khanaat nan  as in — thammai tawng sadaeng aarom raeng khanaat nan .

  • The phrase is used to intensify the adjective in front, as in this case khanaat nan  emphasises 'raeng' .
  • If a friend says this to you — wannii khun len dai muan Pharaadoawn loey , and you know you didn't play that well, you'd say — mai thueng khanaat nan (rawk) .
  • You can just also say — khanaat nan chiew , if you'd like to response in a teasing way.

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

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    28makaraakhom  2546 ( 28 January, 2003)     

    nakthennit aachiip

    As a tennis fan with a love of the sport, I like to watch great matches and brilliant tennis. The more I watch the more I wonder what it is that makes a professional player. I keep wonder how can an unranked veteran in his mid-thirty force the 21-year-old world No 1 into a five-set match. How can a wildcard beat a top-ten seed in straight sets? I have many more questions. Is it perhaps a combination of strong nerves and mind coupled with luck?

    One thing, though, I've noticed from many top players, is the steadfast determination to win, on top of solid and superb tennis skills. World No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt's comment in an interview confirmed my point. He is quoted as saying "This is such a big tournament (the Australian Open), you can't go thinking about taking it a little but easy out there. It's a Grand Slam and I've seen too many players lose after they have been cruising two sets up." He said that after taking 74 minutes to beat a 235-ranked player in straight sets 6-1,6-0, 6-1. The match was described as a 'merciless performance.

    This week we're talking about what it takes to be a professional tennis player, based on watching many matches in the Australian Open.